Pressure mounts on Kristi Noem as Republicans join calls for her to go
by Chris Stein in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#734Q0)
Key senators urge resignation as Democrats threaten to impeach DHS secretary if Trump does not fire her
Top House Democrats on Tuesday told Donald Trump to fire Kristi Noem or they would launch impeachment proceedings against the homeland security secretary, in response to the weekend killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, as two Republican senators join calls for her to resign.
The ultimatum from Democrats came after a majority of the House caucus signed on to articles of impeachment introduced earlier in the month in response to the shooting death of Renee Good, who, like Pretti, was a US citizen killed by federal agents during the increasingly violent immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota's largest city.
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