Trump-backed GOP Senate candidate says DHS is 'not needed': report



The Department of Homeland Security is an unnecessary agency, Axios reports Republican Montana Senate candidate Tim Sheehy "has told supporters on at least three occasions."

NBC News reports, "Sheehy is running in one of the country’s most competitive U.S. Senate races while also running an aerial firefighting company that is heavily dependent on federal contracts," and according to his financial disclosure forms, "If elected, Sheehy would be one of the wealthiest members of Congress, with a net worth between $74 million and $200 million."

NBC also notes, "Montana is a major Senate battleground in 2024 that could help tip control of the chamber to Republicans."

READ MORE: These 10 US Senate seats are most likely to flip in 2024

Noting that Sheehy "is cruising toward Montana’s Republican Senate nomination," TIME reported last week, "Pundits expected a bruising primary between him and Rep. Matt Rosendale. [Former President Donald] Trump had other ideas. He endorsed Sheehy on the day Rosendale launched his campaign. Days later, Rosendale dropped out."

However, Axios' report on the GOP candidates' thoughts on DHS come as House Republicans rejected the bipartisan border package approved by the US Senate last month after Trump denounced the bill.

Last month, after one unsuccessful vote, the House GOP successfully impeached Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

Axios reports:

Sheehy told supporters at an August luncheon in Kalispell, Montana, that the agency could go, arguing it is 'anything but homeland security.'

He made similar remarks at a meet-and-greet the same month in Glasgow, Montana, arguing DHS can 'go away.'

He said the same thing in September in Superior, Montana, saying DHS is 'not needed.'

READ MORE: GOP Senate candidate running on 'bootstrap' narrative got 6-figure investment from his parents

Although the House GOP is actively attempting to turn "away from federal agencies while also demanding stricter border enforcement," the news outlet notes Republican lawmakers "have been unclear in arguing which entity is best suited to deal with border security if funding to DHS was cut or the agency was eliminated."



from Alternet.org https://ift.tt/68R71C9
via sinceretalk

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

How misinformation could shape the Israel-Hamas war

Image
I wanted to interview Nicholas Grossman regarding the role of misinformation in the war between Israel and Hamas. In particular, I hoped to ask the professor of international relations at the University of Illinois, and senior editor of Arc Digital , about misinformation that arose from American reporting on an explosion at a hospital in Gaza. You know what? I ended up repeating a bit of misinformation! I asked him to lay out the facts about a blast that “killed hundreds, including kids,” and he said nuh-uh (not his words). In fact, Professor Grossman said, “there never were hundreds killed by an explosion at that hospital. Media reported that the hospital was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike killing 500, but that was based on something a Hamas-controlled agency said and was never supported by evidence.” Professor Grossman went on to say “what apparently did happen is something hit a nearby parking lot and caused a smaller explosion, most likely a rocket fired from Gaza towards I
Read more

PA GOP Senate candidate who says he 'started with nothing' actually grew up in a mansion

Image
David McCormick, who is Pennsylvania's presumptive Republican U.S. Senate nominee, has often suggested he grew up poor in a rural community. But a new report finds that his upbringing was far more affluent than he's suggested. The New York Times reported Friday that McCormick — a former hedge fund executive who lived in Connecticut as recently as 2022 — has been cagey with voters about his childhood. McCormick has tweeted that he was "raised in Bloomsburg working on his family's farm," said on a 2022 podcast that he " started with nothing " and told CBS News that same year that he " didn't have anything " growing up as the son of two schoolteachers. But according to the Times , McCormick's father, Dr. James H. McCormick , was appointed president of what is now Bloomsburg University by Gov. Milton Schapp (D) in 1973. He moved his family into Buckalew Place — the official mansion for presidents of the school that currently spans 5
Read more

'It is his aphrodisiac': Ex-RNC chair explains how gag order 'stimulates' Trump and his base

Image
As President Donald Trump faces gag orders in two separate cases — one from Judge Arthur Engoron presiding over his New York civil fraud trial, and the other from Judge Tanya Chutkan, who will preside of his Washington, DC January 6 trial in March — some experts expect him to violate the orders soon. With a history of threatening and verbally attacking others, MSNBC's Deadline: White House host Nicolle Wallace on Tuesday pointed to the fact the ex-president's rhetoric influenced January 6 rioters who chanted, "Hang Mike Pence!" Noting Trump "gets deeply stimulated and excited by the violence," Wallace asked analyst and ex-Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele what he thinks the MAGA hopeful's "calculation is on whether violating these gag orders lands him in jail is a good thing or bad thing for him." POLL : Should Trump be allowed to hold office again? Steele replied, "You put your finger on two very important words t
Read more