CNN’s Jake Tapper Uses Jan. 6 To Confront Kristi Noem’s Hypocrisy On Cop Safety To Her Face

The homeland security secretary has attempted to frame an ICE officer's shooting of Renee Nicole Good as an act of self-defense.

Kristi Noem turned evasive when CNN’s Jake Tapper suggested she was holding Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to a “different standard” than law enforcement officers who defended the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.

Appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday, the homeland security secretary defended her assertion that Renee Nicole Good, 37, had been committing “an act of domestic terrorism” when she was shot and killed by ICE officer Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis last week.

However, when Tapper asked Noem if officers who were present at the Capitol during the 2021 attack would have been “justified in shooting and killing the people causing them physical harm,” she dodged the question completely.

“Every single situation is going to rely on the situation those officers are on,” Noem said. “But they know that when people are putting hands on them, when they are using weapons against them, when they’re physically harming them, that they have the authority to arrest those individuals.”

After Tapper pointed out that President Donald Trump pardoned the rioters at the Capitol, including those who had been charged with assaulting police officers, Noem once again deflected.