WASHINGTON ― Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday repeatedly refused to admit she was wrong when she cast two Minneapolis residents killed by federal immigration enforcement agents, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, as “domestic terrorists.”
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, unleashed on Noem as she testified before the panel. He pressed her on why she publicly and falsely smeared Good and Pretti in the aftermath of their fatal shootings. Both were American citizens and, as video footage shows, neither appeared to be doing anything illegal when federal agents killed them. Other federal officials have since acknowledged there was no evidence either was engaged in any kind of domestic terrorism.
“I want to give you a chance before the entire country to correct your false and defamatory claim,” Raskin told the secretary. “Based on what you know today, Madam Secretary, were Renee Good and Alex Pretti domestic terrorists?”
Noem said their killings were “an absolute tragedy,” but ignored the question.
“Were they domestic terrorists, as you said to the country?” Raskin asked again.
