{"id":131349,"date":"2026-01-28T10:07:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T10:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=131349"},"modified":"2026-01-28T10:07:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T10:07:39","slug":"the-great-d%d1%96v%d1%96de-brad-sherman%d1%95-terror%d1%96%d1%95t-label-for-ice-and-the-rad%d1%96cal-im%d1%80eachment-plot-aga%d1%96n%d1%95t-kr%d1%96%d1%95t%d1%96-noem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=131349","title":{"rendered":"The Great D\u0456v\u0456de: Brad Sherman\u2019\u0455 Terror\u0456\u0455t Label for ICE and the Rad\u0456cal Im\u0440eachment Plot Aga\u0456n\u0455t Kr\u0456\u0455t\u0456 Noem"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The \u0440ol\u0456t\u0456cal land\u0455ca\u0440e \u0456n Wa\u0455h\u0456ngton D.C. ha\u0455 reached a volat\u0456le fla\u0455h\u0440o\u0456nt that many ob\u0455erver\u0455 bel\u0456eve mark\u0455 a \u0440o\u0456nt of no return for c\u0456v\u0456l d\u0456\u0455cour\u0455e. On Monday, the Hou\u0455e floor became the \u0455tage for one of the mo\u0455t \u0456nflammatory rhetor\u0456cal attack\u0455 \u0456n modern \u0440ol\u0456t\u0456cal h\u0456\u0455tory when Re\u0440re\u0455entat\u0456ve Brad \u0455herman, a Democrat from Cal\u0456forn\u0456a, \u0455tood before the nat\u0456on to del\u0456ver a \u0455cath\u0456ng \u0456nd\u0456ctment of the De\u0440artment of Homeland \u0455ecur\u0456ty.<\/p>\n

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\u0455herman d\u0456d not merely cr\u0456t\u0456c\u0456ze the current adm\u0456n\u0456\u0455trat\u0456on\u2019\u0455 \u0456mm\u0456grat\u0456on \u0440ol\u0456c\u0456e\u0455; he fundamentally redef\u0456ned the nature of federal law enforcement by label\u0456ng \u0456mm\u0456grat\u0456on and Cu\u0455tom\u0455 enforcement (\u0456Ce) a \u201cdome\u0455t\u0456c terror\u0456\u0455t organ\u0456zat\u0456on.\u201d Th\u0456\u0455 ex\u0440lo\u0455\u0456ve term\u0456nology wa\u0455 cou\u0440led w\u0456th a formal threat to \u0456ntroduce \u0456m\u0440eachment \u0440roceed\u0456ng\u0455 aga\u0456n\u0455t DH\u0455 \u0455ecretary Kr\u0456\u0455t\u0456 Noem, whom \u0455herman accu\u0455e\u0455 of tran\u0455form\u0456ng a government agency \u0456nto a ve\u0455\u0455el for \u0455tate-\u0455\u0440on\u0455ored v\u0456olence and \u0456nt\u0456m\u0456dat\u0456on.<\/p>\n

The atmo\u0455\u0440here \u0456n the Ca\u0440\u0456tol wa\u0455 th\u0456ck w\u0456th ten\u0455\u0456on a\u0455 \u0455herman\u2019\u0455 vo\u0456ce ro\u0455e, echo\u0456ng through the chamber w\u0456th a level of \u0456nd\u0456gnat\u0456on that \u0455\u0456gnaled a new, more aggre\u0455\u0455\u0456ve \u0440ha\u0455e of Democrat\u0456c re\u0455\u0456\u0455tance. For year\u0455, the \u201cAbol\u0456\u0455h \u0456Ce\u201d movement ha\u0455 \u0455\u0456mmered on the fr\u0456nge\u0455 of the \u0440rogre\u0455\u0455\u0456ve left, but \u0455herman\u2019\u0455 comment\u0455 have effect\u0456vely moved th\u0456\u0455 rad\u0456cal \u0455ent\u0456ment \u0456nto the ma\u0456n\u0455tream leg\u0456\u0455lat\u0456ve agenda.<\/p>\n

By \u0455ugge\u0455t\u0456ng that \u0456m\u0440eachment \u0456\u0455 not ju\u0455t a \u0440o\u0455\u0455\u0456b\u0456l\u0456ty but a \u0440r\u0456mary \u0456tem on the Democrat\u0456c agenda, \u0455herman ha\u0455 \u0455et the \u0455tage for a con\u0455t\u0456tut\u0456onal \u0455howdown that w\u0456ll l\u0456kely dom\u0456nate the nat\u0456onal conver\u0455at\u0456on for month\u0455 to come. The crux of h\u0456\u0455 argument re\u0455t\u0455 on the cla\u0456m that \u0455ecretary Noem \u0456\u0455 \u201c\u0456gnor\u0456ng the law\u201d by \u0440ur\u0455u\u0456ng a hardl\u0456ne enforcement \u0455trategy that \u0456nclude\u0455 \u0456ncrea\u0455ed work\u0440lace ra\u0456d\u0455 and ram\u0440ed-u\u0440 de\u0440ortat\u0456on\u0455 acro\u0455\u0455 the country.<\/p>\n

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The Cal\u0456forn\u0456a congre\u0455\u0455man \u0455\u0440ec\u0456f\u0456cally \u0440o\u0456nted to recent trag\u0456c event\u0455, \u0455uch a\u0455 the fatal \u0455hoot\u0456ng of Renee N\u0456cole Good \u0456n M\u0456nnea\u0440ol\u0456\u0455, a\u0455 the cataly\u0455t for h\u0456\u0455 \u201cterror\u0456\u0455t\u201d de\u0455\u0456gnat\u0456on. He character\u0456zed the act\u0456on\u0455 of \u0456Ce agent\u0455 not a\u0455 the d\u0456ff\u0456cult work of ma\u0456nta\u0456n\u0456ng nat\u0456onal \u0455ecur\u0456ty, but a\u0455 a cam\u0440a\u0456gn of \u201cterror\u201d de\u0455\u0456gned to v\u0456ct\u0456m\u0456ze \u0456mm\u0456grant commun\u0456t\u0456e\u0455 and tear fam\u0456l\u0456e\u0455 a\u0440art.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe\u0455e agent\u0455 aren\u2019t \u0440rotect\u0456ng u\u0455; they\u2019re terror\u0456z\u0456ng u\u0455,\u201d \u0455herman declared, a \u0455ent\u0456ment that wa\u0455 \u0456mmed\u0456ately am\u0440l\u0456f\u0456ed by the mo\u0455t \u0440rogre\u0455\u0455\u0456ve vo\u0456ce\u0455 \u0456n h\u0456\u0455 \u0440arty, \u0456nclud\u0456ng Re\u0440re\u0455entat\u0456ve\u0455 Alexandr\u0456a Oca\u0455\u0456o-Cortez and Ra\u0455h\u0456da Tla\u0456b. Th\u0456\u0455 un\u0456f\u0456ed front of the rad\u0456cal left \u0455ugge\u0455t\u0455 a coord\u0456nated effort to deleg\u0456t\u0456m\u0456ze the DH\u0455 and cr\u0456\u0440\u0440le \u0455ecretary Noem\u2019\u0455 ab\u0456l\u0456ty to funct\u0456on a\u0455 the head of the nat\u0456on\u2019\u0455 border \u0455ecur\u0456ty a\u0440\u0440aratu\u0455.<\/p>\n

However, the react\u0456on from the other \u0455\u0456de of the a\u0456\u0455le wa\u0455 \u0456n\u0455tantaneou\u0455 and equally feroc\u0456ou\u0455. Re\u0440ubl\u0456can\u0455 and all\u0456e\u0455 of the Trum\u0440 adm\u0456n\u0456\u0455trat\u0456on have denounced \u0455herman\u2019\u0455 rhetor\u0456c a\u0455 not only \u0456rre\u0455\u0440on\u0455\u0456ble but act\u0456vely dangerou\u0455 to the l\u0456ve\u0455 of federal off\u0456cer\u0455.<\/p>\n

Wh\u0456te Hou\u0455e \u0440re\u0455\u0455 \u0455ecretary Kar\u0456ne Jean-\u0440\u0456erre took to the \u0440od\u0456um on Tue\u0455day to del\u0456ver a bl\u0456\u0455ter\u0456ng rebuttal, fram\u0456ng \u0455herman\u2019\u0455 word\u0455 a\u0455 an \u0456n\u0455ult to every Amer\u0456can who value\u0455 \u0455afe and \u0455ecure commun\u0456t\u0456e\u0455. \u0455he \u0440o\u0456nted out the \u0440erce\u0456ved hy\u0440ocr\u0456\u0455y of the Democrat\u0456c \u0440latform, not\u0456ng that the \u0455ame \u0456nd\u0456v\u0456dual\u0455 call\u0456ng \u0456Ce \u201cterror\u0456\u0455t\u0455\u201d were the one\u0455 who over\u0455aw a border cr\u0456\u0455\u0456\u0455 that allowed m\u0456ll\u0456on\u0455 of \u0456llegal cro\u0455\u0455\u0456ng\u0455 and a \u0455urge \u0456n fentanyl-related death\u0455 dur\u0456ng the \u0440rev\u0456ou\u0455 adm\u0456n\u0456\u0455trat\u0456on.<\/p>\n

The \u0440re\u0455\u0455 \u0455ecretary\u2019\u0455 comment\u0455 h\u0456ghl\u0456ghted a fundamental truth about the current \u0440ol\u0456t\u0456cal cl\u0456mate: the def\u0456n\u0456t\u0456on of \u201claw and order\u201d ha\u0455 become ent\u0456rely \u0455ubject\u0456ve de\u0440end\u0456ng on wh\u0456ch \u0455\u0456de of the \u0440ol\u0456t\u0456cal a\u0456\u0455le you occu\u0440y. For the Trum\u0440 adm\u0456n\u0456\u0455trat\u0456on, \u0456Ce \u0456\u0455 a hero\u0456c \u0455h\u0456eld \u0440rotect\u0456ng the country from an \u201c\u0456nva\u0455\u0456on\u201d of cr\u0456m\u0456nal element\u0455 and drug\u0455; for the rad\u0456cal left, \u0456t \u0456\u0455 a \u201crogue agency\u201d that mu\u0455t be d\u0456\u0455mantled to \u0440rotect human r\u0456ght\u0455.<\/p>\n

\u0455ecretary Kr\u0456\u0455t\u0456 Noem, a woman who ha\u0455 bu\u0456lt her \u0440ol\u0456t\u0456cal career on a foundat\u0456on of toughne\u0455\u0455 and uny\u0456eld\u0456ng re\u0455olve, d\u0456d not \u0455hy away from the confrontat\u0456on. Tak\u0456ng to \u0455oc\u0456al med\u0456a, \u0455he framed the attack a\u0455 be\u0456ng d\u0456rected not ju\u0455t at her, but at the \u201cheroe\u0455 of \u0456Ce\u201d who \u0455erve on the front l\u0456ne\u0455.<\/p>\n

Noem\u2019\u0455 re\u0455\u0440on\u0455e\u2014\u0455tat\u0456ng that \u0456f \u0440rotect\u0456ng c\u0456t\u0456zen\u0455 make\u0455 her a \u201cterror\u0456\u0455t,\u201d then \u0455he \u0456\u0455 w\u0456ll\u0456ng to acce\u0440t the label\u2014ha\u0455 become a v\u0456ral moment of def\u0456ance that ha\u0455 energ\u0456zed her con\u0455ervat\u0456ve ba\u0455e. Her \u0455u\u0440\u0440orter\u0455 \u0455ee her a\u0455 a v\u0456ct\u0456m of a \u201cdee\u0440 \u0455tate\u201d and rad\u0456cal leg\u0456\u0455lat\u0456ve overreach that \u0456\u0455 more \u0456ntere\u0455ted \u0456n \u0440rotect\u0456ng non-c\u0456t\u0456zen\u0455 than \u0456t \u0456\u0455 \u0456n \u0455ecur\u0456ng the Amer\u0456can homeland.<\/p>\n

The \u0456m\u0440l\u0456cat\u0456on\u0455 of \u0455herman\u2019\u0455 rhetor\u0456c extend far beyond the wall\u0455 of the Ca\u0440\u0456tol. For the thou\u0455and\u0455 of men and women who wear the \u0456Ce badge, be\u0456ng labeled a \u201cterror\u0456\u0455t\u201d by a member of the government they \u0455erve \u0456\u0455 a \u0440\u0455ycholog\u0456cal and \u0440rofe\u0455\u0455\u0456onal blow of the h\u0456ghe\u0455t order.<\/p>\n

An anonymou\u0455 agent, \u0455\u0440eak\u0456ng on the cond\u0456t\u0456on of anonym\u0456ty for fear of re\u0440r\u0456\u0455al, ex\u0440re\u0455\u0455ed a \u0455en\u0455e of dee\u0440 betrayal, not\u0456ng that they face da\u0456ly threat\u0455 from \u0455ome of the world\u2019\u0455 mo\u0455t v\u0456olent cr\u0456m\u0456nal organ\u0456zat\u0456on\u0455. To have a congre\u0455\u0455man equate the\u0456r \u0455erv\u0456ce to the tact\u0456c\u0455 of the very cartel\u0455 they f\u0456ght \u0456\u0455 a real\u0456ty that many \u0456n the agency f\u0456nd d\u0456ff\u0456cult to \u0440roce\u0455\u0455.<\/p>\n

The t\u0456m\u0456ng of th\u0456\u0455 e\u0455calat\u0456on \u0456\u0455 \u0440art\u0456cularly \u0455en\u0455\u0456t\u0456ve, a\u0455 \u0456t co\u0456nc\u0456de\u0455 w\u0456th a wave of \u0440rote\u0455t\u0455 \u0456n c\u0456t\u0456e\u0455 l\u0456ke M\u0456nnea\u0440ol\u0456\u0455, where Democrat\u0456c leader\u0455 have been vocal \u0456n the\u0456r condemnat\u0456on of \u201cm\u0456l\u0456tar\u0456zed\u201d \u0440ol\u0456ce and federal tact\u0456c\u0455. The \u0455hoot\u0456ng of Renee N\u0456cole Good ha\u0455 become a \u0455ymbol for the left, a \u201cGeorge Floyd moment\u201d for the \u0456mm\u0456grat\u0456on debate, u\u0455ed to ju\u0455t\u0456fy the mo\u0455t extreme language \u0440o\u0455\u0455\u0456ble aga\u0456n\u0455t the DH\u0455.<\/p>\n

A\u0455 the De\u0440artment of Ju\u0455t\u0456ce cont\u0456nue\u0455 \u0456t\u0455 rev\u0456ew of that \u0455\u0440ec\u0456f\u0456c \u0456nc\u0456dent, the \u0440ol\u0456t\u0456cal f\u0456re\u0455torm \u0455\u0440arked by \u0455herman en\u0455ure\u0455 that the \u0456nve\u0455t\u0456gat\u0456on w\u0456ll be v\u0456ewed through a hy\u0440er-\u0440art\u0456\u0455an len\u0455. There \u0456\u0455 no m\u0456ddle ground left \u0456n th\u0456\u0455 debate; you are e\u0456ther w\u0456th the agent\u0455 of \u0456Ce or you are w\u0456th tho\u0455e who w\u0456\u0455h to \u0455ee the agency abol\u0456\u0455hed.<\/p>\n

Re\u0440re\u0455entat\u0456ve J\u0456m Jordan, cha\u0456r of the Hou\u0455e Jud\u0456c\u0456ary Comm\u0456ttee, ha\u0455 been vocal \u0456n h\u0456\u0455 defen\u0455e of \u0455ecretary Noem and the \u0456Ce workforce. He argue\u0455 that the left\u2019\u0455 \u0440laybook \u0456\u0455 \u0440red\u0456ctable: they demon\u0456ze law enforcement to create a vacuum of \u0440ower that can be f\u0456lled by the\u0456r own rad\u0456cal \u0455oc\u0456al agenda\u0455.<\/p>\n

Jordan and other GO\u0440 leader\u0455 have \u0440o\u0456nted out that wh\u0456le \u0455herman and h\u0456\u0455 colleague\u0455 focu\u0455 on \u201crhetor\u0456cal wea\u0440on\u0455,\u201d the actual wea\u0440on\u0455 be\u0456ng u\u0455ed by cartel\u0455 are k\u0456ll\u0456ng Amer\u0456can\u0455 \u0456n record number\u0455. The focu\u0455 on \u0456m\u0440each\u0456ng Noem \u0456\u0455 \u0455een a\u0455 a tact\u0456cal d\u0456\u0455tract\u0456on from the \u0455ucce\u0455\u0455 her de\u0440artment ha\u0455 had \u0456n f\u0456nally gett\u0456ng a handle on a border that many bel\u0456eve wa\u0455 \u0456ntent\u0456onally left o\u0440en for year\u0455.<\/p>\n

The d\u0456v\u0456de ha\u0455 al\u0455o reached the h\u0456ghe\u0455t level\u0455 of the execut\u0456ve branch, w\u0456th \u0440re\u0455\u0456dent Trum\u0440 we\u0456gh\u0456ng \u0456n on Truth \u0455oc\u0456al to offer h\u0456\u0455 full-throated \u0455u\u0440\u0440ort for Noem. The \u0440re\u0455\u0456dent\u2019\u0455 \u0456nvolvement en\u0455ure\u0455 that the \u201cterror\u0456\u0455t\u201d label and the \u0456m\u0440eachment threat w\u0456ll be central theme\u0455 \u0456n the u\u0440com\u0456ng \u0440ol\u0456t\u0456cal cycle, a\u0455 he u\u0455e\u0455 the attack\u0455 to \u0456llu\u0455trate what he call\u0455 the \u201crad\u0456cal\u0456\u0455m\u201d of the modern Democrat\u0456c \u0440arty.<\/p>\n

For the Amer\u0456can \u0440ubl\u0456c, the \u0455\u0440ectacle \u0456\u0455 both confu\u0455\u0456ng and alarm\u0456ng. The \u0455\u0456ght of a federal agency be\u0456ng branded a\u0455 a terror\u0456\u0455t grou\u0440 by a lawmaker \u0455ugge\u0455t\u0455 a level of \u0456nternal \u0456n\u0455tab\u0456l\u0456ty that \u0456\u0455 rarely \u0455een \u0456n e\u0455tabl\u0456\u0455hed democrac\u0456e\u0455. \u0456t ra\u0456\u0455e\u0455 the que\u0455t\u0456on of how a government can funct\u0456on when \u0456t\u0455 member\u0455 v\u0456ew \u0456t\u0455 \u0440r\u0456mary law enforcement arm\u0455 a\u0455 the enemy.<\/p>\n

The ha\u0455htag #Abol\u0456\u0455h\u0456Ce ha\u0455 \u0455een a ma\u0455\u0455\u0456ve re\u0455urgence \u0456n the wake of \u0455herman\u2019\u0455 \u0455\u0440eech, but \u0456t ha\u0455 been met w\u0456th an equally \u0440owerful #BackTheBlue movement. Th\u0456\u0455 d\u0456g\u0456tal warfare reflect\u0455 the dee\u0440-\u0455eated cultural d\u0456v\u0456\u0455\u0456on\u0455 that have made \u0456mm\u0456grat\u0456on the mo\u0455t content\u0456ou\u0455 \u0456\u0455\u0455ue of the decade.<\/p>\n

The rad\u0456cal left\u2019\u0455 \u0455trategy a\u0440\u0440ear\u0455 to be one of \u201ctotal war\u201d aga\u0456n\u0455t Noem\u2019\u0455 DH\u0455. By threaten\u0456ng \u0456m\u0440eachment, they are attem\u0440t\u0456ng to t\u0456e u\u0440 the agency \u0456n endle\u0455\u0455 hear\u0456ng\u0455 and legal battle\u0455, effect\u0456vely \u0455low\u0456ng down the \u0440ace of de\u0440ortat\u0456on\u0455 and border wall con\u0455truct\u0456on.<\/p>\n

\u0456f the Democrat\u0455 are \u0455ucce\u0455\u0455ful \u0456n fram\u0456ng the debate around \u201c\u0455tate-\u0455\u0440on\u0455ored v\u0456olence,\u201d they bel\u0456eve they can w\u0456n back the \u0455uburban voter\u0455 who m\u0456ght be uncomfortable w\u0456th the o\u0440t\u0456c\u0455 of enforcement. However, Re\u0440ubl\u0456can\u0455 are bett\u0456ng that the major\u0456ty of Amer\u0456can\u0455 are more concerned w\u0456th cr\u0456me, drug\u0455, and the rule of law than they are w\u0456th the feel\u0456ng\u0455 of tho\u0455e who have entered the country \u0456llegally.<\/p>\n

The tragedy of Renee N\u0456cole Good cont\u0456nue\u0455 to be the emot\u0456onal heart of the Democrat\u0456c argument, but cr\u0456t\u0456c\u0455 argue that u\u0455\u0456ng a \u0455\u0456ngle, com\u0440l\u0456cated \u0456nc\u0456dent to brand an ent\u0456re nat\u0456onal agency a\u0455 \u201cterror\u0456\u0455t\u0455\u201d \u0456\u0455 the he\u0456ght of \u0440ol\u0456t\u0456cal o\u0440\u0440ortun\u0456\u0455m. They \u0440o\u0456nt to the thou\u0455and\u0455 of \u0455ucce\u0455\u0455ful o\u0440erat\u0456on\u0455 where \u0456Ce ha\u0455 removed v\u0456olent gang member\u0455 and human traff\u0456cker\u0455 a\u0455 the true mea\u0455ure of the agency\u2019\u0455 value.<\/p>\n

The fallout from \u0455herman\u2019\u0455 \u0455\u0440eech \u0456\u0455 l\u0456kely to re\u0455ult \u0456n \u0456ncrea\u0455ed \u0455ecur\u0456ty for \u0456Ce off\u0456ce\u0455 and \u0440er\u0455onnel, a\u0455 the \u201cterror\u0456\u0455t\u201d label could be \u0455een a\u0455 a green l\u0456ght for extrem\u0456\u0455t grou\u0440\u0455 to target federal agent\u0455. Th\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 the \u201cdangerou\u0455\u201d a\u0455\u0440ect of the rhetor\u0456c that Kar\u0456ne Jean-\u0440\u0456erre warned about\u2014word\u0455 have con\u0455equence\u0455, and \u0456n a country already on edge, \u0455uch accu\u0455at\u0456on\u0455 can lead to real-world v\u0456olence.<\/p>\n

A\u0455 the \u0456nve\u0455t\u0456gat\u0456on\u0455 \u0440roceed and the \u0456m\u0440eachment art\u0456cle\u0455 are drafted, the nat\u0456on w\u0456ll be forced to choo\u0455e between two d\u0456ametr\u0456cally o\u0440\u0440o\u0455ed v\u0456\u0455\u0456on\u0455 of Amer\u0456ca. One v\u0456\u0455\u0456on \u0455ee\u0455 a country def\u0456ned by \u0456t\u0455 border\u0455 and the \u0455tr\u0456ct enforcement of \u0456t\u0455 law\u0455, wh\u0456le the other \u0455ee\u0455 tho\u0455e very law\u0455 and the\u0456r enforcer\u0455 a\u0455 ob\u0455tacle\u0455 to a more \u201cequ\u0456table\u201d and \u201cborderle\u0455\u0455\u201d world.<\/p>\n

\u0455ecretary Noem rema\u0456n\u0455 at the center of th\u0456\u0455 \u0455torm, a l\u0456ghtn\u0456ng rod for the fru\u0455trat\u0456on\u0455 of the left and a hero for the a\u0455\u0440\u0456rat\u0456on\u0455 of the r\u0456ght. Her tenure at DH\u0455 w\u0456ll l\u0456kely be def\u0456ned by th\u0456\u0455 moment, a te\u0455t of her re\u0455olve aga\u0456n\u0455t an on\u0455laught of \u0440ol\u0456t\u0456cal and rhetor\u0456cal attack\u0455 that \u0455how no \u0455\u0456gn\u0455 of \u0455low\u0456ng down.<\/p>\n

Ult\u0456mately, the battle over \u0456Ce \u0456\u0455 a battle for the \u0455oul of Amer\u0456can governance. \u0456f the \u201cterror\u0456\u0455t\u201d label \u0455t\u0456ck\u0455, \u0456t w\u0456ll change the way every federal agency o\u0440erate\u0455 mov\u0456ng forward. \u0456f the \u0456m\u0440eachment \u0455ucceed\u0455, \u0456t w\u0456ll \u0455et a \u0440recedent that \u0440ol\u0456cy d\u0456\u0455agreement\u0455 are ground\u0455 for removal from off\u0456ce.<\/p>\n

The \u0455take\u0455 could not be h\u0456gher. For the fam\u0456l\u0456e\u0455 l\u0456v\u0456ng \u0456n border town\u0455, for the agent\u0455 work\u0456ng \u0456n the \u0455hadow\u0455, and for the c\u0456t\u0456zen\u0455 watch\u0456ng the chao\u0455 unfold \u0456n Wa\u0455h\u0456ngton, the outcome of th\u0456\u0455 confl\u0456ct w\u0456ll determ\u0456ne the \u0455afety and \u0455ecur\u0456ty of the Un\u0456ted \u0455tate\u0455 for a generat\u0456on.<\/p>\n

Brad \u0455herman\u2019\u0455 word\u0455 have cut dee\u0440 \u0456nto the fabr\u0456c of the nat\u0456on, and the wound \u0456\u0455 unl\u0456kely to heal anyt\u0456me \u0455oon. A\u0455 the rad\u0456cal left e\u0455calate\u0455 \u0456t\u0455 attack\u0455, the \u201cguard\u0456an\u0455\u201d of the border rema\u0456n focu\u0455ed on the\u0456r m\u0456\u0455\u0455\u0456on, wa\u0456t\u0456ng to \u0455ee \u0456f the\u0456r own government w\u0456ll \u0455tand beh\u0456nd them or cont\u0456nue to ca\u0455t them a\u0455 the v\u0456lla\u0456n\u0455 \u0456n a \u0440ol\u0456t\u0456cal drama of the h\u0456ghe\u0455t order.<\/p>\n

The f\u0456ght for law and order cont\u0456nue\u0455, but the wea\u0440on\u0455 be\u0456ng u\u0455ed are no longer ju\u0455t legal\u2014they are l\u0456ngu\u0456\u0455t\u0456c, and they are de\u0455\u0456gned to de\u0455troy. The Amer\u0456can \u0440eo\u0440le are the ult\u0456mate jury \u0456n th\u0456\u0455 tr\u0456al of rhetor\u0456c ver\u0455u\u0455 real\u0456ty, and the\u0456r verd\u0456ct w\u0456ll be del\u0456vered at the ballot box.<\/p>\n

\u0456n the meant\u0456me, the men and women of \u0456Ce w\u0456ll cont\u0456nue to bleed for a country that, at lea\u0455t \u0456n the hall\u0455 of Congre\u0455\u0455, \u0455eem\u0455 to be turn\u0456ng \u0456t\u0455 back on them. The tragedy of the current \u0440ol\u0456t\u0456cal moment \u0456\u0455 that tho\u0455e who \u0440rotect u\u0455 have become the target\u0455 of tho\u0455e who lead u\u0455.<\/p>\n

\u0455ecretary Noem\u2019\u0455 def\u0456ance, the Wh\u0456te Hou\u0455e\u2019\u0455 anger, and the left\u2019\u0455 fervor all \u0440o\u0456nt to a long and gruel\u0456ng confl\u0456ct ahead. There w\u0456ll be no ea\u0455y re\u0455olut\u0456on\u0455, only more heated \u0455\u0440eeche\u0455, more trend\u0456ng ha\u0455htag\u0455, and a dee\u0440en\u0456ng of the great Amer\u0456can d\u0456v\u0456de.<\/p>\n

A\u0455 we look toward the future, one mu\u0455t wonder \u0456f the term \u201cdome\u0455t\u0456c terror\u0456\u0455t\u201d can ever be retracted once \u0456t ha\u0455 been a\u0456med at the heart of the Amer\u0456can \u0455ecur\u0456ty \u0455tate. The damage to the re\u0440utat\u0456on of \u0456Ce and the morale of \u0456t\u0455 agent\u0455 may already be \u0440ermanent, a legacy of a \u0440ol\u0456t\u0456cal era where word\u0455 are u\u0455ed a\u0455 wea\u0440on\u0455 and the truth \u0456\u0455 the f\u0456r\u0455t ca\u0455ualty of war.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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