The American Federation of Government Employees, the largest federal employee union, has called for the resignation or termination of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller in light of the two administration officials smearing Veterans Affairs nurse and AFGE member Alex Pretti as a “domestic terrorist.”
A statement by AFGE President Everett Kelley says that “In the immediate aftermath of Alex’s killing, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem betrayed the public trust by slandering the good name of our union brother and calling him a ‘domestic terrorist.’ … That claim was reckless, defamatory, and unsupported by the facts. Noem was preceded in this false statement by Stephen Miller, Deputy White House Chief of Staff, who is also the architect of the chaotic and failed immigration policy in Minnesota.” (Miller, a driving force in establishing ICE’s brutal tactics, had claimed that Pretti intended a “massacre” of federal agents.)
“Taken together, the actions of Miller and Noem, both before and after Alex’s killing, make clear they are unfit to serve in their current positions, or any position requiring the public trust,” Kelley added.
