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BumRushDaShow

(161,505 posts)
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 06:12 AM Oct 4

'No, You Cannot!' Kristi Noem Denied Bathroom Access at Illinois Government Building

Source: MEDIAite

Oct 3rd, 2025, 6:25 pm


Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was barred from entering the Village of Broadview Municipal Building in Illinois to use the bathroom on Friday.

In a video posted on X by conservative commentator Benny Johnson, Noem said she was in the Chicago area to “do some operations to pick up some guys with criminal convictions” when she was denied access to the federal building by city police. A voice can be heard telling Noem and her colleagues, “No, you cannot!” after they asked to use the restroom.

“As much as these local leaders and governors talk about cooperating and having the backs of our law enforcement officers, this is what we have to put up with every single day,” she said. “And all we’re doing is getting criminals, and terrorists, and cartels, and gang members off the streets.”

In a subsequent post on X, Noem wrote that “this is how JB Pritzker and his cronies treat our law enforcement” and that their behavior is “absolutely shameful.” She also noted that the Village of Broadview “receives at least $1 million in federal funding every year.”

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/no-you-cannot-kristi-noem-denied-bathroom-access-at-illinois-government-building/



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BREAKING: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem was just barred at the doors and screamed at while trying to enter Broadview City Hall.

Sec. Noem says this is the everyday reality for officers in cities led by Democrats like Governor JB Pritzker, facing attacks and harassment just for doing Show more
3:00 PM · Oct 3, 2025
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'No, You Cannot!' Kristi Noem Denied Bathroom Access at Illinois Government Building (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Oct 4 OP
Why is MEDIAite stating she was denied access Lars39 Oct 4 #1
???? BumRushDaShow Oct 4 #5
In the second paragraph you posted... Lars39 Oct 4 #9
ICE has some "facilty" that they are using in the same town BumRushDaShow Oct 4 #11
That is not what I was referring to... Lars39 Oct 4 #20
And apparently she was "denied" bathroom facilities at both locations BumRushDaShow Oct 4 #21
Where does it say that? Lars39 Oct 4 #22
I posted a quote wtih a link to an article about the protests AT the ICE facility upthread (that you ignored) BumRushDaShow Oct 4 #34
I think that was Ormsby being sarcastic. lol Lars39 Oct 4 #35
Perhaps or perhaps not BumRushDaShow Oct 4 #36
Yes, until they move onto the next blue city. Lars39 Oct 4 #37
I judge just blocked them from going into Portland! BumRushDaShow Oct 4 #38
That's great! Lars39 Oct 4 #40
How's she supposed to snort her lines of cocaine? Irish_Dem Oct 4 #2
The irony of her complaining she is harassed while just doing her job. Irish_Dem Oct 4 #3
Her whiny performance speaks volumes BumRushDaShow Oct 4 #7
And the Academy Award goes to Kristi Noem for her acting in, "I Gotta Pee." Botany Oct 4 #4
She should just take a pee or dump in the gravel pit. GreenWave Oct 4 #6
She was allowed to use it once and they won't make that mistake again. twodogsbarking Oct 4 #8
Correct headline: "Kristi Noem and Her Staff Bizarrely Try To Film Her Going to the Bathroom" SSJVegeta Oct 4 #10
Most people don't need an entourage when going to the restroom unless they are planning to snort coke. twodogsbarking Oct 4 #13
When can we expect.."Pete Hegseth and BattleRow Oct 4 #15
I hope it was my typo that inspired this comment SSJVegeta Oct 4 #17
Yes it was...synchronicity at its finest! BattleRow Oct 4 #19
Kristi should talk! ProudMNDemocrat Oct 4 #12
It won't be long and none of these fascists will be safe in this country. Wonder how Puppy Killer travelingthrulife Oct 4 #18
Posting threatening language is not helpful (eom) ClickClack Oct 4 #31
Oh. the poor little psychopath! travelingthrulife Oct 4 #14
Local officials later explained they were fully cooperating with Noem until... Glorious bastard Oct 4 #16
How does acting like petty children help us? Username1234 Oct 4 #23
I suspect there's more here than meets the eye. TurboDem Oct 4 #24
"...in the Chicago area to "do some operations to pick up some guys with criminal convictions." So - cosplay. Again. Grins Oct 4 #25
That Benny Johnson? paleotn Oct 4 #26
The real reason she was denied is because Kristi Noem is trans! Mawspam2 Oct 4 #27
Seriously, is it just the inner ugliness of this woman hamsterjill Oct 4 #28
I remember that puppy. Botany Oct 4 #29
Seeping through... Like a lizard person still being obvious through its skin suit? Beartracks Oct 4 #30
Third Amendment! ck4829 Oct 4 #32
Get Depends like your Fuerher wears. Or better yet: "Piss Off." Evolve Dammit Oct 4 #33
The orange turd can probably lend you some diapers to keep on hand, Dogkiller. 50 Shades Of Blue Oct 4 #39
"And all we're doing is getting criminals, and terrorists, and cartels, and gang members off the streets." OldBaldy1701E Sunday #41

Lars39

(26,446 posts)
1. Why is MEDIAite stating she was denied access
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 06:39 AM
Oct 4

to a federal building when it was a city hall?
Receiving some federal funding shouldn’t override the fact that it is a city hall.

BumRushDaShow

(161,505 posts)
5. ????
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 07:19 AM
Oct 4

The headline says "Illinois Government Building" and last I checked, state, county and city/town/muncipal buildings ARE "government buildings".

And in the first paragraph it says -

Village of Broadview Municipal Building


Broadview considers itself a "Village" (size-wise) and THAT is the name of their local "government" building.

Lars39

(26,446 posts)
9. In the second paragraph you posted...
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 09:28 AM
Oct 4
…when she was denied access to the federal building by city police.

BumRushDaShow

(161,505 posts)
11. ICE has some "facilty" that they are using in the same town
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 09:43 AM
Oct 4

that appears to be a few blocks from the Municipal Services building.

There have been protests at that ICE facility - Protesters arrested outside Broadview ICE facility in Illinois as governor slams DHS Secretary Noem’s visit

(snip)

Village of Broadview spokesperson David Ormsby told CNN in a statement, “We are distressed to hear that the bathrooms are unavailable at the ICE facility.”

(snip)

Lars39

(26,446 posts)
20. That is not what I was referring to...
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 10:51 AM
Oct 4

Here’s the paragraph you posted:

“In a video posted on X by conservative commentator Benny Johnson, Noem said she was in the Chicago area to “do some operations to pick up some guys with criminal convictions” when she was denied access to the federal building by city police. A voice can be heard telling Noem and her colleagues, “No, you cannot!” after they asked to use the restroom.”

It reads as though the city hall was a federal building. Sloppy journalism that muddies the waters.

Lars39

(26,446 posts)
22. Where does it say that?
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 11:01 AM
Oct 4

How could city officials at a city hall bar her from entering a federal building?

BumRushDaShow

(161,505 posts)
34. I posted a quote wtih a link to an article about the protests AT the ICE facility upthread (that you ignored)
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 07:00 PM
Oct 4

(she was apparently unable to use the bathroom at the ICE (federal) facility and went to the municipal building and was refused there as well)

The interesting "caveat" for the ICE facility was derived from the remark from the town spokesperson -

Protesters arrested outside Broadview ICE facility in Illinois as governor slams DHS Secretary Noem’s visit

(snip)

Village of Broadview spokesperson David Ormsby told CNN in a statement, “We are distressed to hear that the bathrooms are unavailable at the ICE facility.

(snip)


The ICE facility was apparently teeming with local cops dealing with the protestors and trying to keep them at bay and there may have been some altercation between the local cops to keep people away from the building, including her, and directed them elsewhere.

The rancor is shown in the above-linked article where further down it says this -

(snip)

Noem visited Broadview’s Village Hall unannounced to ask for a meeting with Mayor Katrina Thompson, who was out at the time, the spokesperson said.

“The mayor returned her visit,” Ormsby said. “Mayor Thompson went to the ICE center, accompanied by the Broadview Police Chief Thomas, and officers, to ask for the illegal fence to be dismantled. The mayor was told by agents at the gate the secretary was unavailable to meet.”

(snip)

BumRushDaShow

(161,505 posts)
36. Perhaps or perhaps not
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 07:22 PM
Oct 4

since there was apparently a confrontation between the mayor and people at the facility, where the Police chief that was with her, told the DHS people to dismantle the "illegal fence".

I expect there will be lots of these types of "interactions" and "confrontations" (i.e., spite) as long as they are there.

Irish_Dem

(76,117 posts)
2. How's she supposed to snort her lines of cocaine?
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 06:55 AM
Oct 4

Guess she will have to do it right out on the open.

Irish_Dem

(76,117 posts)
3. The irony of her complaining she is harassed while just doing her job.
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 06:56 AM
Oct 4

How many does Trump fire each day for just doing their jobs?

Botany

(75,514 posts)
4. And the Academy Award goes to Kristi Noem for her acting in, "I Gotta Pee."
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 07:10 AM
Oct 4

That was so phony and staged it was ridiculous. Having a camera crew along with her
as she made a piss stop at a local police station? Please. She and her people knew what
the answer was going to be before she went to the door. Why didn’t she pee in the ICE building
she was in? Or stop in one of the many fast food restaurants that were near by? Or why didn’t
one of her people call up the police station 1st?

And the Academy Award for best writing for the film, “I Gotta Pee.”
“Governor Pritzker is at fault because he is so uncooperative.”
“We were out on an operation to round up gang and cartel members.”

Pure Kabuki theater.

SSJVegeta

(1,703 posts)
10. Correct headline: "Kristi Noem and Her Staff Bizarrely Try To Film Her Going to the Bathroom"
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 09:36 AM
Oct 4

Last edited Sat Oct 4, 2025, 10:17 AM - Edit history (1)

twodogsbarking

(16,164 posts)
13. Most people don't need an entourage when going to the restroom unless they are planning to snort coke.
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 10:08 AM
Oct 4

BattleRow

(1,887 posts)
15. When can we expect.."Pete Hegseth and
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 10:13 AM
Oct 4

his staff bizarrely trying to film him going to barroom."?

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,308 posts)
12. Kristi should talk!
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 10:05 AM
Oct 4

Her ICE Goons throwing men and women to the ground, treating them worse than dogs.

oh she has fucking nerve! Go against JB all you want, girlfriend. See how you like being treated in the manner you are treating people not like you.

travelingthrulife

(3,470 posts)
18. It won't be long and none of these fascists will be safe in this country. Wonder how Puppy Killer
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 10:29 AM
Oct 4

will like being hunted down by the groups of people she has abused.

Glorious bastard

(107 posts)
16. Local officials later explained they were fully cooperating with Noem until...
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 10:13 AM
Oct 4

Noem asked to use a women’s bathroom but refused to provide proof they are not trans.

The way Noem looks and acts, I think the refusal was fully in line with the policies of the current administration Noem serves. Don’t know what they are complaining about.

Username1234

(23 posts)
23. How does acting like petty children help us?
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 11:02 AM
Oct 4

I guess it feels good to some. Doesn't move the ball. And makes us look like them.

TurboDem

(339 posts)
24. I suspect there's more here than meets the eye.
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 11:06 AM
Oct 4

I have a feeling that they knew Madame Puppy Killer was bringing a camera crew to do more than just use the restroom. She was planning something else and they knew about it and that's why they wouldn't let her in.

Grins

(8,949 posts)
25. "...in the Chicago area to "do some operations to pick up some guys with criminal convictions." So - cosplay. Again.
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 11:13 AM
Oct 4

Maybe get her mug, again, in front of the cameras to prove how tough she is?

Create an episode like this with the help of MAGA Russian asset, Benny Johnson?

You'd think the Secretary of DHS would have more important things to do...?

hamsterjill

(16,636 posts)
28. Seriously, is it just the inner ugliness of this woman
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 02:11 PM
Oct 4

That makes her appear so ugly to look at? I don't usually say this about people, particularly other women, but this woman just looks like the ugliness is seeping through her skin covering to me. It's almost painful to have to look at her.

I feel sort of the same about many of the women who have so obviously over done the plastic surgery. But I feel pity for most of them. Noem does not make me feel pity; she makes me feel anger. I remember that puppy.

Botany

(75,514 posts)
29. I remember that puppy.
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 03:38 PM
Oct 4

That was just sick. For her to take an untrained dog into the field in a hunting situation and
then to shoot the dog because it didn’t preform is so wrong.

Bird hunting with a dog can be magical but it just doesn’t just happen without training.

A German Short Haired Spaniel even @ maturity is always a bag of energy that is so excited
that it is always quivering.

4 very separate and distinct commands:

Find the bird.

Point @ the bird.

Hold that point.

and flush that bird on command.

Btw lots of bird hunters bring along a retriever to fetch the bird after it has been shot.

Kristi is such a shit that she didn’t understand that when bird dogs are first time brought into
the field they are on a lead and held back so they can watch and learn.

Beartracks

(14,142 posts)
30. Seeping through... Like a lizard person still being obvious through its skin suit?
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 03:59 PM
Oct 4


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OldBaldy1701E

(9,296 posts)
41. "And all we're doing is getting criminals, and terrorists, and cartels, and gang members off the streets."
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 06:49 AM
Sunday

The delusion is strong in this one.

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