There is a lot of weird shit happening with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s attempt to cover up ICE abuses, most recently, the fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis by one of her goons. Just one day after Good’s murder by an ICE agent, Noem quietly ordered new restrictions on congressional visits to immigration detention facilities. And that’s possibly illegal, as a judge rejected a nearly identical policy last month.
Still, after her mountain of lies since she was sworn in, Noem told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday, “This administration wants to operate in transparency.”
“You’ve also been criticized for your comments,” Tapper said. “The shooting, we should note, was Wednesday at 1037 a.m. Eastern. Just over two hours later, the Department of Homeland Security put out a statement definitively asserting what had happened, defending the ICE agent, accusing Renee Good of domestic terrorism. That’s a characterization that you reiterated in a press conference half an hour later. Now, Republican Senator Tom Tillis said, quote, 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.”
“Generally speaking, law enforcement would recognize that a life was lost, that families are changed forever, the shooter’s life will change forever, we’re collecting video, we’re trying to assess the situation,” he continued with his quote from Tillis.
