President Trump said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will not step down despite growing calls for her resignation. “No,” he told reporters on the South Lawn of the White House when asked if she’d resign. “I think she’s doing a very good job.
“I think that what she’s done in Minnesota should be disqualifying,” Tillis told reporters on Capitol Hill. “She should be out of a job. I mean, really, it’s just amateurish. It’s making the president look bad on policies that he won on.
“He won on a strong message on immigration,” the North Carolinian went on. “And now nobody’s talking about that. They’re not talking about securing the border. They’re talking about the incompetence of the leader of homeland security.”Murkowski initially said that it was “probably time for to step down” before taking a firmer position in telling NBC News: “Yes, she should go.”USPS carrier suspended, threatened with termination for criticizing 'extreme conditions' during Winter Storm FernUS lawyer, 44, found dead on UK-bound flight after falling asleep on mom's shoulder Murkowski, 68, and Tillis, 65, both voted to confirm Noem as DHS boss on Jan. 25 of last year, but neither have to worry about the immediate political fallout of breaking with the White House. Tillis has announced he will not seek re-election to a third Senate term this year, while Murkowski is not due to run again until 2028.“I think she’s doing a very good job. The border is totally secure” he told reporters Tuesday, rejecting the suggestion that his dispatching border czar Tom Homan to Minnesota to handle the fallout from the Pretti shooting was a vote of no confidence in Noem. “I do that all the time. I shake up teams,” Trump said. “I don’t think it’s a pullback, it’s a little bit of a change.”, the former South Dakota governor, and her top adviser Corey Lewandowski met with Trump for nearly two hours in the Oval Office. USPS carrier suspended, threatened with termination for criticizing 'extreme conditions' during Winter Storm FernRay J claims he won’t live past 2027 due to health concerns: ‘That’s what say’‘The View’s Whoopi Goldberg Roasts Melania Trump After She Asked ICE Protesters To “Protest In Peace”: “I Can’t Remember The Last Time I Saw Her”
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