'In the Real World, She'd Be Toast': Gutfeld Slams Media for Covering Up Those Damning ICE Numbers

Teri Christoph reporting for RedState 

While border czar Kamala Harris makes a much-ballyhooed campaign stop at the southern border and pretends to care about the firehose of illegals crossing into the country every day, Fox News' Greg Gutfeld is wondering why the media isn't covering those damning ICE statistics showing how many violent thugs have made their way across the fruited plains. 

As RedState's Sister Toldjah reported earlier Friday, ICE released some truly chilling numbers revealing that a staggering 13,099 murderers, 15,811 rapists, and 425,431 convicted criminals have been let loose into the U.S. to prey on her citizens.

But all the handshakes, back pats, and tough talk from Harris Friday on border security are likely to be overshadowed by new numbers released by ICE after a Republican Congressman's request that detail how many non-detained convicted illegal immigrants are still roaming the United States despite having final orders for removal:

Tens of thousands of illegal immigrants with sex offenses and homicide convictions are loose on the streets, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) data provided to lawmakers this week. 

The agency provided data to Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, about national data for illegal immigrants with criminal charges or convictions. The data, as of July 2024, is broken down by those in detention, and those who are not in detention -- known as the non-detained docket.  The non-detained docket includes illegal immigrants who have final orders of removal or are going through removal proceedings but are not detained in ICE custody. There are currently more than 7 million people on that docket.

The data says that, among those not in detention, there are 425,431 convicted criminals and 222,141 with pending criminal charges.

Gutfeld noted during Fox News' "The Five" that this story was "so unbelievable" that he "wanted to see if it was reported elsewhere." Unsurprisingly, he could find nary a word about what he calls "probably the biggest crime story I've ever seen" on the likes of CNN, ABC, and Drudge. And he had a special message for the Democrat "hate watchers" of Fox News: "The media doesn't want you to know this information. They don't want it to reach you. They're rather you die or be raped than Trump be right or find out the truth."

No one does Gutfeld better than Gutfeld, so here he is in his own words:

Greg Gutfeld has been around long enough to not actually be surprised that the corporate media is running cover for their preferred candidate, but he's right to point out that this isn't just your typical political move by the press. These are numbers that every American needs to know for their own safety, but that means nothing to Kamala's lapdog media. They are willing to be deliberately bad at what they do even if it means putting their fellow citizens in danger, and it's way beyond mere media malpractice.

Gutfeld gets it. Here's one of his money quotes from the clip above:

"Tell us, no, it's not 60,000 rapists. It's only 8000. It's only 7000 murderers. Cool. I'm glad you're okay with that. I'm glad. I'll take your fact check. But anybody who defends this or says it's not that big a deal is complicit. And they should be held accountable....these bastards were more offended by stories of cats being eaten than real stories. Real stories reported here of actual rape and murder....This is a huge story. Where is it?"

There is no accountability, of course. Donald Trump can bring all the attention in the world to the many crimes being committed against American citizens by foreign thugs, but, as Gutfeld points out, the media would rather see you raped or murdered than report the numbers. Thank goodness there are a few real journalists left, like Fox News' Bill Melugin, who is relentless in reporting the truth of what's happening at the border. 

Stay safe out there, friends.