Republicans are urging Trump to stop purging leadership at DHS after a frantic four days of bloodletting
Most Republicans liked Nielsen and thought she’d been given an impossible job. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell praised her glowingly on the Senate floor for her “experienced and steady leadership.”
“When you’re dealing with something that’s the worst we’ve seen in 12, 13 years, having to deal with that problem and having new people come in and deal with it is always tricky,” said Hurd, whose district stretches along the U.S.-Mexico border. But Miller’s rise in the Trump administration is merely one more indication of how the president gravitates toward the restrictionist wing of his party.
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