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Democrats are playing a dangerous political game by threatening to withhold funding for the Department of Homeland Security, and hardworking Americans should see it for what it is: a partisan stunt that puts airports, frontline disaster response, and critical border operations at risk in the name of scoring headlines. The push to split DHS from the broader spending package after the Minneapolis incidents has raised the real prospect of a partial government shutdown that would hurt ordinary families and first responders more than it would change the behavior of bad actors.
The anger driving this stunt is understandable — the footage out of Minneapolis of two deadly encounters involving federal immigration agents shocked the nation and deserves thorough, independent investigation and accountability. But grief and outrage do not give any party license to wield the federal budget like a cudgel and threaten the safety net that keeps our country secure and functioning.
As Sen. John Cornyn argued on America Right Now, Democrats are “taking the wrong hostage” by trying to snip DHS funding rather than pursuing targeted reforms that change how agents operate and are held accountable. Conservatives should not reflexively defend every mistake by government employees, but neither should we applaud measures that would hobble TSA lines, FEMA responses, and Coast Guard missions just to make a political point.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and other officials rightly warned that a lapse in DHS funding would reverberate through many agencies that have nothing to do with the tactical failures in Minneapolis — TSA at our airports, FEMA when disasters strike, and the Coast Guard patrolling our seas. If Democrats want reforms, demand them on the merits and in a way that preserves our security apparatus; guilt-tripping the entire department is reckless and months of politics will not bring back the dead.
Republicans must respond with a clear-eyed, patriotic alternative: insist on real, enforceable reforms and transparent investigations while refusing to let political theater undermine public safety. That means fast bipartisan oversight, clearer rules of engagement for federal agents, and discipline where wrongdoing is proven — not a scorched-earth funding cutoff that plays into the hands of chaos and emboldens criminals.
Patriots should demand accountability without surrendering the tools that keep our country safe; that balance is the very essence of conservative governance. Democrats who prioritize headlines over homeland readiness are gambling with American lives, and honest leaders on both sides should reject the game and focus instead on practical solutions that protect citizens and preserve law and order.
