The New Republic

DHS Secretary Says Democratic Senator Deserved to Get Pepper-Sprayed (opens in new tab)

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin blamed New Jersey Senator Andy Kim for being attacked by federal law enforcement.Speaking at a Cabinet meeting Wednesday, Mullin pointed the finger at Kim, who was among dozens of demonstrators who were pepper sprayed outside of Delaney Hall, an immigration detention center in Newark. The crowd was protesting in solidarity with immigrant detainees engaged in a hunger strike over their conditions. “Now you have one of the senators complained because...

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