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The National Border Patrol Council the union that represents Border Patrol agents around the country demanded Attorney General Eric Holders resignation over Operation Fast and Furious on Monday.
According to the Arizona Daily Star, the union deliberated for over a year before making this call for Holder to step down.
This is something that all of our guys are concerned about, because they know it could be any one of them, Shawn Moran, a union vice president, said according to the Arizona paper.
We take the risks that are out there naturally just being in law enforcement working across from Mexico in the condition its in right now, Moran said. But what you cant accept is when your own government is allowing weapons into the hands of the people youre confronting.
The National Border Patrol Council represents about 3,700 agents in Arizona and 17,000 nationwide and it joins presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, 129 House Republicans, five Senate Republicans and two sitting GOP governors in demanding Holders resignation. (RELATED: Slain Border Patrol agent Brian Terrys mother to Holder: Youre a joke and a coward)
No elected Democrats have called for Holder to resign, but many Democrats nationwide want Holder gone too. New polling data released last week by Rasmussmen Reports shows 21 percent of likely Democratic voters believe Holder should resign over the scandal and 33 percent are unsure. Forty-five percent less than half of likely Democratic voters think Holder should stay in office, according to the poll.
Read more: Border Patrol union demands Holder's resignation over Fast and Furious | The Daily Caller
According to the Arizona Daily Star, the union deliberated for over a year before making this call for Holder to step down.
This is something that all of our guys are concerned about, because they know it could be any one of them, Shawn Moran, a union vice president, said according to the Arizona paper.
We take the risks that are out there naturally just being in law enforcement working across from Mexico in the condition its in right now, Moran said. But what you cant accept is when your own government is allowing weapons into the hands of the people youre confronting.
The National Border Patrol Council represents about 3,700 agents in Arizona and 17,000 nationwide and it joins presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, 129 House Republicans, five Senate Republicans and two sitting GOP governors in demanding Holders resignation. (RELATED: Slain Border Patrol agent Brian Terrys mother to Holder: Youre a joke and a coward)
No elected Democrats have called for Holder to resign, but many Democrats nationwide want Holder gone too. New polling data released last week by Rasmussmen Reports shows 21 percent of likely Democratic voters believe Holder should resign over the scandal and 33 percent are unsure. Forty-five percent less than half of likely Democratic voters think Holder should stay in office, according to the poll.
Read more: Border Patrol union demands Holder's resignation over Fast and Furious | The Daily Caller