Noem on Alex Pretti: “I Didn’t Call Him a Domestic Ter*orist”

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem attempted to rewrite her own words during today's Senate hearing, telling Sen. Amy Klobuchar she never called slain Minneapolis nurse Alex Pretti a domestic ter*orist. "I did not call him a domestic ter*orist. I said it appeared to be an incident of," Noem claimed. Klobuchar, who relayed that Pretti's parents called the label "one of the most hurtful things they could ever imagine," fired back: "I think the parents saw it for what it was." Noem refused to retract or apologize despite multiple requests from both Democrats and Republicans. Her defense unraveled further when GOP Sen. John Kennedy confronted her with an Axios report quoting her as blaming White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller for the characterization. Noem denied it, but Kennedy replied bluntly: "It was you. They're quoting you on the record." ICE and CBP leaders have already testified under oath that no one provided Noem with information supporting the ter*orism claim, and video evidence directly contradicted DHS's account of Pretti's death.