Two Republican senators said that Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem should resign in the wake of the second fatal shooting by immigration authorities in Minnesota.
Democrats had already called for Noem to lose her job after Customs and Border Protection officials in Minneapolis shot and killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse.
In the immediate aftermath, Noem called Pretty a "domestic terrorist" after federal agents fatally shot him on Saturday.
Now, Sen. Thom Tillis, a retiring Republican from North Carolina, has also blasted Noem, saying she needed to step aside.
"I think that what she's done in Minnesota should be disqualifying; she should be out of a job," Tillis told The Independent. "It's just amateurish. It's terrible. It's making the president look bad on policies that he won on."
Tillis has become increasingly critical of Trump's top officials, including White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, who claimed that Pretti had "tried to assassinate federal law enforcement." So far, the White House has not backed down from the comments, which Vice President JD Vance retweeted.
Tillis is not alone in his criticism, with Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a moderate from Alaska, loudly criticizing Noem as well.
"I voted for her," Murkowski told The Independent. "I think the President needs to look at who he has in place. As the Secretary of Homeland Security, I would not support her again, and I think it's probably time for her to step down."
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