Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem had her ass handed to her during a congressional hearing on Tuesday — and not just by Democrats. In a shift from their usual coddling of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet members, some Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee laid into Noem, grilling her on her leadership at the agency amid growing public disapproval of the administration’s increasingly violent anti-immigration crackdown.
Noem still got plenty of softballs from Republican lawmakers, but the pressure from other members of the GOP was notable given the degree to which Trump’s immigration policies could shape the midterm elections.
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), who is not running for reelection this year, berated Noem as the arbiter of a “disaster” for the federal government, taking her to task for everything from her handling of investigations into ICE misconduct, to shooting her dog. “I’m giving you a performance evaluation here — I’m not looking for a response,” he said.
“Quality matters, not quantity,” Tillis said of the administration’s demand that DHS meet certain deportation quotas. “What we have seen is a disaster under your leadership Mrs. Noem, a disaster. What we’ve seen are innocent people getting detained that turn out are American citizens. … Time after time after time, I have been disappointed.”
Yeah I just can’t take anyone serious who is connected to that party anymore. Any cred it had is long gone. I would really love for conservatives to find their soul again and have a legitamate party. I know im going to get so many conservatives have alwasy been facists or whatnot but I have known conservative people throughout my life. Who are earnest people that had a value system. Often times religious. I don’t know anyone with principles or brains now who align with the republican party except with a few who stick to the both sides thing. Blind themselves with its about all politicians and theirs are not especially worse. Kinda funny because the closest thing I know to them are ultra leftists online who sorta have the same sentiment. They pretty much run the world now.