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\n\tDuring Cardi B<\/a>\u2018s Little Miss Drama Tour<\/a> launch in Palm Desert, California, on Wednesday, the Grammy-winner paused the show to speak to the crowd in a now-viral moment<\/a>. \u201cIf ICE<\/a> come in here, we\u2019re gonna jump they asses,\u201d she said on stage. \u201cI got some bear mace in the back. They ain\u2019t taking my fans, bitch. Let\u2019s go!\u201d she added, before performing her next song, \u201cI Like It.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tHer remarks caught the attention of Donald Trump<\/a>\u2018s\u00a0Department of Homeland Security<\/a> (DHS) the following day, which\u00a0reposted a<\/a> TMZ<\/em> story about it and wrote on X, \u201cAs long as she doesn\u2019t drug and rob our agents, we\u2019ll consider that an improvement over her past behavior.\u201d The DHS post appeared to reference a video<\/a> that resurfaced in 2019 of Cardi saying she drugged and robbed men while she worked as a stripper before becoming famous.<\/p>\n \n\tIn response to the DHS, Cardi fired back, \u201cIf we talking about drugs let\u2019s talk about Epstein and friends drugging underage girls to rape them. Why yall don\u2019t wanna talk about the Epstein files?\u201d The artist directed the department to the controversy over the latest tranche<\/a>\u00a0of files released by the Justice Department from the criminal investigations of the late convicted sex offender\u00a0Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>.<\/p>\n