South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem will appear before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee today as part of the confirmation process for her nomination to Dept of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary. This nomination hearing will likely be combative and filled with opposition.
The original hearing for Noem was postponed due to “paperwork issues.” Democrats now will advance against Noem because the DHS role is critical to border insecurity. However, with President Trump appointing Border Czar Tom Homan to the border and illegal alien crisis, Noem has a point of support but not direct action in her responses. Noem has previously held a very strong pro-immigration perspective given her deep connection to Big Ag.
The Democrats will likely shift to issues of ‘national security’ in their pointed questions. However, these are also the types of national security issues that Noem has a tendency to frame around constitutional freedoms, liberties, and restrictions against the rights of Americans. Points that are directly in her wheelhouse. The Democrat Senators would also like to weaponize the controversial parts of Noem’s recent book. Livestream Links Below:
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This hearing was short and semi-sweet.
Guess Kristi Noem will be confirmed regardless of her dog and unkempt hair. ?s
If Noem’s problem was just an issue of her dog and hair. Can’t help but wonder how much Never Trump Thune had to do with Noem not being asked about how she gained most of her assets.
She took big money from the carbon capture pipeline companies trying to muscle in here in SD – spit!
Noem’s stock portfolio speaks volumes about her fraud.
My bad. A ?s is what you get when the shift key is misused, instead of a /s. I intended a /s for snark. Brain burp.
Every question from the Dems, I envisioned a quip Noem could have responded with, guess she bit her tongue.
Perhaps shooting dogs is an asset?
CW could be on the event horizon. If so, I do hope the American Citizen Patriot hasn’t grown too soft to be our Own Personal DHS.
Well General, I think you are a little Early for this kind of discussion.
she must have removed a lot of her hair extensions. She toned down the makeup too. Does not even look like the same person from two months ago
Face paint is like plaster
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big time lip and cheek filler too. Not well done either. She was a neat lookin’ gal I thought.
I know that has nothing to do with Home security, Just feelin’ picky tonight.
The left claims to worry about national security; why doesn’t that concern extend to those who enter the country without our permission?
In my opinion, she handled the questions very well.
This is a woman that is working way too hard to look young- she’s 53 years old not 25.
To look at her lips, it’s clear that she’s heading right down that path of becoming a caricature of what she was with the use of lots of rubber and silicon parts.
You have to wonder about the minds of people that do all this to their body.
Marketing the product…
Pam Bondi is 59 older by a year than Kirsten Gillibrand. Bondi looks great, Gillibrand looks horrid. Kristi is using too much BOTOX and fillers. She needs to stop or she won’t have a face left.
Evil ages people.
As Sir Davos of Seaworthy quipped on the GoT : “Nothing f#ucks harder than Time!”
Well, if DC does not work out for her, she may need to do the ole only fans shtick to fund her retirement. I’m in for a 6 month subscription.
Also just as an aside, It’s sooo heart warming to see the Myorkas Biden Obamy democRats that scuttled the Myorkas impeachment back in the saddle riding hard to defend their homeland after 16 years of getting pedicures.
Hypocrisy doesn’t begin to define their behavior.
Perhaps Treason is more applicable morally if not legally.
For now I’m going to trust Trump’s picks with eyes wide open. We will be able to spot a Judas pronto, although not many ever trusted Pence.
He always seemed sneaky and smarmy. When he certified the 2020 stolen election he just confirmed what most felt about him.
Not a big fan of Kristi Noem. Too much of a RINO.
I don’t like her manner. Too heavily made up. Are those her real lips? Frosty lipstick, not appropriate under the circumstances. Too much hair. Too soft and sexy a voice. Reminds me of a stereotype of a Southern Belle (sorry, Ladies but I’m a Yankee and it shows I’m afraid.)
That said, in my experience the above means nothing about her relative strength and backbone. She could be very strong and just come on like a brunette Barbie.
Well, bless your heart.
Wow!
Reading back through the comments today.
Not defending or detracting from Gov Noem but this is what occurred in comments.
No true MAGA kills their dog (No mitigating circumstances allowed)
No true MAGA tries their best to be pleasing to the eye
No true MAGA ever makes a profit
No true MAGA ever speaks in a nicely modulated voice
No true MAGA can ever be a woman
Not much on actual qualifications to do the job nor on reactions to questions.
Not many positive comments on President Trump’s selected cabinet officer.
Conclusion? Those harridan Senators attempting to smear President Trump’s pick for DHS got nothing on the TCTH today.
Go ahead hate me but look through the comments and see all the emotion and how little analytical logic was applied.
Look! Puppy!
I support your analysis and conclusion. Perhaps the puppy ate the logic.
NH lived there 14 years, moved to California and saw more pretty woman at a small party than 14 years in Granolaland.
I like the fact she took responsibility for her dog. When you live rural, you do what needs doing if you can do it yourself – you don’t hire it out to a 3rd party. Most farmers know if the dog ain’t working to earn it’s keep, then it ain’t gonna work out…
No qualifications for the job? Please – running DHS is an executive position, running an agency with a lot of moving parts…….kind of like running a state government which, you know, has a lot of moving parts…..
She’s a babe! Has my vote.
My goodness, what kind of board has this become with the continual attacking of this woman’s looks. Sorry, don’t see it and she seems fine to me.
The nitpicking gets ridiculous eventually and really demeans our side.