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BumRushDaShow

(161,104 posts)
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 06:12 AM 8 hrs ago

'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 8 hrs ago OP
Why is MEDIAite stating she was denied access Lars39 7 hrs ago #1
???? BumRushDaShow 7 hrs ago #5
In the second paragraph you posted... Lars39 5 hrs ago #9
ICE has some "facilty" that they are using in the same town BumRushDaShow 4 hrs ago #11
That is not what I was referring to... Lars39 3 hrs ago #20
And apparently she was "denied" bathroom facilities at both locations BumRushDaShow 3 hrs ago #21
Where does it say that? Lars39 3 hrs ago #22
How's she supposed to snort her lines of cocaine? Irish_Dem 7 hrs ago #2
The irony of her complaining she is harassed while just doing her job. Irish_Dem 7 hrs ago #3
Her whiny performance speaks volumes BumRushDaShow 6 hrs ago #7
And the Academy Award goes to Kristi Noem for her acting in, "I Gotta Pee." Botany 7 hrs ago #4
She should just take a pee or dump in the gravel pit. GreenWave 6 hrs ago #6
She was allowed to use it once and they won't make that mistake again. twodogsbarking 5 hrs ago #8
Correct headline: "Kristi Noem and Her Staff Bizarrely Try To Film Her Going to the Bathroom" SSJVegeta 4 hrs ago #10
Most people don't need an entourage when going to the restroom unless they are planning to snort coke. twodogsbarking 4 hrs ago #13
When can we expect.."Pete Hegseth and BattleRow 4 hrs ago #15
I hope it was my typo that inspired this comment SSJVegeta 4 hrs ago #17
Yes it was...synchronicity at its finest! BattleRow 3 hrs ago #19
Kristi should talk! ProudMNDemocrat 4 hrs ago #12
It won't be long and none of these fascists will be safe in this country. Wonder how Puppy Killer travelingthrulife 4 hrs ago #18
Oh. the poor little psychopath! travelingthrulife 4 hrs ago #14
Local officials later explained they were fully cooperating with Noem until... Glorious bastard 4 hrs ago #16
How does acting like petty children help us? Username1234 3 hrs ago #23
I suspect there's more here than meets the eye. TurboDem 3 hrs ago #24
"...in the Chicago area to "do some operations to pick up some guys with criminal convictions." So - cosplay. Again. Grins 3 hrs ago #25
That Benny Johnson? paleotn 2 hrs ago #26
The real reason she was denied is because Kristi Noem is trans! Mawspam2 1 hr ago #27
Seriously, is it just the inner ugliness of this woman hamsterjill 21 min ago #28

Lars39

(26,436 posts)
1. Why is MEDIAite stating she was denied access
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 06:39 AM
7 hrs ago

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

(161,104 posts)
5. ????
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 07:19 AM
7 hrs ago

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

(26,436 posts)
9. In the second paragraph you posted...
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 09:28 AM
5 hrs ago
…when she was denied access to the federal building by city police.

BumRushDaShow

(161,104 posts)
11. ICE has some "facilty" that they are using in the same town
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 09:43 AM
4 hrs ago

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

(26,436 posts)
20. That is not what I was referring to...
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 10:51 AM
3 hrs ago

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

(26,436 posts)
22. Where does it say that?
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 11:01 AM
3 hrs ago

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

Irish_Dem

(75,697 posts)
2. How's she supposed to snort her lines of cocaine?
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 06:55 AM
7 hrs ago

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

Irish_Dem

(75,697 posts)
3. The irony of her complaining she is harassed while just doing her job.
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 06:56 AM
7 hrs ago

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

Botany

(75,439 posts)
4. And the Academy Award goes to Kristi Noem for her acting in, "I Gotta Pee."
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 07:10 AM
7 hrs ago

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

(1,632 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
4 hrs ago

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

twodogsbarking

(16,060 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
4 hrs ago

BattleRow

(1,842 posts)
15. When can we expect.."Pete Hegseth and
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 10:13 AM
4 hrs ago

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

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,269 posts)
12. Kristi should talk!
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 10:05 AM
4 hrs ago

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

(3,399 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
4 hrs ago

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

Glorious bastard

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

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

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

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

TurboDem

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

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

(8,913 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
3 hrs ago

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

(16,616 posts)
28. Seriously, is it just the inner ugliness of this woman
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 02:11 PM
21 min ago

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.

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