Posted on 05/10/2018 6:19:33 PM PDT by Magnatron
Kirstjen Nielsen, the homeland security secretary, told colleagues she was close to resigning after President Trump berated her on Wednesday in front of the entire cabinet for what he said was her failure to adequately secure the nations borders, according to several current and former officials familiar with the episode.
Ms. Nielsen, who is a protégée of John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff, has drafted a resignation letter but has not submitted it, according to two of the people. As the head of the Department of Homeland Security, Ms. Nielsen is in charge of the 20,000 employees who work for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Mr. Trumps anger toward Ms. Nielsen, who was sitting several seats to his left at the meeting, was part of a lengthy tirade in which the president railed at his cabinet about what he said was its lack of progress toward sealing the countrys borders against illegal immigrants, according to one person who was present at the meeting.
Asked about the heated exchange at the meeting, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary, said Thursday that the president is committed to fixing our broken immigration system and our porous borders.
In a statement, Ms. Nielsen said she intended to continue to direct the department to do all we can to implement the presidents security-focused agenda. She said Mr. Trump was rightly frustrated that existing loopholes and the lack of congressional action have prevented this administration from fully securing the border.
Tyler Q. Houlton, a spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security, disputed that Ms. Nielsen had drafted a resignation letter and was close to resigning, calling those assertions false.
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Funny how the Unsource hearsay is never positive. Just another attack angle on the President.
And they wonder why 1/2 the country considers them fake news. The other 1/2 is asleep at the wheel.
Well, it looks like raiderboy did indeed fly too close to the bug zapper. After seeing what he'd been posting on the Israel-Iran threads since yesterday, I'm not surprised that he'd depart suddenly - leaving only a cloud of ozone to mark his exit.
You are being to kind in your analysis of the New York Times.
According to unnamed sources..
Nake Fews
Again
“Why is the NYT even allowed on freerepublic? We KNOW its fake news! http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/10/dhs-denies-report-secretary-nielsen-considered-resigning-after-trump-criticism.html"
We enjoy humor and pointing out blatant lies.
I hope this story is true.
Perma zot please Fresnans
Well deserved.....and Im not a super advocate of perma zots
But hes on a mission on the wrong site
Agreed - and it’s been a while since the 1.21 Gigawatts were tossed around here. I forget... wasn’t it protocol to add “ZOT” to the thread title? Maybe that was just the practice of certain moderators.
raiderboy was given a long leash. His choice to # it up.
Who cares? Maybe it’s true. She gets the job done or she gets fired.
I bring bad news, Governor.
John Kelly, Trump's Chief of Staff, recommended her. Kirstjen Nielsen was Kelly's number two at Homeland Security.
Both Kelly and Nielsen publicly supported DACA Amnesty BEFORE Trump appointed them.
Then, Trump promoted both of them - Kelly to Chief of Staff, and Nielsen to Secretary of Homeland Security.
In a statement, Ms. Nielsen said she intended to continue to direct the department to do all we can to implement the presidents security-focused agenda. She said Mr. Trump was rightly frustrated that existing loopholes and the lack of congressional action have prevented this administration from fully securing the border.
Tyler Q. Houlton, a spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security, disputed that Ms. Nielsen had drafted a resignation letter and was close to resigning, calling those assertions false.
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IOW, the headline is crap.
It means "In Before The Zot" and it appears I was indeed in before the zot.
I knew it was coming though. I've only been here a little over a decade, but this raiderboy troll was perhaps the worst POS I can recall. Pure anti-Israel Dem troll trying to divide the base here.
He's been zotted before. Really hope the zot is permanent this time.
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