"You believe calling victims of that violence a domestic terrorist as a way to calm the scene? Durbin shot back. Durbin then asked Noem to explain why she thought calling the victims that we all saw on video and killed was going to calm a chaotic situation. Is it so hard to say you were wrong and issue a retraction?"
"The heated moment came as Noem, appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, was asked by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) if she would retract initial statements that Alex Pretti and Renee Good were domestic terrorists when they were shot and killed by ICE agents in Minnesota earlier this year. He then asked where she got information, adding that DHS agents testified under oath that Pretti was not a domestic terrorist."
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee where she was confronted about her initial statements labeling Alex Pretti and Renee Good as domestic terrorists after they were shot by ICE agents in Minnesota. Senator Dick Durbin challenged her characterization, noting that DHS agents testified under oath that Pretti was not a domestic terrorist. Noem claimed her assertion came from agents on the ground during a chaotic scene. Durbin pressed her on whether calling shooting victims domestic terrorists would calm a situation and demanded she publicly retract and admit error. During the hearing, a woman protested about Americans killed by ICE before being escorted out by security.
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