Sens. Thom Tillis (NC) and Lisa Murkowski (AK) became the first two Republican senators to call for the resignation of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem.
Tillis said he had no confidence in Noem, saying “I think she should go.”
“Yes, she should go,” Murkowski told NBC News.
BREAKING: Two Republican senators, Thom Tillis and Lisa Murkowski, call for DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to resign. https://t.co/uwtjHQvRcG
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NBC News explained further:
Tillis and Murkowski, who have shown willingness to break with the administration more than other GOP lawmakers, made the comments days after federal officers shot and killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, where an immigration officer killed Renee Good this month.
Tillis said Noem or President
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