Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., has a steep price for his vote to avert a partial government shutdown: fire White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
While he and his colleagues work to find the exact guardrails they want to put onto DHS, Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., upped the ante on what it would take to get his vote: firing White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller, who also serves as Homeland Security advisor to President Donald Trump.
"We all know who’s really running things in this White House," Gallego said in a post on X. "Stephen Miller is the brains behind the most unhinged and depraved policies we’ve seen in generations."
"Americans are tired of his insane, extremist vision for this country," he continued. "It’s time for him to go. Trump needs to fire him. Now. No funding DHS with that creep calling the shots."
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., charged that DHS Secretary Kristi Noem "needs to go," as fury over ICE's immigration operations ripples through Capitol Hill. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
Tillis turned his ire to both Noem and Miller and charged that accusing Pretti of being a domestic terrorist and then relaying that message to Trump was "amateur hour at its finest."
When asked if Noem should be removed from her position, Tillis said, "100%," but stopped short of supporting impeachment, which is gaining momentum among House Democrats.
"I'm not going to get into impeachment," Tillis said. "I think it should be a management decision. She needs to go."
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And Murkowski noted that while she voted to confirm Noem, Trump needs to re-examine who "he has in place as the Secretary of Homeland Security."
"I would not support her again, and I think it probably is time for her to step down," she said.
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
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