Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania made a personal plea to President Trump to fire Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
“I make a direct appeal to immediately fire @Sec_Noem,” Fetterman wrote on social media, tagging the president.
“Americans have died. She is betraying DHS’s core mission and trashing your border security legacy,” he added.
Fetterman who often acts as an independent voice in the Senate, was one of a few Senate Democrats who voted to confirm Noem as DHS secretary early last year.
But now, he believes Noem has proven “inept and absolutely incompetent” given her handling of Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota, which he ripped as a “dangerous” and unredeemable fiasco, in an interview with Axios. Fetterman is hoping that his willingness to break from his party will give him more credibility with Trump.