Democrats grow louder on calls for Kristi Noem to resign or face impeachment
Eight more Democrats have joined an impeachment resolution against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after the latest fatal shooting by a federal agent.
Jan. 25, 2026, 5:35 PM CST / Updated Jan. 25, 2026, 11:16 PM CST
By Megan Lebowitz
WASHINGTON — Eight additional Democrats signed on to an impeachment resolution against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in the wake of the killing of Alex Pretti, bringing the total number of co-sponsors to 120, according to a spokesperson for the office of Rep. Robin Kelly of Illinois.
Kelly’s impeachment resolution against Noem had garnered 100 co-sponsors as of Jan. 20, according to a press release, but the number spiked in recent days amid outcry over immigration enforcement practices as thousands of federal officers were deployed to Minnesota in what the administration has dubbed Operation Metro Surge.
“IMPEACH KRISTI NOEM,” the Democratic Party said on X Sunday.
The latest calls for Noem’s impeachment come as the Department of Homeland Security faces a fresh wave of scrutiny in the aftermath of two killings of U.S. citizens in Minneapolis.
Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said late last week that he would support efforts to impeach Noem. After Pretti was killed, Thompson said in a statement, “The House must immediately take steps to impeach Kristi Noem.”
Pretti’s killing “is sick and should shock all Americans,” he said in the statement.
“It is also more of the purposeful chaos and violence that Trump and Kristi Noem welcome and are responsible for,” he continued. “Trump and Noem have blood on their hands.”
Several other Democrats called for Noem to resign.
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida posted on X that Noem must resign, saying that the department “is telling us not to trust our own eyes.”
“They can’t be trusted to investigate these killings,” she said.
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