U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) is calling her colleagues on the other side of the aisle to make a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), pointing out that the agency is especially needed right now due to military action in Iran.
Over the weekend, President Donald Trump ordered military strikes against the Iranian regime. “Operation Epic Fury” has already successfully killed Ayatollah Khamenei and most of the county’s leadership.
During a Monday appearance on WVNN ‘s “The Dale Jackson Show,” Britt said these recent developments are more of a reason to make sure DHS is fully funded.
“So I have actually been on the phone with my Democratic colleagues this weekend and saying, ‘look, look, now is the time guys, the threats to our interior could increase,’ and if we look around and something were to happen internally, and they have chosen to not fund this agency that is supposed to keep Americans safe, the blood is on their hands,” Britt said. “And so we must come together, and we must fund, fully fund DHS. The time is now.”
DHS has warned of an increased potential for terrorist attacks because of the recent developments in the Middle East.
“I am hopeful that some of my colleagues that the cooler heads will prevail,” Britt added, “and they will put American citizens first, instead of politics that they’re hoping to play in November… I have now reengaged as of Friday, and I am determined to figure out a pathway forward.”
Britt also blasted the Democrats for being completely disingenuous throughout the negotiation process to fully fund the government.
“The legacy media is absolutely turning a blind eye to what the Democrats are doing right now with regards to the Department of Homeland Security,” she argued. “I mean, we had worked in good faith for two weeks. You saw that from the top down, the de-escalation coming from the President, the body cameras going out from Secretary Noem. You saw what Tom Homan did, the total withdrawal, even with that, they wouldn’t have let us continue to allow us to fund these agencies.”
“Which means things like CISA, you know that with all of the cyber capabilities, we know that that is a capability that Iran has, that is one way that they could choose to attack,” she continued, “and we are not funding that agency right now. It’s absolutely ridiculous.”
Yaffee is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts “The Yaffee Program” weekdays 9-11 a.m. on WVNN. You can follow him on X @Yaffee
