00:00After DHS officers shot and killed two American citizens this past January, you
00:05joined top administrative officials in publicly blaming and disparaging the
00:11victims. Following the killing of Renee Good, Secretary Noem called her a
00:15domestic terrorist. You, sir, you called Alex Preddy, quote, a deranged individual
00:21that came in to cause max damage. Could we expect those kinds of quick responses
00:29if you are confirmed as Secretary? Would you be basically, well, you did, you
00:33responded as Secretary Noem. Are we going to just expect that same behavior all over
00:37again? No, Senator. I have a deep amount of respect for you. We've had our
00:40differences, but I do respect you. I think I said this privately when we had a
00:44conversation. Those words probably should have been retracted. I shouldn't have
00:49said that, and as Secretary, I wouldn't. The investigation is ongoing, and there
00:54is, like I said, there's sometimes going to make a mistake, and I'll own it. That
00:57one, I went out there too fast. I was responding immediately without the facts.
01:02That's my fault. That won't happen to the Secretary. So you regret that
01:05statement? I already said that, yes, sir. Would you want to apologize to the
01:09family of Alex Preddy? Well, sir, I just said I regret those statements. Is that the
01:15same as an apology? I haven't seen the investigation. We'll let the
01:18investigation go through, and if I'm proven wrong, then I will absolutely.
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