Leader Jeffries Calls for Impeachment of Kristi Noem

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2:17Ben Meiselas:Democrats are sticking the dagger into Donald Trump and twisting it. Finally, they are demanding impeachment. They want the impeachment of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said that he is now going to be initiating a formal process to initiate Kristi Noem. And he thinks that he can build the momentum to get this done. Now, this formal call for impeachment by the Democratic leader, Hakeem Jeffries, comes at a time where new polling from Reuters Ipsos has Trump's overall approval rating falling to 38 percent, the lowest of his term. Trump's immigration approval falls to a record low of 39 percent.

3:07Ben Meiselas:And most of this country feels that ICE has gone too far. You think? Well, Donald Trump just arrived in Iowa where he is holding a rally. And he says that I've got the best poll numbers. This as the growing calls mount for the impeachment of Kristi Noem. But frankly, it should be impeachment of Donald, of Hegsif, of everybody in that regime, of Pam Bondi, you name it. They all need to go. Donald Trump says his polling is great. Play this clip.

4:08So we have the best poll numbers we've ever had. Thank you all very much. I appreciate it. Thank you, Mr. President.

4:15Ben Meiselas:Next, Donald Trump is asked about whether he agrees that Alex Preti, who was gunned down and murdered by the border patrol, is a domestic terrorist. And Donald Trump said he shouldn't have been carrying a gun. No guns allowed. No Second Amendment, everybody. Play this clip. One number that's bad, can you tell? Is there one number that's bad? There's not one. Do you agree with the assessment from some of your own officials that Alex Preddy is a domestic terrorist or an assassin? Well, I haven't heard that, but certainly he shouldn't have been carrying a gun. But all of, hey, look, bottom line, everybody in this room, we view that as a very unfortunate incident, okay?

4:53Everyone, unless you're a stupid person, a very, very unfortunate incident. I don't like that he had a gun. I don't like that he had two fully loaded magazines. That's a lot of bad stuff. And despite that, I say that's a very unfortunate.

5:10Ben Meiselas:Then Donald Trump attacks a reporter for asking the same question and says, she's fake news. Play this clip. One number that's bad, can you tell? Is there one number that's bad? There's not one. Do you agree with the assessment from some of your own officials that Alex Freddie is a domestic terrorist or an assassin? Well, I haven't heard that, but certainly shouldn't have been carrying a gun. But all of, hey, look, bottom line, And everybody in this room, we view that as a very unfortunate incident, okay? Everyone, unless you're a stupid person, a very, very unfortunate incident. I don't like that he had a gun.

5:42I don't like that he had two fully loaded magazines. That's a lot of bad stuff. And despite that, I say that's a very unfortunate.

5:51Ben Meiselas:And then Donald Trump is asked about the criticism of him from Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who said that Donald Trump needs to change his approach on immigration. Here, play this clip.

6:15Ben Meiselas:A statement was just put out by Democratic leader, Hakeem Jeffries, saying that these paramilitary tactics that are being used to terrorize Americans must cease and desist. The violence unleashed on the American people by the Department of Homeland Security must end forthwith. She either, Kristi Noem, either needs to be fired immediately or we will commence impeachment proceedings in the House of Representatives. We can do this the easy way or the hard way. Let's bring in Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries right now. Leader Jeffries, it is great to see you. People are calling for this. You've heard the American people.

6:53Ben Meiselas:Frankly, we want them all impeached at this point. And we want all these people who have been involved in terrorizing the American people prosecuted because what we're seeing on the streets is absolutely disgusting and so un-American and so un-gross. Talk to us about this call for the impeachment of Kristi Noem. Great to be with you. The American people are appropriately dismayed, disturbed, and disgusted by what they're seeing by their own government, taxpayer dollars being used to kill American citizens, brutalize communities, and attack violently law-abiding immigrant families. It all has to end, and there's a variety of things that can be done.

7:35But Donald Trump can start by firing Kristi Noem immediately. We know Kristi Noem is a corrupt, despicable, pathological liar. She never should have been confirmed by Republicans in the Senate to begin with. And she's responsible in part for unleashing this kind of carnage that we're seeing in American communities. Federal taxpayer dollars should actually be used to make life better for the American people, to make life more affordable, to protect the health, the safety, and the well-being of everyday Americans, not kill them. So our position is pretty clear. Kristi Noem needs to be fired immediately or House Democrats upon our return to Congress next week will begin the initiation of impeachment proceedings against her.

8:24Ben Meiselas:I want to talk more about what those impeachment proceedings could look like. But as you mentioned, House is in recess right now. Mag and Mike said, everybody, it's not like we're about to deal with the government shutdown. Time to go home again. It seems that whenever we're confronting a MAGA Republican cause government shutdown, MAGA Mike just sends people on vacation. By the way, MAGA Mike didn't even address the murder of Alex Preti. He went like radio silent for 48 hours. But it's a big deal that MAGA Mike sent everybody home and on vacation and recess yet again, because if there's any alteration now in the Senate appropriations bill to the minibus package that was unfortunately passed in the House that Maga Mike pushed through and Democrats in the Senate are saying we ain't giving any funding right now to ICE and Border Patrol.

9:17Ben Meiselas:If alterations are made, that bill has to go back to the House now for any amendments. But guess what? The House isn't in session. So it's like Maga Mike wants a government shutdown, which again is going to happen on Friday. Here we are again, a Maga Mike Trump government shutdown right out right here, right around the horizon. playbook that he rolled out during the 43-day government shutdown when Donald Trump and Republicans shut the government down because they didn't want to provide affordable health care to the American people. Now they're ready to shut the government down so ICE can continue its killing spree in Minnesota and throughout the rest of the country.

9:53It's illegal and it's immoral. This is not complicated, right? And the American people are appropriately demanding change to rein in this lawless organization. Our basic demand is simple. ICE and the other agencies within the Department of Homeland Security should conduct themselves like every other law enforcement agency in the country. And we know what that looks like. There should be no mass agents brutalizing American people. Who else does that in terms of law enforcement agencies across the country. Of course, there should be warrant requirements before you can storm homes or break windows and rip people out of their cars who are either going to work, coming from work, dropping off their children.

10:42We know that these paramilitary tactics have to end. Who signed up for ICE conducting itself like a secret police force for a wannabe king? I mean, these folks have gone too far. And I think the killing of Alex Preddy coming on the heels of the killing of Renee Nicole Good and then the callousness of Kristi Noem's response where she just lied to the American people, claimed that they were domestic terrorists. No, they're American patriots. And under her watch, they were killed in cold blood. That can't happen anymore. And people need to be held accountable.

11:23Ben Meiselas:Let's talk about what an impeachment of Kristi Noem can look like, because, you know, I think probably privately, you could tell me if I'm wrong here. Lots of these Republicans don't want her there. They don't want a lot of things that are happening there, but they're too cowardly to speak up and do anything about it. Whether it's come to Donald Trump's unlawful tariffs against the world or Trump saying he's going to invade Greenland. It doesn't seem that there's Trump's cover up of a child sex trafficking ring with the Epstein files, which they're still covering up. It seems that Republicans will doesn't make a difference.

12:00Ben Meiselas:They don't stand for anything. They certainly don't stand for the Second Amendment. That became very clear after Alex Preti was murdered. And they said, well, he had a concealed carry lawful permit. You get killed if you show up in public spaces with concealed carry. And Donald Trump reiterated that today. My point, though, is how can you impeach her when these Republicans are, you know, you know, want to want an invite to freaking golden ballrooms and golden McDonald arches or whatever the hell Donald Trump's talking about? See, the House, unfortunately, as you've repeatedly and powerfully pointed out, Ben, on the Republican leadership has been conducting itself not as a separate and co-equal branch of government, but as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Trump cartel.

12:43That's what we've seen from these Republicans. Now, on several occasions, most recently in compelling 17 Republicans to join with every single Democrat in the House so we could pass a straightforward extension of the Affordable Care Act tax credits. And now the Senate needs to do its job on the Republican side. Of course, with great leadership from Roe and Congressman Massey and Democrats unified behind forcing legislation to the floor and an up or down vote and then compelling Republicans to join us because of the public pressure with respect to the release of the Epstein files. We're going to have to mount the case and put enough pressure, which is coming from the public, on just a handful of Republicans to be able to get this done.

13:34So part of what it will look like is to make sure that the committees of jurisdiction are holding public hearings detailing for the American people why we need to see accountability, why things have gone so wrong at the Department of Homeland Security, why the mission of ICE is not what we are seeing. Donald Trump promised to go after violent felons. He ain't going after violent felons. They're going after American citizens and law abiding immigrant families. So we're going to have to detail that in compelling ways, using the tools that we have as members of Congress, even though we are in the minority.

14:15And that's exactly what we plan to do.

14:17Ben Meiselas:Leader Jeffries, thanks for joining us as always. We appreciate you. Thanks much. Everybody hit subscribe. Let's get to six million subscribers. Want to stay plugged in? Become a subscriber to our sub stack at MidasPlus.com. You'll get daily recaps from Ron Filipkowski, add free episodes of our podcast, and more exclusive content only available at MidasPlus.com.

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