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‘Thugs’: The Moderate Democrat Railing Against ICE

‘Thugs’: The Moderate Democrat Railing Against ICE

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Senator Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada is nobody’s idea of a
partisan firebrand. She’s a moderate, swing-state Democrat with a
résumé steeped in law enforcement — all of which makes her an
unlikely leader of the Democratic-led shutdown of the Department
of Homeland Security, which has now entered its sixth day.

But over the past few months, Senator Cortez Masto said she was
horrified by the conduct of federal immigration enforcement
agents in her own state and across the country. By last week, she
and many of her Democratic colleagues in the Senate decided to
act on their outrage.

In an interview with her on “The Daily,” Senator Cortez Masto
talks about why she decided to support withholding homeland
security funding, the political perils for her party in blocking
that funding and why she believes most Americans support the
strategy.

Guest: Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada

Background reading:

Democrats and the White House traded offers, but a deal to
reopen the Department of Homeland Security remained elusive.

A polling memo circulated among centrist senators urged
Democrats to talk tougher on crime, while noting an opportunity
for the party to appeal to voters with criticism of ICE.

Photo: Eric Lee for The New York Times

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