Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer argued on Tuesday that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem will<\/b>
\nFormer White House press secretary Sean Spicer argued on Tuesday that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem will not survive much longer in the administration over her response to the killing of Alex Pretti.
Following the Border Patrol-related shooting of Pretti on Saturday, Noem stated that he committed an act of domestic terrorism by approaching Border Patrol agents with a gun, although he legally open-carried his firearm. Spicer stated on \u201cThe Huddle\u201d that Noem had \u201ccrossed the Rubicon\u201d and will never politically recover from this current \u201cdisaster.\u201d
\u201cWhen you cross the Rubicon, good news to bad news, you never come back in Trump world \u2026 So, I can\u2019t think of a single instance where somebody went from good or neutral to bad and then came back,\u201d Spicer said. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t happen. Again, I speak from very personal experience on this, and you have to know sort of whether to try to wait it out or to take the nearest offramp. And I don\u2019t see how Noem comes back from this. She was already on thin ice, this was a complete and utter disaster, you have problems within MAGA world now. You\u2019ve got the NRA, you\u2019ve got congressional leaders and by the way, just one quick note, you have 145 members of the House saying they\u2019re going to impeach her.\u201d
\u201cIf you realize that she\u2019s bad news and you\u2019re gonna get her, you have to get her while you still own the Senate and get a new person in \u2026 She crossed the Rubicon and I don\u2019t know how she gets back,\u201d Spicer continued.
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President Donald Trump met with Noem for two hours in the Oval Office on Tuesday and told reporters afterwards that she will not be stepping down. He sent border czar Tom Homan to Minnesota on Monday evening to address Immigration and Customs Enforcement\u2019s (ICE) operations and the Somali fraud scandal.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said during a Monday briefing that Trump still has the \u201cutmost confidence\u201d in Noem ahead of Homan\u2019s visit. Noem wrote on X that Homan\u2019s visit was \u201cgood news for peace, safety and accountability in Minneapolis.\u201d
Noem said during a press conference on Saturday that Pretti \u201cviolently resisted\u201d officers as they attempted to disarm him, adding that the agent fired defensive shots while he feared for his life. Police confirmed that Pretti had a gun permit and that the gun was removed before the agent shot him.
Several Republican lawmakers criticized the administration\u2019s response of Pretti\u2019s death, including Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who argued that officials should be \u201cmore measured\u201d in their response. Republican North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis said rushing to judgment on the matter is a \u201cdisservice to the nation and to President Trump\u2019s legacy.\u201d
Democratic Illinois Rep. Robin Kelly introduced a resolution to impeach Noem, which has earned 120 co-sponsors. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries called on Noem to be impeached in a statement on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n