Kristi Noem is Out

Beth Gallagher

Beth Gallagher

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I just heard the announcement. Being replaced by the senator from OK, Markwayne Mullin. From the NYT...

Department of Homeland Security: President Trump announced Thursday that he was firing his homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, and wanted Senator Markwayne Mullin to replace her. He announced it on his social media platform, Truth Social
 
She is reportedly being moved into another "Western Shield" position, a part of the Trump Doctrine. Trump was reportedly upset about some advertising campaign she put forth saying he had approved it when he had not, and he was unhappy about the way Minneapolis was handled and that was why he sent Homan there to fix it. Apparently something happened during her appearance before the Senate as well. I don't understand it completely.
 
DHS has not been funded as far as I know, so the hunt for terrorist cells is reduced thanks to Iran's allies on the Left side of the aisle. There is talk of a TSA walkout tomorrow since thee agents won't be paid. Who knows if that will happen or if they will continue to work without pay. ICE and the Military will be paid, but the Coast Guard (since it isn't military), TSA, and other Homeland Security Forces will not be paid.
 
I like her because she was a former cattle rancher. I loved the ad where she was on horseback and made it clear if in the country illegally, you would be hunted down. As my one Grandpa would say, "She was a no :poop: kind of gal."
 
She was not fired, which is what some of the mainstream news reported. She was actually promoted to the “Shields of the Americas” division, where she will be working along with Secretary Hegseth .
Senator Mullins will replace her becasue the Democrats were refusing to fund DHS as long as Noem was the Secretary, so President Trump promoted her and put in Mullins instead.

She was in some dangerous places, and I think that it is good that Mullins will be working with Tom Homan and ICE instead, and I am thinking that President Trump would not have promoted her into the new position unless he had faith that she would do a good job there as well.
 
I was reading about the ad campaign that apparently was the straw that broke the camel's back. She paid $220 million for those ICE ads featuring herself on horseback. Then she testified that Trump had OK'd it but he begged to differ.

Exclusive: Trump tells Reuters he did not sign off on ad campaign featuring homeland security secretary​

WASHINGTON, March 5 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump told Reuters on Thursday that he did not sign off on a $220 million border security ‌advertising campaign featuring Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who faced bipartisan criticism over the commercials during U.S. congressional hearings this week.

"I never knew anything about it," the Republican president told Reuters in a phone interview.

Shortly after his comments to Reuters, Trump posted to Truth Social that Noem would be replaced with Markwayne Mullin, a Republican U.S. senator from Oklahoma.
 
Ken Anderson said:
I don't buy that it was actually a promotion. That language was put out to avoid disappointing those of us who liked her. She will be moved to a make-work position where no one will hear from her again.
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I hope that isn't right Ken, but that is my feeling after reading several articles about it. Trump created a new position for her. Alrighty then.
 
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After listening to the grilling that John Kennedy gave her, I can see why she is out. He had apparently discussed the ad campaign with Trump before the hearing and he tried to get her to outright lie and say that he approved spending $220 million on an ad campaign. She said they "discussed it" but she never actually said he approved it...since he apparently didn't even know about it.

From what Kennedy said in his southern gentlemanly way is that he thought she was "pulling a Democrat" and trying to get name recognition for her future political plans on the taxpayers' dime. The ads were supposedly directed to illegals but were only done in English when many of the illegals cannot speak or read English. They apparently all featured her on horseback and the contract was given to a company owned by her political spokesperson whose company had only been started a few days before receiving the contract. I di always like her and I thought she did a marvelous job in South Dakota during Covid, but this sounds very corrupt and something usually done by the other party. She definitely was not promoted. She was shuffled to the side into a position where the American public will probably never hear from her. Trump moved her to keep from humiliating her, as I think he likes her too.
 
I've been reading about Markwayne Mullin; he's kind of an interesting fellow. Apparently he is Native American (Cherokee Nation). In 2010, Mullin received an associate degree in construction technology from Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology. He is the only serving senator without at least a bachelor's degree.
 
Beth Gallagher said:
I've been reading about Markwayne Mullin; he's kind of an interesting fellow. Apparently he is Native American (Cherokee Nation). In 2010, Mullin received an associate degree in construction technology from Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology. He is the only serving senator without at least a bachelor's degree.
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He suffers from a lot of common sense.
 
Faye Fox said:
Well, I am all for getting an American Indian in the top Homeland Security position, but still don't believe Kristi was acting without permission. I think it was a set up to get her out, so the administration could find a way to smooth over the Minnesota problem and set the stage for the mid terms.

Anytime someone is removed off an important job and put in a newly formed job that has no important role, it is evident that such has been planned. Senator Kennedy ripping her a new one, was just theatrics. If I was Kristi, I would go back to South Dakota and buy a large ranch and a thousand head of cattle, hire 25 legally documented Vaqueros to look after them, and I would ride the range looking for wild dogs and wolves to shoot.

I would also have a night class in the bunk house, so all the Vaqueros and their families, could become voting citizens, securing the Latino vote for years to come.
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What does his tribal card have to do with his position?
Vaquero is pretty unpleasant. Do you deal much with Latinos?
 
From what I have seen of the confirmation hearing, Markwayne Mullin doesn't seem to be doing very well. Setting aside the fact that he has a dumb-ass name that shouldn't be encouraged, he doesn't come off as being forthright, honest, credible, or even likable. I can see that his voting record looks good, but I have not otherwise been familiar with him.
 
Well, Mullin has been sworn in and his interim replacement named in OK.

"Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt appointed energy executive
Alan Armstrong to replace Markwayne Mullin in the U.S. Senate, following Mullin's confirmation as Secretary of Homeland Security in March 2026. Armstrong, executive chair of Williams Companies, will serve as an interim senator until a special election in November, with Rep. Kevin Hern favored for the seat."
 
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