GOP lawmakers question Noem’s handling of ICE-related shooting in Minnesota
Is this competence or optics?
Hours after the shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said Good "weaponized" her car to carry out an "act of domestic terrorism."
Many Republicans in DC are skeptical of Noem's characterization.
“It was very unusual to have a senior law enforcement official to draw a conclusion about an event where the scene was still being processed,” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said of Noem’s conclusion that the shooting was in response to a domestic terrorism incident.
Other senior Trump administration officials, notably border czar Tom Homan, have had a more measured response to the shooting — stopping well short of labeling Renee Nicole Macklin Good’s actions domestic terrorism.
Homan said he wanted the investigation “play out” before drawing conclusions.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said she’s concerned about reports that the Department of Homeland Security is shutting the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension out from the investigation.
“I did find that a little confusing and concerning. It seems like the state authorities are being iced out of it — no pun intended — which just seems unusual."
Why did President Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Secretary Kristi Noem commit to the domestic terrorism angle before the investigation ended? If the FBI's investigation does find legitimate evidence of domestic terrorism, will the public buy it after local police have been excluded from the investigation?
Is this competence or optics?
Hours after the shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said Good "weaponized" her car to carry out an "act of domestic terrorism."
Many Republicans in DC are skeptical of Noem's characterization.
“It was very unusual to have a senior law enforcement official to draw a conclusion about an event where the scene was still being processed,” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said of Noem’s conclusion that the shooting was in response to a domestic terrorism incident.
Other senior Trump administration officials, notably border czar Tom Homan, have had a more measured response to the shooting — stopping well short of labeling Renee Nicole Macklin Good’s actions domestic terrorism.
Homan said he wanted the investigation “play out” before drawing conclusions.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said she’s concerned about reports that the Department of Homeland Security is shutting the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension out from the investigation.
“I did find that a little confusing and concerning. It seems like the state authorities are being iced out of it — no pun intended — which just seems unusual."
Why did President Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Secretary Kristi Noem commit to the domestic terrorism angle before the investigation ended? If the FBI's investigation does find legitimate evidence of domestic terrorism, will the public buy it after local police have been excluded from the investigation?
GOP lawmakers question Noem’s handling of ICE-related shooting in Minnesota
Is this competence or optics?
Hours after the shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said Good "weaponized" her car to carry out an "act of domestic terrorism."
Many Republicans in DC are skeptical of Noem's characterization.
“It was very unusual to have a senior law enforcement official to draw a conclusion about an event where the scene was still being processed,” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said of Noem’s conclusion that the shooting was in response to a domestic terrorism incident.
Other senior Trump administration officials, notably border czar Tom Homan, have had a more measured response to the shooting — stopping well short of labeling Renee Nicole Macklin Good’s actions domestic terrorism.
Homan said he wanted the investigation “play out” before drawing conclusions.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said she’s concerned about reports that the Department of Homeland Security is shutting the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension out from the investigation.
“I did find that a little confusing and concerning. It seems like the state authorities are being iced out of it — no pun intended — which just seems unusual."
Why did President Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Secretary Kristi Noem commit to the domestic terrorism angle before the investigation ended? If the FBI's investigation does find legitimate evidence of domestic terrorism, will the public buy it after local police have been excluded from the investigation?
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