“It’s a not-so-veiled threat that if [lawmakers] don’t do what the president wants, law enforcement agencies are going to get the short end of the stick,” Larimer County Sheriff Justin Smith said.
County Sheriffs Push Back Against Homeland Security’s ‘Not-So Veiled Threat’
By Heritage Foundation Melissa Quinn——Bio and Archives--February 6, 2015
Hundreds of miles from the nation’s capital, local sheriffs are feeling reverberations from Congress’ fight over Department of Homeland Security funding.
This week, Secretary Jeh Johnson delivered what one sheriff views as a “not-so veiled threat” on what could happen if an agreement isn’t reached. Johnson’s statement, released Tuesday, explains why Congress needs to pass a bill funding the federal agency before Feb. 27.
But a sheriff in Colorado is pushing back against Johnson’s message.
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