Some of the seven Democrats who voted for Noem say they'd now oppose her in the wake of Trump's aggressive deportation plans and last week's incident involving Sen. Alex Padilla.

Some of the seven Democrats who voted for Noem say they’d now oppose her in the wake of Trump’s aggressive deportation plans and last week’s incident involving Sen. Alex Padilla.

Five days after Donald Trump’s inauguration, seven Senate Democrats voted to confirm Kristi Noem to lead the Department of Homeland Security.

Nearly 5 months later, most of them are critical of her, with some going as far as to say they regret their votes.

“I’m very disappointed. I’m very disappointed in her,” Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., told NBC News this week. “If I were voting on her today, I definitely wouldn’t vote for her.”

Freshman Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J., also said he would vote differently and oppose her nomination if he could do it again.

  • arrow74@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I hard disagree with what you said, but you are also correct with the political situation.

    A minority party in a normal world shouldn’t only be obstructionist. They should ideally all work together to make the best outcomes for the constituents. This is a functional democracy.

    Now that our democracy is in absolute decay on the path to a fascist takeover (if not already there), you are absolutely right.

    Maybe pedantic, but I feel like it’s important to remember how things should function.