John Kennedy Accuses Kristi Noem Of Throwing Stephen Miller Under Bus

Republican Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy confronted Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem during a Tuesday hearing on blaming White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller for accusing Alex Pretti of “domestic terrorism.”

Noem received backlash for stating that Pretti, an anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protester fatally shot by a Border Patrol agent, committed “an act of domestic terrorism” and sought to “massacre” agents. During the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Noem denied ever having blamed Miller for her words.

“What got my attention was that you blamed those statements on Mr. Stephen Miller at the White House. Did you not?” Kennedy said. 

“No, sir, I did not. And in fact, where you’re seeing that is in a news article of anonymoussources and anonymous sources say a lot of things. But I’ve never said that at all,” Noem said. 

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Kennedy cited an Axios report which quoted Noem saying, “Everything I’ve done, I’ve done at the direction of the president and Stephen.” The quote was cited by anonymous sources who allegedly “relayed her remarks” to the outlet.