On Wednesday, the grandstanding rep. was at it again as he attempted to dunk on DHS Secretary Kristi Noem during a Homeland Security budget hearing in Washington, D.C. Instead of asking her about the security of the country, or our progress in stemming the flow of illegal aliens at our southern border, Swalwell was obsessed over a photo of deported MS-13 gangbanger Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s knuckles.

Perhaps he’s only able to concentrate on one thing at a time:

Swalwell was grilling Noem about a photo of Abrego Garcia’s hand that shows alleged MS-13 tattoos during a Homeland Security budget hearing in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.

[Pomposity alert:] “I want you to have credibility and I want you to be taken seriously. Is this doctored or is it not?” Swalwell asked, referring to the photo that President Donald Trump shared on social media. Swalwell was asserting that the letters “M,” “S” and the numbers “1” and “3” above the tattoos were edited onto the photo.

Noem attempted to answer, but as a rule, Swalwell is more interested in hearing himself talk than he is in listening to other people. (Profanity alert, since Democrats have recently taken to swearing at every possible occasion:)

Noem tried to respond, saying that the deportation of Abrego Garcia was based off an investigation, not a photo, but was interrupted by Swalwell.

“Madam Secretary, I have a seven-year-old, a six-year-old and a three-year-old,” Swalwell said. “I have a bulls— detector. I’m just asking you, is this doctored or not?”

The secretary was incredulous that this is how Swalwell would choose to use his time:

Noem replied that it was “unbelievable” that the lawmaker’s focus was on a photo and not on the importance of U.S. national security, before saying she had “no knowledge” of the photo in question.

Watch:

“Is it doctored, or not doctored? Madam Secretary [Noem], I have a bullsh*t detector. Is this doctored or not doctored? Can you answer the question?”

Eric Swalwell is a special kind of stupid 🤣pic.twitter.com/do2DNrTwVh

— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) May 14, 2025

It wasn’t the first Democrat Noem made look like a fool Wednesday; she and Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green (R) absolutely humiliated Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) earlier, as RedState’s Nick Arama reported.