"We have ample video evidence and eyewitness testimony proving you were wrong. Your statements caused immeasurable pain to these families. Do you retract these statements identifying these individuals as domestic terrorists?"
"Noem did not, instead giving a long-winded answer about her heart breaking for the families of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. She justified her actions by claiming agents at the scene told her the victims were terrorists and that the situation was chaotic."
"Is it so hard to say you were wrong? Kristi Noem refuses to retract her statements about Alex Pretti and Renee Good being domestic terrorists, but throws agents at the scene under the bus for the fact she said it in the first place."
During Senate Judiciary Committee testimony, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem declined to retract her statements labeling two individuals killed by ICE agents in Minneapolis as domestic terrorists. Senator Dick Durbin presented video evidence and eyewitness testimony contradicting her claims and highlighted the suffering caused to the victims' families. He also referenced teacher's assistant Marimar Martinez, who survived being shot five times by ICE agents in Chicago and was similarly accused of being a domestic terrorist. When directly asked if she would retract these statements, Noem avoided admitting wrongdoing, instead claiming agents at the scene provided her with information and citing the chaotic nature of the situation. Her refusal to acknowledge error drew criticism.
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