Sen. John Fetterman on Tuesday urged President Donald Trump “to immediately fire” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after federal agents killed two citizens in Minneapolis this month.
“Americans have died,” Fetterman, D-Pa., said in a statement. “She is betraying DHS’s core mission and trashing your border security legacy.”
The senator’s call for Noem’s firing comes after federal agents killed two Americans during the Minneapolis operation. On Saturday, a Border Patrol agent shot and killed Alex Pretti, an intensive care nurse at a VA hospital. An ICE agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old poet and mother, on Jan. 7.
“DO NOT make the mistake President Biden made for not firing a grossly incompetent DHS Secretary,” Fetterman said.
Fetterman’s plea to fire Noem comes a day after he called for the withdrawal of federal agents from Minneapolis.
