Yes, the headline quote is the actual words of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, incorrect on more than on level given that he was not present during the pursuit that led to the ICE shooting of 28 year-old undocumented immigrant Oscar Belgal in Manhattan’s Marble Hill neighborhood on Thursday while Belgal’s five year-old son was sitting in the back seat of the vehicle. Thus there is no “we” to the situation that includes Mullin, nor is the psychotic ICE agent, 30 year-old Brenden Cuni – who still has a Facebook profile – standing on stage with Mullin.
Interesting too about that quote is how, almost in the same breath, Mullin wants to both imply that his deranged stormtrooper would not have fired into a vehicle with a child in the back seat had he known, but also justifying it by saying that fleeing from armed men disguised as construction workers, driving an unmarked vehicle, who did not identify themselves first, is Belgal being an irresponsible parent. MAGA seems to always want it both ways when it comes to these things.