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Kristi Noem: “I do, sir.”

Featuring: Kristi Noem, Republican | Secretary of Homeland Security, Former Governor of South Dakota | National

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Senate Appropriations Hearing on DHS Budget with Secretary Kristi Noem

Published | Video Starts at 1:20:10

I don't want to paint with too broad a brush, Madam Secretary. Thought of these foreign nationals in our country illegally as potential new voters? I do, sir. Okay. If you're. If you're an ordinary American and you oppose illegal immigration, but you support legal immigration, does that make you a racist? No, sir. No, sir, not at all. (1:20:10–1:20:12)

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Agrees with the assertion that [President Biden and Democratic colleagues] viewed foreign nationals as potential new voters.

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