Lifelong Democrat Tells Congress She Is ‘Ashamed’ of Her Party After Illegal Alien Truck Driver Licensed in Gavin Newsom’s California Killed Her Newlywed Son and Bride

by Jim Hᴏft Sep. 16, 2026 7:30 am



Elizabeth Carter testifies before the House Judiciary Committee after her son and his newlywed wife were killed by an illegal alien.

A grieving Oregon mother walked into a House hearing Tuesday and did something the Democrat Party never wanted on camera: she told the truth about her own side.

Elizabeth Carter, a self-described lifelong Democrat, testified before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement on Tuesday that she is “ashamed” of what Democrats have done on immigration after an illegal alien semi-truck driver wiped out her son, his new wife, and even the family cat on a dark Oregon highway.

Carter’s son, 25-year-old William Micah Carter, and his 24-year-old wife, Jennifer Lynn Lower, were killed on November 24, 2025, only 16 days after their wedding.
Their cat, Bert, was also killed.

The couple’s Subaru Outback slammed into the trailer of a Freightliner driven by Rajinder Kumar, 32, after Kumar’s semi became jackknifed across both lanes of U.S. Highway 20 in Deschutes County, Oregon, KTVZ 21 reported.



Rajinder Kumar, a 32-year-old Indian national

The Gateway Pundit reported on the tragedy in December 2025 after DHS revealed Kumar’s immigration history and California commercial driver’s license.

Cristina Laila reported that Kumar had jackknifed his tractor-trailer across U.S. Highway 20 before the Carter vehicle struck the trailer, killing William and Jennifer.

The report also highlighted DHS’s statement that Kumar entered the country illegally in 2022 and later received a California CDL.

On Tuesday, Rep. Brad Knott (R-N.C.) pressed her on the millions released under Biden. Carter did not hedge.

“We allowed 10 million people in under Biden. How is there a different suggestion as to how to process them, other than the same way they came into the country en masse, leaving?” she said.

Knott answered the only way an honest lawmaker can: Democrats on the dais still will not say that if you are here illegally, you should get out.

“Well, they don’t care,” he said. He asked whether enforcing the law is worth it if it saves even one American family from what the Carters suffered. Carter’s answer was immediate: “Absolutely.”

“I have to say, as a lifelong Democrat, I am ashamed of what my party is doing,” Carter said.

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A grieving Oregon mother walked into a House hearing Tuesday and did something the Democrat Party never wanted on camera: she told the truth about her own side.

Elizabeth Carter described herself as a lifelong Democrat before making a remarkable admission about her party’s

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4:44 AM · Sep 16, 2026

Carter told the committee Kumar was caught the day he entered through Lukeville and immediately released.

He was then “rewarded,” she said: allowed to stay, allowed to work, and given a California CDL.

In testimony she raised a damning point about that license. She said Kumar does not speak English or Spanish, the languages in which California administers the CDL test.

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My heart grieves for Elizabeth Carter, who lost her son, Billy, and his bride, Jenny, just 16 days after their wedding. They were killed when an unqualified illegal alien truck driver jackknifed his semi across an Oregon highway, blocking both lanes of traffic, and caused the

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