Kristi Noem hits back at radicals calling for her to resign over deadly Minneapolis shootings: Just doing my job

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem stressed she is just doing her job as she faces growing calls to resign following two fatal Minneapolis shootings involving federal immigration agents — including one she initially defended before backtracking.Noem’s toned-down plea to Fox News host Sean Hannity on Thursday comes as she faces bipartisan outcry over the fatal shootings of two American anti-ICE protesters by federal agents in Minneapolis.“These radicals are attacking me, but I’m just doing my job,” she insisted during an interview on “Hannity.”“I’m following the law, enforcing the laws, like President Trump promised that he would do to keep people safe in this country.We’re going to continue to go after these criminals, we’re going to remove them before they have the chance to murder more Americans.”Noem on Saturday rushed to defend Border Patrol agents when armed protester Alex Pretti was shot nearly 10 times by two federal immigration officers after he was pinned down and disarmed as tensions flared in Minneapolis.She claimed the 37-year-old ICU nurse confronted agents, who she said were in fear of their lives, with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun, causing them to open fire.But videos from the scene showed Pretti holding only his phone when he approached the agents.He was pepper-sprayed and wrestled to the ground by multiple agents in the confrontation before one officer removed his legally owed Sig Sauer pistol from his waistband just seconds before gunfire erupted.DHS investigators believe an errant round from Pretti’s pistol — after it was taken from him — may have prompted Border Patrol agents to open fire, killing him.Noem — who blasted Pretti as a domestic terrorist trying to “kill law enforcement” — said the information she quickly provided to the public after the fatal shooting came from officers on the ground.“I know you realize that situation was very chaotic, and that we were being relayed information from on t...