๐จNEW: Cardinal Joseph Tobin, the Archbishop of Newark and a top ally of Pope Leo, has called for Congress to block funding of ICE, calling the agency a "lawless organization" and "machinery of death."
RETWEET if you stand with Cardinal Tobin against ICE!
BREAKING: Democratic star Congressman Jamie Raskin brings down the hammer and demands that Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees undergo FBI vetting โ a bare minimum that we should all support.
This has MAGA supporters fuming...
"While I understand the Trump-Vance Transition has reached an agreement with the Department of Justice that makes it possible for the FBI to conduct background checks, it remains unclear whether the Transition will require nominees to submit to them," Raskin wrote in a letter.
"Given this muddled record, I urge you to clearly and unequivocally commit to requiring that all nominees undergo FBI background checks and submit to vetting before receiving access to classified information," he added.
Raskin wrote the letter after the Trump team floated the patently absurd idea of using third party firms to do the background checks, a dangerous break from protocol.
Raskin wants "clear assurance" that the FBI will perform the background checks and raised concerns about some of the nominees refusing to engage in a "standard practice across administrations."
Raskin also raised concerns about reports that Trump aide Boris Epshteyn has been taking bribes as high as $100,000 from potential nominees to promote their case to Trump.
"This is precisely the type of permissive environment in which individuals with undisclosed and unvetted security vulnerabilities can engage in nefarious conduct that could risk American security," Raskin wrote.
America deserves answers immediately.
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.@PeteButtigieg to Fox: We have never seen a President not have his own Chief of Staff or Vice President support him. And we have never seen a Democrat have this many Republicans who do support her. Trump is talking about turning guns on people who disagree with him. Harris is saying Republicans will have a seat at the table in her administration
Itโs time to finish the job and ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.
Because who in Godโs name needs a 100-round magazine on a gun? That's a weapon of war.