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New Jersey Rep WALKS OUT on DHS drones briefing: ‘Amateur hour…They don’t know anything!’

December 12, 2024 | | Print Article

What is going on in the skies above New Jersey?

It seems that’s the question of the moment as numerous reports of “drones” whizzing above mainly New Jersey have been growing for weeks. Residents have taken to social media to share compelling videos and local officials have been sounding the alarm over a concerning phenomenon with little to no explanation.

Republican Rep. Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey was one of the only government officials to offer a solid theory as to what could be happening in America’s skies.

“I’m going to tell you the real deal: Iran launched a mothership, probably about a month ago that contains these drones,” Van Drew stated Wednesday citing “very high” and “qualified” sources.

Van Drew urged the U.S. military, to bring a drone down by any means possible including shooting it, to get to the bottom of the mystery.

But here’s the kicker. There seems to have been no effort to bring the drones down, and the silence and stonewalling from the Pentagon and federal officials over the issue has been deafening.

In addition, Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh threw cold water directly on Van Drew’s claim later on Wednesday stating, there was “no evidence these are coming from a foreign entity or work of an adversary.”

Enter New Jersey State Rep. Brian Bergen who attended a Department of Homeland Security meeting eager for some answers, or even possibly a plan of action, but said he came away with neither. After an hour of frustrating nothing burgers, he saw the writing on the wall and walked out.

“I walked out because it was worthless,” Bergen began. “It was the biggest amateur hour presentation I’ve ever seen about anything, ok? It was ridiculous, there were no answers.”

Yikes!

“They don’t know where the drones are coming from, they don’t know who’s doing it, they don’t know why they’re doing it, but they say there’s no credible threat,” Bergen continued. “It was annoying to be there! I drove two hours to be here today, spent an hour in there, and now [I have to] drive two hours back.

“The biggest waste of five hours in my entire life!”

Bergen said he had “no idea” why he was called to a meeting where everyone claimed to know nothing and offered no ideas on how to move forward.

“Here’s the most frustrating part,” he continued. “The colonel of the state police said that he had a helicopter of his flying over, above one of these drones… and he said he felt unsafe for his helicopter, so he just let it go!” a seemingly bewildered Bergen said.

He continued saying that DHS officials claimed to have no idea where the drones are originating but maybe would have if they had “followed that sucker to where it landed,” referring to the drone the police reportedly let go.

“This is a complete lack of effort,” Bergen said, claiming that the U.S. has the “ability, training, technology, and money” to get to the bottom of it and reiterated how “infuriating” it was to have been brought to the meeting for no meaningful reason.

Bergen told the reporter that he had been an “attack, Apache helicopter pilot in the Army” and helped “stand up” the “initial unmanned aircraft training battalion,” which he implied gives him added credibility to be critical on the issue.

“These guys are not doing the job they need to do to figure out what’s going on,” he contended, calling out the DHS, FBI, and state police.

When asked about the government/media narrative claiming there is no current threat to Americans, Bergen shot back, “How the hell do they know!? They don’t know anything! They don’t know what it is. They don’t know where it comes from. They don’t know nothing.”

Bergen’s explosive rant ignited a flurry of discussion on X where many theories are on the table and frustration aimed at a bumbling government response was palpable:

Soon.

Meanwhile, Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene believes the Pentagon knows what’s going on, but is choosing not to inform Americans and other government officials.

“I think they’re full of sh*t,” Greene said Thursday of those supposedly in the know. “If they don’t know, they need to resign in shame.”

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