The pledge from Democratic leadership comes as Democrats on the Committee on Homeland Security are weighing opening an investigation into Noem and her leadership after the fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis by immigration enforcement personnel.
“The violence unleashed on the American people by the Department of Homeland Security must end forthwith,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) wrote in a statement Tuesday. “Kristi Noem should be fired immediately, or we will commence impeachment proceedings in the House of Representatives.”
House Democratic leadership has previously remained wary of impeachment efforts, particularly those against Trump, noting that they would be wasting energy given the hurdles in both chambers of Congress.
Along with Jeffries’s support for Noem’s impeachment, House Homeland Security Committee Democrats are weighing
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