On Monday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Stability of Energy,” Rep. Christian Menefee (D-TX), who was sworn in on Monday night, mentioned ICE and stated he backs “totally abolishing the company. I feel it’s a must to rip it all the way down to the studs.” And “I wish to abolish it. I feel you rip it all the way down to the studs, and when it comes again, it shouldn’t be ICE anymore.”
Co-host Joe Mathieu requested, “Properly, let’s get actual about what ought to occur. You stated at your victory get together that it’s time to tear ICE up from the roots. Is that abolishing the company or reforming it?”
Menefee answered, “I assist totally abolishing the company. I feel it’s a must to rip it all the way down to the studs.”
Mathieu lower in to observe up, “While you rip one thing all the way down to the studs, although, that often means you’re going to rebuild it. That’s not a lot abolish, that’s substitute, no?”
Menefee answered, “No, I wish to abolish it. I feel you rip it all the way down to the studs, and when it comes again, it shouldn’t be ICE anymore. It must be a distinct kind of regulation enforcement company that’s in-built a means that ensures that communities are going to be protected. You can not take one thing that was created and has been radicalized to this degree, that has harmed so many individuals, and attempt to have minor reforms on it in a means that you simply assume goes to guard individuals. I feel that they’re far previous the road, and after people are executed on the street, it’s time to tear it down.”
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