Tom Homan's big 'admission' from NBC interview gets immediate backlash from viewers

Donald Trump appointee Tom Homan was hit with a major backlash after he said Sunday in response to NBC News’ Kristen Welker that it was "hateful rhetoric" that caused ICE to shoot and kill an American woman.

Welker also asked Homan whether he did, in fact, keep an alleged $50,000 bribe or whether he returned it, a question that didn’t sit well with Trump’s border czar. In a separate part of the interview, he said, "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric."

"Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous," he added. "It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."

Dem candidate Fred Wellman said, "

Dem politician Melanie D'Arrigo said, "'Calling the ICE agent who murdered an innocent woman a murderer is going to make other ICE agents upset and want to murder other innocent women too,' is real abuser language from weak men."

A self-identified ex-GOPer called @PSchmaling also chimed in, saying, "hateful rhetoric

Writer Matt O'Brien said, "True story: the Nazis only would have committed some mild genocide if people hadn’t called them Nazis so much."

David Aldridge, Executive Director for the Virginia Coalition for Progressive Values, weighed in with, "Once again, Tom. Your official agency account posted a white nationalist anthem two freakin’ days ago."

Dr Mickolas, MD, wrote, "If you want the public to not call him a murderer, maybe the government shouldn't have labeled her immediately as a domestic terrorist."

Democratic strategist Matt McDermott said, "