{"id":2554113,"date":"2026-01-27T11:51:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T16:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-demands-trump-fire-noem-in-direct-appeal-americans-have-died-3\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T11:53:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T16:53:46","slug":"fetterman-demands-trump-fire-noem-in-direct-appeal-americans-have-died-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-demands-trump-fire-noem-in-direct-appeal-americans-have-died-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Fetterman demands Trump fire Noem in direct appeal: &#8216;Americans have died&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffetterman-demands-trump-fire-noem-in-direct-appeal-americans-have-died-3%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2554113&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) publicly urged President Donald Trump on X to fire Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, accusing her of incompetence and saying \u201cAmericans have died.\u201d He argued Noem was betraying DHS\u2019s mission and undermining Trump\u2019s border-security legacy, warning against repeating what he called President Biden\u2019s mistake of not removing a poor-performing DHS secretary. Noem drew heavy criticism after initially claiming Alex Pretti tried to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dhs-confirms-sickening-plot-from-mexico-targeting-ice-and-cbp-agents\/\" title=\"DHS Confirms Sickening Plot &#039;From Mexico&#039; Targeting ... and CBP Agents\">assassinate federal agents<\/a> before the governance walked that assertion back. Fetterman \u2014 a rare Democrat who has defended ICE and criticized extreme rhetoric comparing agents to nazis \u2014 has broken with parts of his party on immigration. Minneapolis has become a flashpoint in the administration\u2019s enforcement actions, with clashes between federal agents and protesters and two protesters fatally shot by federal officials; democrats blame the administration, while Republicans point to activist networks. After talks with Minnesota leaders, Trump said he would withdraw some personnel as local authorities moved to crack down on protests.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Fetterman demands Trump fire Noem in direct appeal: &lsquo;Americans have died&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2400804\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-fetterman\/\">John Fetterman<\/a> (D-PA) demanded that President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> fire Homeland Security Secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kristi-noem\/\">Kristi Noem<\/a> over her handling of immigration enforcement in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<p>Tagging Trump in what the senator said was a &ldquo;direct appeal&rdquo; on X, Fetterman pleaded with the president to fire Noem over her perceived incompetence.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4434194\/democrats-ice-funding-leave-fema-stranded-snowstorm\/\">Democrats&#8217; ICE funding halt could leave FEMA stranded after monster snowstorm<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4434576\/republicans-embrace-trump-shift-toward-deescalation-minnesota\/\">Republicans embrace Trump&rsquo;s shift toward de-escalation in Minnesota<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4434526\/democrats-lay-out-immigration-demands-congress-shutdown\/\">Democrats lay out immigration demands as Congress careens toward shutdown<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;@realDonaldTrump I make a direct appeal to immediately fire @Sec_Noem,&rdquo; Fetterman <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenFettermanPA\/status\/2016134093256200369?s=20\">wrote<\/a>. &ldquo;Americans have died. She is betraying DHS&rsquo;s core mission and trashing your border security legacy. DO NOT make the mistake President Biden made for not firing a grossly incompetent DHS Secretary.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Noem has taken heavy flak over her handling of recent events in Minneapolis, especially her initial claim that Alex Pretti was trying to assassinate federal agents when he was killed, a claim the Trump administration quickly walked back.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman has emerged as a rare congressional Democrat willing to break with his party&rsquo;s consensus around hot matters such as immigration, even defending Immigration and Customs Enforcement and praising Trump. He&rsquo;s condemned the inflammatory rhetoric used by Democrats to describe ICE and the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I would never ever compare anybody to Nazis or the Gestapo or for those kinds of things,&rdquo; Fetterman said. &ldquo;Nazis are &hellip; that&rsquo;s just not appropriate, and that&rsquo;s why I refuse to do that.&nbsp;Or refer to Republicans or parts of ICE, they&rsquo;re not Nazis. For me, that&rsquo;s something as a Democrat, I refuse to ever engage in.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Minneapolis has emerged as a hot spot in Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikki-haley-holds-first-campaign-event\/\" title=\"Nikki Haley Holds First Campaign Event\">illegal immigration crackdown<\/a>, with headlines dominated by fights between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-greg-abbot-deploys-elite-texas-national-guard-for-blue-state-crackdowns\/\" title=\"Gov. Greg Abbot Deploys &#039;Elite Texas National Guard&#039; for Blue State Crackdowns\">federal immigration enforcement officials<\/a> and organized protesters. The stakes were raised over the past few weeks after two protesters were fatally shot by federal officials, drawing heavy backlash.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4434861\/fetterman-illegal-immigrants-ice-deported-criminal-records\/\">FETTERMAN SAYS &lsquo;ABOUT TWO-THIRDS&lsquo; OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ICE DEPORTED HAD CRIMINAL RECORDS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Culpability for the two deaths has been squarely placed on the Trump administration by Democrats, and on activist networks in Minneapolis by Republicans. The national attention directed toward Minneapolis has triggered <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4434222\/mainstream-democrats-direct-funds-to-anti-ice-protests-carried-out-by-communist-groups-in-minneapolis\/\">involvement from leftist networks<\/a> across the country, who stalk and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >harass federal immigration personnel<\/a> in the city.<\/p>\n<p>Trump held calls with Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Monday, with all parties looking to reduce tensions. After the calls, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-demands-trump-fire-noem-in-direct-appeal-americans-have-died\/\" title=\"... in ...: &#039;Americans have ...&#039;\">local law enforcement began cracking<\/a> down on protesters, and Trump pledged to withdraw some personnel from Minnesota.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fetterman urges Trump to oust Noem: &#8216;Lives lost<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2554114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25211018295854.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[32319,41377,32359,36160,35343],"class_list":["post-2554113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-donald-trump","tag-john-fetterman","tag-kristi-noem","tag-political-controversy","tag-u-s-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25211018295854.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2554113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2554113"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2554113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2554121,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2554113\/revisions\/2554121"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2554114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2554113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2554113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2554113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}