Another in an ongoing series:
Dear Senator Fetterman;
I'd like to ask you again about Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. And I am asking you for a comment since you voted to confirm her appointment.
On September 2, Reuters reported:
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from using the military to fight crime in California, as the Republican president threatened to send troops to more U.S. cities including Chicago.San Francisco-based U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer found that the Trump administration willfully violated a law known as the Posse Comitatus Act, which sharply limits the use of the military for domestic enforcement, by employing troops to control crowds and bolster federal agents during immigration and drug raids. The administration deployed 4,000 National Guard members and 700 active-duty U.S. Marines to Los Angeles in June.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Sunday stated that President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard saved Los Angeles from certain destruction.
“L.A. wouldn’t be standing today if President Trump hadn’t taken action then. That city would have burned down if left to the devices of the mayor and the governor of that state,” Noem told CBS’ Ed O’Keefe on “Face the Nation.”
Senator, which is correct? Was Trump's decision to send in the National Guard a violation of Posse Comitatus or did that decision save Los Angeles from being burned down?
Any comment on how Secretary Noem is doing her job? Any regrets on your vote to confirm her?
I'll await your answer.
As always, I'll post here whatever answer I get from the Senator.
