Democratic officials in and around Chicago, led by Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, have been decidedly oppositional and uncooperative toward the Trump administration's efforts to crack down on criminals and illegal aliens in the city and its surrounding suburbs.

That was exemplified on Friday when Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was denied entry into a local government building to use the bathroom, according to the New York Post.

The pettiness of the scandalous blockade of the secretary was further highlighted by the snarky response the situation elicited from a spokesperson for the Chicago-area Village of Broadview.

"Blocked" from using the bathroom in a public building

On Friday, DHS Secretary Noem and other administration officials visited the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Broadview, which has been besieged for weeks by at-times violent and disruptive anti-ICE protests.

At one point during the day, Noem and her entourage stopped at the Broadview Municipal Building for a quick bathroom break, but were denied entry by an unidentified local official who held the door shut and said, "No, you cannot," when Noem's staffers asked if they could use the building's restrooms.

In an X post, Noem wrote, "My team and I were just blocked from accessing the Village of Broadview Municipal Building in Illinois. We were stopping for a quick bathroom break. This is a public building. The Village of Broadview receives at least $1 million in federal funding every year."

"This is how JB Pritzker and his cronies treat our law enforcement. Absolutely shameful," she added.

"Ridiculous" obstruction caught on video

The incident was caught on video and posted on X by conservative commentator Benny Johnson, who was accompanying the secretary on her rounds that day in Broadview, which Noem shared along with her own remarks about what had occurred.

"That's what Governor Pritzker says is cooperation in keeping people safe," Noem said in the video as she walked away from the building. "So as much as these local leaders and governors talk about cooperating and having the backs of our law enforcement officers, this is what we have to put up with every single day, and all we’re doing is getting criminals and terrorists and cartels and gang members off the streets to make families safer here."

She added that it was "ridiculous" that federal agents and officers have to deal with such obstruction from local government officials every day, but noted that she was "proud" of their continued efforts and that the American people, by and large, supported what they were doing.

Local official responds, governor incites more opposition

Of course, the story about the incident was different from CNN, which quoted Broadview spokesperson David Ormsby as snarkily saying of the bathroom denial, "We are distressed to hear that the bathrooms are unavailable at the ICE facility."

The spokesperson further asserted that Secretary Noem had not been looking to use the bathroom but instead to meet unannounced with the mayor, who was out of the office at that time, and insisted that the mayor had attempted to return the unannounced visit at the ICE facility but had likewise been denied entry at the gate because the secretary had been unavailable.

Meanwhile, the outlet also reported on the incendiary commentary on social media and in speeches from Gov. Pritzker that have clearly encouraged and incited local obstruction, opposition, and potential violence against the secretary and federal agents from local officials and activist protesters.

Indeed, among his several dire warnings and gross mischaracterizations of the ongoing federal operations, the governor said in one social media post that Noem "should no longer be able to step foot inside the State of Illinois without any form of public accountability."