Senators Klobuchar and Schumer announce they will vote against Department of Homeland Security funding following a fatal shooting by a federal agent in Minneapolis, potentially leading to a government shutdown. Klobuchar cited the shooting and other incidents as reasons for her decision.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar said that she will not vote for Department of Homeland Security funding after the latest fatal shooting of an American by a federal agent in Minneapolis.on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that they will not vote for Department of Homeland Security funding after the latest fatal shooting of an American by a federal agent in Minneapolis.
“When they’re killing two constituents in my state, and they’re taking 2-year-olds out of the arms of their mom, and they are taking an elder Hmong man out of his house andin his underwear, and then figuring out they have the wrong man,” Klobuchar told moderator Kristen Welker, “no, I am not voting for this funding.”, a 37-year-old nurse, in Minneapolis on Saturday. The bill would need a handful of Democratic votes in order to pass, and the Senate is expected to consider the measure this week. If the appropriations bill does not pass, the government could enter a partial shutdown at the end of the month. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Saturday that Democrats would not provide the necessary votes if DHS funding is included in the appropriations bill. During a separate interview on"Meet the Press", Schiff saidthat the government would shut down if Republicans"insist" that funding related to ICE or border patrol"be joined with other government funding."Klobuchar urged her Republican colleagues to “stand up” and join Democrats in voting against DHS funding.the Trump administration’s narrative around Pretti’s killing. Administration officials painted a picture of a person who approached law enforcement with a gun and “violently resisted” when officers tried to disarm him. However, videos show Pretti going to help a person who was pushed by federal agents, and the videos do not appear to show Pretti holding a gun in the moments before he was killed.Klobuchar said she was “absolutely horrified” by the shooting and condemned the administration’s rhetoric. “When I hear the officials from the Trump administration describe this video in ways that simply aren’t true, I just keep thinking, ‘Your eyes don’t lie,’” she said. She urged ICE to leave her state, saying, “They are making us less safe, not more safe.” Asked during the interview whether she believed ICE needed to be abolished, Klobuchar said that “we’re always going to have some immigration enforcement in this country, and border control.” “But the way that this agency has been functioning is completely against every tenet of law enforcement,” she said, before adding that she would vote against a bill that would provide more funding to ICE. The senator added that there must be a “transparent” investigation into the killings of Pretti and Good.Welker also asked Klobuchar whether she intended to run for governor of Minnesota. She has filed relevant paperwork, and Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat, announced earlier this month that he would not seek a third term. “I have to tell you, Kristen, that’s for later,” Klobuchar said. “I clearly filed papers. And I love my job as a senator, but I love my state more. I am focused on one thing, and that is getting ICE out of our state. There is no time for politics right now. There is only time for that.”
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