It's just flat-out crazy that people constantly excuse, endorse, downplay and strawman this type of behavior. It's (by far imo) the number one reason people have abandoned the Republican party........
Chris Van Hollen Snaps At Former DHS Official For Smearing Renee Good’s Name
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) snapped at Chad Wolf, the former acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, for not rejecting the baseless claims made by DHS Secretary Kristi Noem that Renee Good and Alex Pretti were “domestic terrorists."
During a Senate hearing, Van Hollen pressed Wolf on whether he agrees with Noem’s claims about Good and Pretti, both of whom were fatally shot earlier this year by federal immigration enforcement agents in Minneapolis. There is no evidence that either was a domestic terrorist, but in the immediate aftermath of their killings, Noem rushed to cast both as such.
Wolf, who previously served at DHS under Trump, said he would have “let that investigation play out” on Good’s and Pretti’s fatal shootings before determining whether either was a domestic terrorist. He wouldn’t say if Noem was “wrong” to label them that way, though.
“So you think it’s still an open question as to whether or not they were domestic terrorists?” Van Hollen asked.
“Again, I’m going to let the investigation play out–” Wolf began.
“It sounds like you do,” Van Hollen interjected. “The country has seen the videos, OK? So I find it outrageous that you would sit here today and hold open the idea that they were domestic terrorists. Their parents and their loved ones deserve an apology from the U.S. government, and I find it outrageous that you’re taking the position that you are here today.”
“I’m not taking that position,” Wolf said.
“Yes you are!” the Maryland senator charged. “By taking no position and leaving on the table the notion that they are domestic terrorists, you are taking a position.”
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