Political Quotes

“last week was historic in the Senate Chamber. For the first time, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security came and appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee. She had been in the position for almost a year and had never agreed to publicly appear and account for her mismanagement of that Department until last week--1 day before the Senate Judiciary Committee, on which I serve as ranking Democrat, and the second day before the House Judiciary Committee for a similar hearing. When the smoke had cleared, President Trump announced, via a social media post, that he was firing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. The reason for the decision was obvious after her 2 days of testimony and 2 days of refusal to respond to important questions. Under Kristi Noem's disastrous stewardship, the Department was devoid of any moral compass or respect for the rule of law. The city of Chicago was one of the first victims of Secretary Noem's political theater campaign with her so-called Operation Midway Blitz. Instead of targeting the 'worst of the worst,' as the President has frequently announced, Secretary Noem unleashed masked, militarized immigration enforcement officers onto our streets. These officers detained American citizens, green card holders, and community members with no prior criminal records in violent, indiscriminate, and unconstitutional roundups.”