Kristi Noem

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem tells Fox Democratic leaders should... "...change their rhetoric because it is encouraging the kind of violence that we see on their streets today."

Kristi Noem offering a shift in the wake of last weekend's shooting of Alex Preddy, pointing to the ongoing investigation and telling Sean Hannity last night, quote, we can always do better and that her office was, quote, using the best information we had at the time in describing the incident.

This individual went and impeded their law enforcement operations, attacked those officers, had a weapon on him, and multiple, dozens of rounds of ammunition, wishing to inflict harm on these officers coming, brandishing like that, and impeding their work that they were doing.

This individual impeded the law enforcement officers and attacked them.

State the facts as they unfolded on the street today.

We were doing a targeted operation against an illegal criminal, and this individual came with a weapon and dozens of rounds of ammunition and attacked them.

When you perpetuate violence against a government because of ideological reasons and for reasons to resist and perpetuate violence, that is the definition of domestic terrorism.

This individual who came with weapons and ammunition to stop a law enforcement operation of federal law enforcement officers committed an act of domestic terrorism.

That's the facts.

showed up to impede a law enforcement operation and assaulted our officers.

They responded according to their training and took action to defend the officer's life and those of the public around him.

And I don't know of any peaceful protester that shows up with a gun and ammunition rather than a sign.

This is a violent riot when you have someone showing up with weapons and are using them to assault law enforcement officers.

And a White House that is so hell bent on grabbing power and control of your life, they will do anything and stop at absolutely nothing to take it away.

They will even take away your last tool of defense.

The Second Amendment is about deterrence.

It's about ensuring the government respects the rights and the liberty of citizens.

A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of a people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

Border Patrol officers with a 9mm semi-automatic handgun.

The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently.