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.”
She’s the fall guy, and republicans are playing both-sides right now, trying to claw back any credibility they can. Rolling Stone is helping them out. Don’t. Fall. For. It.
Citation needed. Rolling Stone does excellent political coverage. What do you know that I don’t?
I’m pretty sure this is in response to this particular article spinning the narrative as if some Republicans are actually concerned about what Noem has been up to.
The citation is this article you posted.
Not sure I agree with them though; the article is doing a pretty good job at reporting what actually happened instead of trying to editorialize it for us.
I mean, Tillis has nothing to gain from grandstanding; he’s not running for reelection. The coverage here seems up to snuff.
I’d argue that Tillis retiring is exactly why he’s saying this stuff - it’s his way of playing both sides of the fence He’s getting out while he can still (partially) claim deniability, putting on this show with Noem, and at the same time voting to let Trump continue to bomb Iran unchecked. By participating in this farce now, he limits the amount of flack he’ll get for it from the True Believers, yet he’s also providing cover for Republicans who think ICE has gone too far. And in the end, absolutely nothing significant will change.
this is authorized so that people pay attention to this instead of epstein shit
Thats it. kid gloves are off. We are only half a year from an election and we are going to pretend to care. We are going to hit you with some zingers for now and you can bet that you won’t be able to just go on doing what your doing without some push back. for now. I think everyone should also recognize the democrats are just like us so why even vote for them or go out and vote at all.
He’s not running for reelection. He still sucks but he’s speaking truth to power specifically because nothing is on the line anymore
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.
