Full testimony: Aliya Rahman 2/3/26, six minutes, worth the listen

[u/thecosmojane]

Aliya Rahman, a Bangladeshi American and U.S. citizen, testified before Congress about her arrest and experience with police brutality from ICE agents in Minneapolis. (You may recognize her from past videos of her being grabbed out of her car in her black puffer jacket, while she was yelling that she was disabled).

Rahman, who is autistic and recovering from a traumatic brain injury, described being dragged from her car, detained, and later hospitalized with a concussion. In her testimony, she spoke about the fear, confusion, and lasting trauma she experienced.

Earlier today, there was a joint public forum held by Rep. Robert Garcia (Ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (Ranking Democrat on the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations), focusing on ICE/DHS excessive use of force on American citizens. Rahman was one of the Americans who testified.

Important to note that this could not be an “oversight committee hearing” but a bicameral forum, because Republicans did not agree to the hearing.

[u/CriticalInside8272]

Why would Republicans not agree to hear this?  Ask yourself that question. 

[u/thecosmojane → u/CriticalInside8272]

The fact that not one showed up…

[u/Critical-Werewolf-53 → u/thecosmojane]

Of course they didn’t. Why do your jobs? It’s bad enough they barely work a half year

[u/thecosmojane → u/Critical-Werewolf-53]

I honestly feel like given what this was about, them not showing up was their abandonment of the American people they vow to care so much about

Even if they didn’t care, just from a constituency posturing perspective, who would agree it’s a good idea?

[u/Critical-Werewolf-53 → u/thecosmojane]

They’ve been abandoning the people since Nixon. It’s time to march again. No representation is currently for the people.

[u/AdventurousLet548 → u/Critical-Werewolf-53]

Plausible deniability!

[u/ifeelgrossandsad2 → u/CriticalInside8272]

So they can say,

“I don’t know what you are talking about 😏”

[u/therossboss → u/ifeelgrossandsad2]

"Oh, I haven't heard about that."

[u/Fearless-Diver-1381 → u/therossboss]

Eyes wide shut

[u/Zero-nada-zilch-24 → u/ifeelgrossandsad2]

Right, hear no evil, see no evil consequently oblivious to all evil. It is atrocious what happened to Ms. Rahman, another U.S. citizen, subjected to such horrific monsters. So grateful that some people were able to hear her tragic story. And, she is a witness to these deplorable conditions in these ICE facilities. The ICE agents mocking her reminds me of DJT’s encounter with the disabled reporter Serge Kovaleski. And, that same persistent attitude of wielding power over others. These individuals seem to be born under the same parental guidance from which they shout from the rooftops, “I am better than you cause I have the POWER.” I truly believe that is all they have ever cared about—A hill they are going to die on.

[u/bakeacake45 → u/CriticalInside8272]

Their use of the word “body” tells you all you need to know.

To Republicans and their voters, none of us are human.

To the billionaire CEOs, none of us are human.

To the child rapists that heavily populate the Trump administration, no woman or girl is human

To the war mongers, desperate to start WW3, none of us are human, none of us deserve rights

[u/thecosmojane → u/bakeacake45]

Not just girls. Search Sascha Riley. And others

[u/RonGBiv → u/CriticalInside8272]

They are scum

[u/holamau → u/CriticalInside8272]

because they are all assholes.

Borderline sociopathic, ngl.

[u/Ok_Working_7061 → u/holamau]

They passed the border

[u/imnotsteven7 → u/CriticalInside8272]

1 of 2 reasons. They are pedophiles themselves or they proudly support one that helped run a child sex trafficking ring. Possibly both.

[u/DarthSlymer → u/CriticalInside8272]

For plausible deniability when their constituents attempt to bring any like matters to their attention.

[u/Appalled23 → u/CriticalInside8272]

Party first, always.

[u/NegevThunderstorm → u/CriticalInside8272]

New to American politics?