U.S. Congressman Lance Gooden, who represents Texas’ 5th district, posted a series of tweets on March 25, 2026, criticizing Democratic leadership and the media’s coverage of immigration-related incidents.
In his first tweet at 14:48 UTC, Gooden shared an image and stated, “This is how the Iranian regime treated U.S. Navy sailors due to Barack Obama’s weak leadership, Gavin.”
Later that day at 18:55 UTC, Gooden addressed media coverage of a recent murder case, tweeting, “The mainstream media has spent a mere 3 minutes and 43 seconds covering the murder of Sheridan Gorman by an illegal alien.
NBC: 23 seconds
ABC: 1 minute 19 seconds
CBS: 2 minutes 1 second
You can’t despise the fake news media enough.”
At 23:57 UTC on the same day, he criticized Democrats regarding immigration policies and air travel disruptions. Gooden wrote, “Democrats don’t care if you and your family miss your flight to protect criminal illegal aliens.
They said nothing when Biden flew 400,000+ illegal aliens from foreign airports into the U.S. on your dime.”
Gooden has represented Texas’s 5th District in Congress since replacing Jeb Hensarling in 2019 and previously served in the Texas House of Representatives from 2017 to 2019. He has secured multiple election victories since then—most recently defeating Ruth Torres in the general election with over sixty percent of the vote in both the 2024 and previous cycles.
