GOP Homeland Security Chair ‘Concerned’ With ‘Growing Leadership Void’ At DHS

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Following the ousters of the Homeland Security secretary and Secret Service director, and the withdrawal of the would-be ICE director’s nomination, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson (R-WI) said Monday that he was “concerned with the growing leadership void within the department tasked with addressing some of the most significant problems facing the nation.”

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  1. …and let me add the STUPIDITY of the members of Congress tasked to act as OVERSIGHT on this department. You silly a$$ Trump lickers have pretended this is all A-OK and how BAD could Trump fk it up…now you issue a statement that you are ‘concerned’? You hypocritical fraud.

  2. YEAH!!! You show 'em, Senator! Bring out the tough words!

    I’m sure Trump will apologize any minute now…

  3. Sounds like someone didn’t get the message: The “Void” is the plan. King Shit-Midas wants to ignore immigration law, and he’s clearing out anyone who gets in his way. He’ll be left with lower-level staffers at DHS who will face the choice of obeying orders to break the law, or lose their jobs.

    This CNN article Josh just linked (below) tells the story. I know it seems like Trump has been on the verge of a nervous breakdown for a while, but it sounds like he’s really losing it now:

  4. That’s not a void, it’s preparation for consolidation of the power…

    Think of the DHS as the equivalent of the Prussian Ministry of the Interior…

    And Stephen Miller as Theodore Heydrich…

    “The Night of the Drumstick Shivs” is coming soon…

  5. Avatar for ghost ghost says:

    Is this real concern or Susan Collins “concern”?

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