MAGA Republicans Sharpen Knives Ahead of Oversight Hearing With Sanctuary City Mayors: 'This is Going to Be a Fun One!'

Republican lawmakers are anticipating they will take a confrontational approach to Democratic mayors leading sanctuary cities in an upcoming hearing next week, which will be aimed at holding them "publicly accountable."

In a video published on Wednesday, the House Oversight Committee anticipated the hearing, which will seek to question the mayors of Boston, Chicago, Denver and New York City.

The video features comments from President Donald Trump claiming that the cities are harboring undocumented immigrants who committed crimes overlapped with comments from the mayors about their willingness to enforce their sanctuary status. It goes on to focus on crimes committed by migrants before highlighting subpoenas sent to the four mayors: Michelle Wu, Brandon Johnson, Mike Johnston and Eric Adams.

The video ends with an interview from House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer saying that "if they are going to continue to disobey the law I think we should cut as much as their federal funding as we can."

Several lawmakers reacted to the video with Rep. William Timmons, a member of the committee, saying "this is going to be a fun one!" Chairman Comer, on his end, said that the "pro-illegal alien mayors of Boston, Chicago, Denver, and NYC have implemented reckless, illegal policies that shield criminal aliens from immigration enforcement & endanger public safety." On March 5, the committee "will hold these mayors accountable for refusing to abide by the law," he added.

Boston, Denver and Chicago have stood by their intention to keep being a sanctuary city despite Trump's threat to withhold federal funding from them. New York City, historically welcoming, now stands in contrast as Mayor Eric Adams is taking a harder line, especially after the Trump DOJ directed prosecutors to drop corruption charges against him. He has been subpoenaed nonetheless.

Earlier this month Trump border czar Tom Homan said he would return to the city if Adams does not follow through on promises made aiming to further the Trump administration's immigration goals.

In a joint interview with Adams on Fox & Friends on February 14, the two discussed plans to collaborate on immigration enforcement. "If he doesn't come through, I'll be back in New York City. ... I'll be in his office, up his butt, saying, where the hell is the agreement we came to?" said Homan.

Adams laughed at the comment. "And I want ICE to deliver. We're going to deliver for the safety of the American people," he replied.