On Thursday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “The Weeknight,” Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) stated that, when it comes to Iran, “we better be prepared, or people are going to die.” And Democrats aren’t going to fully fund DHS in light of the war with Iran, “we’re going to stand strong because we have to have those policies.” He also stated that “ICE has all the money they need. They are fully funded” and that he wants to fund everyone else in DHS, just not give additional ICE money.
Co-host Symone Sanders Townsend asked, [relevant exchange begins around 23:25] “[O]ne of the things that has popped up since this war started [is] Republicans on Capitol Hill saying, this is why, because we are now in this war, Democrats need to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security, because it is making us, as Americans more vulnerable, because you all are not funding them. Is that an argument, you think, that is going to win out with members of your caucus? I personally don’t think it should…but, you know what, the spines have not been steely all year long. So, I am interested in that, because it’s something that I keep hearing publicly, but I’m also hearing it privately.”
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