We Were Long Overdue for a Sapphic MAGA Sex Scandal 

Madison Sheahan, the former No. 2 at ICE who left in January to run for Congress in Ohio, is alleged to have dated an underling from 2020 to 2022.

By Danielle Han  |  April 25, 2026 | 2:55pm
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We Were Long Overdue for a Sapphic MAGA Sex Scandal 

Another day, another MAGA sex scandal. On Thursday, the Daily Mail reported on Madison Sheahan, Kristi Noem’s former No. 2 at ICE, who left in January to run for Congress in Ohio—and the underling she apparently secretly dated from 2020 to 2022. Might sound shocking, but being an integral part of Trump’s vicious deportation campaign does not make you a good person, nor a good girlfriend. 

The two met when the woman was 19, and working on Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign while a student at Denison University. Because of the pandemic, she lost her student accommodation, and the then-23-year-old Sheahan invited her to move into her house. At the time, Sheahan was working for the Ohio Republican Party. According to three separate sources, Sheahan was, at one point in 2020, the woman’s supervisor.

Throughout their relationship, the Mail reports, Sheahan exhibited loads of “toxic behavior”—much of which stemmed from jealousy and a paranoia that her lover would cheat on her with a man. When the woman told Sheahan this was her first same-sex relationship, Sheahan reportedly replied, “This is why I don’t like to date people who aren’t gay.” 

According to the woman, Sheahan could only be described as “toxic,” “volatile,” and “controlling.”

The woman also highlighted one particular incident from November, when she was going out with friends in Atlanta, Georgia. After sending Sheahan a picture of her outfit, which included—gasp!—a tight-fitting bodysuit, Sheahan reportedly got upset. “She lost it on me,” the woman told the Mail. “It went from her saying, ‘Have fun, have a great night,’ to, ‘What the fuck, you’re not gonna fucking go. Are you actually fucking serious? I’m not gonna talk to you again.” (Friendly reminder: Please don’t date anyone who says that.)

“It’s okay to be gay…but I don’t think that’s something she has accepted,” the woman said. “I think a lot of the problems in our relationship was that she’s not comfortable in her own skin.” I mean, I’m no relationship expert, but I imagine it isn’t the biggest of green flags when you’re dating a close ally of former Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem. So… maybe there were other problems there, too.

In March, Sheahan was tapped to become the deputy director of ICE, and according to a senior official, she would often target the agency’s female staffers whom she thought were “disloyal,” and would “always push to get women fired.” Weird feminism, but OK! “She’d always try to be the alpha in the room,” they explained. “There could never be a stronger woman.” Good for her.

Sheahan is currently running against Democrat incumbent Marcy Kaptur, the longest-serving member of Congress. Because what district doesn’t need a candidate who’s best described as toxic, volatile, and controlling?

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