Trump Fires Kristi Noem
3/5/202622 mincomplete
0:00So we've got some major breaking news, Justin.
0:02Donald Trump has officially fired Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
0:06This is a major development that comes after Noem's disastrous hearings in front of Congress
0:11over the past few days, where she was ripped apart not only by Democrats, but
0:14by Republicans as well. My name is Brett Mycelis with the Midas Touch Network.
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0:23So Trump says that he is replacing Noem with Oklahoma Senator Mark Wayne Mullen, effective
0:27March 31st, and he's now spinning Noem's exit as Noem moving to be a special
0:32envoy role for some new project he's calling the Shield of the Americas.
0:36But make no mistake, Kristi Noem has been fired.
0:39After a disastrous Senate hearing this week where even Republicans turned on her, Noem became
0:44too radioactive to keep. Here's Trump's post.
0:48He just wrote, quote, I am pleased to announce that the highly respected United States
0:52Senator from the great state of Oklahoma, Mark Wayne Mullen, will become the United States
0:56Secretary of Homeland Security, effective March 31st, 2026.
1:01The current secretary, Kristi Noem, who has served us well, has had numerous and spectacular
1:06results, especially on the border.
1:07We'll be moving to be special envoy for the Shield of the Americas, our new
1:11security initiative in the Western Hemisphere.
1:14We are announcing on Saturday in Doral, Florida.
1:16I thank Kristi for her serverless at Homeland.
1:19Serving 10 years in the United States House of Representatives and three in the Senate,
1:23Mark Wayne has done a tremendous job representing the wonderful people of Oklahoma, where I
1:28won all 77 out of 77 counties in 2016, 2020, and 24, a MAGA warrior,
1:34blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
1:35I think you get it right there.
1:36Now, Noem's position collapsed quickly after she made what was considered a cardinal sin during
1:42her Senate hearing the other day.
1:44She had told Republican Senator Kennedy that it was Trump's idea for her to do
1:48this $200 million ad campaign that she starred in.
1:51Trump, it seems, felt like Noem was blaming him, and he claimed that he had
1:55nothing to do with that campaign.
1:57Here's a post from Fox correspondent Bill Mulligan.
2:00This is from before the firing, and he says the following.
2:03DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is now treading in some dangerous waters.
2:07She testified in the Senate this week that President Trump approved of and was aware
2:11of a $200 million ad campaign that featured her prominently.
2:15Trump now tells Reuters in a phone call he did not sign off on it.
2:18Quote, I never knew anything about it, Trump said.
2:21So that is what reportedly did it.
2:24It wasn't her horrific handling of natural disasters or her out -of -control use of
2:28ICE and Border Patrol, which resulted in the deaths of multiple Americans, but rather her
2:33blaming Trump for a massive ad campaign.
2:36So let's dive into the clips that ended Kristi Noem's career.
2:40Here was Senator Kennedy, a grilling Noem on the $220 million worth of commercials she
2:45made that featured her prominently.
2:47Play the clip. How do you square that concern for waste, which I share, with
2:57the fact that you have spent $220 million running television advertisements that feature you prominently?
3:11Sir, the president tasked me with getting the message out to the country and to
3:16other countries where we were seeing the invasion come from with putting commercials out that
3:21told them that if they were in this country illegally that they needed to leave
3:25or we would detain them and remove them and they'd not get the chance to
3:28come back to America the right way.
3:31That has been extremely effective.
3:33The president asked you to run these advertisements, is that right?
3:37We had that conversation, yes, before I was put in this position and sworn in
3:43and confirmed and since then as well.
3:45Okay. Did you bid out those service contracts?
3:51Yes, they did. They went out to a competitive bid and career officials at the
3:55department chose who would do those advertising commercials.
3:59And the people that you ended up picking were people who had formerly done your
4:09political work back in South Dakota.
4:11Is that right? No, that's not correct, sir.
4:13I think it is. No, it's not, sir.
4:15We, the individuals who, I believe the careers who they chose were two different media
4:21firms. There's been conversation about their subcontractors, but we have no legal authority to look
4:28into subcontractors on work like that.
4:30Okay. And you're saying that you're testifying that President Trump approved this ahead of time.
4:38Is that my understanding? We had conversations about making sure that we were telling people.
4:44No, ma 'am. I'm asking you, sorry to interrupt, but the president approved ahead of
4:49time you spending $220 million running TV ads across the country in which you are
4:58featured prominently. Yes, sir. We went through the legal processes.
5:01Did it correct? Did the president know you were going to do this?
5:03Yes. He did? Yes. Okay.
5:08And one thing, Senator, I think would be helpful to know is how effective it
5:11is. that communications has been that will go overwhelmingly effective in your name recognition um
5:17i mean i i personally just i mean to me it puts the president in
5:24a terribly awkward spot and it it and i just i'm not saying you're not
5:30telling the truth it's just hard for me to believe knowing the president as i
5:34do that you said mr president here's some ads i've cut and i'm going to
5:40spend 220 million dollars running them that he would have agreed to that i don't
5:47think russ vote at omb would have agreed to that it's something we have to
5:53defend i'm on the appropriations committee um i mean my research shows that you did
6:03not bid them out that you you pick in fact one of the people you
6:07picked the strategy group i'm sorry safe america media was a company formed 11 days
6:15before you picked them and that the strategy group got most of the money and
6:22the head of that is married to your former spokesperson i'm i'm look we all
6:31have friends who are qualified i'm not quibbling with that i'm just it troubles me
6:37quarter uh a fifth to a quarter of a billion dollars in taxpayer money when
6:44when we're scratching for every penny and we're fighting over rescission packages um i just
6:52can't agree with madam secretary you still running those ads no senator i did not
6:57have anything to do with picking those contractors i know politicals at the department of
7:02homeland security did i understand are you still running the competitive bid process are you
7:07still running everything was i think the ads are due to end here in march
7:12i think within a week so i'm not sure the one that is running is
7:16focusing on angel families have you seen that it is the one that's talking about
7:19this is our why this is why we work every day is for the angel
7:23families and their victim and that was just the tip of the iceberg here was
7:27republican senator tom tillis calling noem a disaster highlighting the innocent americans being detained by
7:33ice play the clip security so why am i disappointed with secretary noem because we're
7:39not going after enough people who did this damage at the expense of running numbers
7:45that stephen miller wants out of the white house we just want numbers we want
7:50a thousand a day six thousand a day nine thousand a day because numbers matter
7:54right no they don't matter quality matters not quantity quality and what we've seen is
8:00a disaster under your leadership miss noem a disaster what we've seen is innocent people
8:09getting detained that turn out are american citizens i could talk about the culture that's
8:13been created here with with stephen miller aiding and abetting i heard first reports that
8:19he was the one that said it was a domestic terrorist situation where two people
8:23lost their lives in minneapolis i've heard that report maybe you can refute it i
8:28don't know that we'll have time for you to respond because i'm giving you a
8:31performance evaluation here i'm not looking for a response now let's go through some other
8:36moments here's democratic representative eric swalwell asking noem if anyone has been fired for the
8:41agency's failures play this tell me then has a single ice agent or cbc officer
8:48as a single ice agent or cbp officer been disciplined since you've been secretary of
8:56homeland security as we've seen women dragged through their streets by their hair and thrown
9:01into unmarked cars people chase through the fields and factories where they work public executions
9:05happening in our streets has a single ice agent or cbp officer been disciplined yes
9:11they have how many there's i don't know the number i can get that for
9:14you if you think that number is important i think that it's wise and smart
9:18and what we're doing is accurate according to the law by doing those internal investigations
9:23through the process that's set up there's an office of professional responsibility that does the
9:28investigation and decisions are brought before the national use of force board and they review
9:33each incident as objectively outside of that law enforcement encounter and then give a decision
9:40for has anyone been fired has anyone lost their job there could be well i'm
9:45not asking if it could be i'm asking has anyone been fired certain that they
9:48have that happens once in a while when there is a need for someone to
9:51be for conduct related to enforcement actions we hold our law enforcement officers accountable and
9:57are grateful that they serve that they put their lives on the line and also
10:01recognize that when these situations that they follow their training and the legality of the
10:05course to how they interact with the public here's jamie raskin asking noem if she
10:09still considers renee nicole good and alex preddy the americans killed by ice to be
10:14domestic terrorists noem refused to say no play the clip but only a few hours
10:19after they were gunned down by your agents you called renee a domestic terrorist you
10:27said alex committed an act of domestic terrorism alex's parents responded to your calling their
10:37son a domestic terrorist they said the Sickening lies told about our son by the
10:42administration are reprehensible and disgusting.
10:46Now, I want to give you a chance before the entire country to correct your
10:51false and defamatory claim. Based on what you know today, Madam Secretary, were Renee Good
11:00and Alex Preddy domestic terrorists?
11:05Congressman, what happened in Minnesota in those two incidents was an absolute tragedy.
11:10Were they domestic terrorists, as you said, to the country?
11:13My condolences to their families, because I know that their lives will never be the
11:16same after that. Is that an apology for what you said?
11:19We, in those instances, offer as much information as we can from officers and agents
11:24on the ground in a chaotic scene that gets...
11:27I'll repeat my question, reclaiming my time.
11:29Based on what you know today, Madam Secretary, based on what you know today, were
11:34Renee Good and Alex Preddy domestic terrorists.
11:40As you know, there's ongoing investigations that are being led by the FBI.
11:43Oh, but you didn't wait for the investigation, did you?
11:46You didn't wait for the evidence.
11:47You proclaimed that they were domestic terrorists at the time.
11:50Why did you do that?
11:51And you didn't wait to attack our law enforcement officers.
11:52Why did you do that?
11:53We're going into a dangerous situation.
11:54Why did you call them domestic terrorists?
11:56Because our ICE officers and our HSI officers that day risked their lives to protect
12:01that scene. So evidence could be reclaimed.
12:03So it could be used in the investigation.
12:05Because those violent rioters that were here...
12:06So you're proud of the fact that you called them domestic terrorists?
12:09Is that what you're telling America?
12:10HSI officers put their lives on the line to protect that scene.
12:13So evidence that we could have...
12:14Yes, they do. Yes, they do.
12:16But you told a lie about them.
12:17You said that they were domestic terrorists.
12:20Do you regret that? I offer my condolences to those families.
12:23Based on what you know today, were Renee Good and Alex Breddy domestic terrorists?
12:28There's ongoing investigations, and so I can't...
12:30So you still don't know?
12:31You think that's an open question?
12:33I would think you would want there to still be investigations going into these situations.
12:36Well, you stated the conclusion two hours after they were killed that they were domestic
12:41terrorists. I wanted to give you an opportunity to correct the record, not just for
12:45their family, but for everybody in America who believes in the truth and fairness and
12:49honesty. In every situation, as facts come out, we relay...
12:52You know, your acting ICE director, Todd Lyons, came before Congress.
12:56He said he had no knowledge whatsoever that Alex Breddy and Renee Good were domestic
13:01terrorists. None. This is your guy.
13:04He said that. He admitted that that was wrong.
13:06Why won't you admit it?
13:08I will tell you the investigation is still ongoing, and we'll...
13:11So do you regret speaking before the investigation?
13:13I would say that in those situations...
13:15You regret that? Like the addicts seen on the ground, we relay information to the
13:18American people that they're asking for.
13:21And as things change, situations change...
13:23People were asking you whether they were domestic terrorists?
13:26And you decided that they were before the investigation?
13:29As we learn more, we...
13:30You don't want to say anything to their families?
13:32I did. I said condolences.
13:35For what? How about an apology for what you said about their loved ones?
13:39My heart is with them, and we will continue to stand with them as they
13:42get a complete investigation into these situations.
13:44Next, Representative Kamlager Dove asked Noem about her reported affair with her advisor, Corey Lewandowski.
13:52And notably, what you'll notice in this clip is that Noem did not deny the
13:56affair, even with her husband sitting right behind her.
13:59Play the clip. Trump knows that this guy is shady.
14:05Corey has a decades -long record of physical batteries, sexual harassment, illegal lobbying for a
14:10Venezuelan oil company, and bringing a loaded gun into a federal building.
14:15Despite being fired or removed from virtually every position he has ever held due to
14:20misconduct, he now wields unchecked, unconfirmed, undisclosed power over your department.
14:27This person has no experience running anything close to the Department of Homeland Security or
14:35even advising someone in your position.
14:37He is unqualified, which again has left my constituents and I wondering why he is
14:44your top official. So, Secretary Noem, at any time during your tenure as Director of
14:51Department of Homeland Security, have you had sexual relations with Corey Lewandowski?
14:58Mr. Chairman, I am shocked that we're going down and peddling tabloid garbage in this
15:04committee today. Reclaiming my time.
15:06And one thing that I would tell you is that he is a special government
15:09employee who works for the White House.
15:11There are thousands of them in the federal government.
15:13So, reclaiming my time, Secretary, it is okay for you to be offended by the
15:17question. It is okay for you to be offended by the question.
15:21But it is also a real question.
15:24So, what I would say to you is that what we do at the Department
15:27of Homeland Security every single day, every single day is to protect this country.
15:32Everyone is asking if you or any federal official is sleeping with their subordinate.
15:37That should be the easiest.
15:38You should be wanting to answer that question.
15:41Because it is not about your sex life.
15:43It is offensive that you have brought that up.
15:44It is about your judgment.
15:45That kind of garbage has been refuted for years.
15:47It is about reclaiming my time so that I can hear myself.
15:49I belong to the gentlelady from California.
15:53Here's Representative Jared Moskowitz mocking Noem over a story that she fired someone in the
15:58Coast Guard because he forgot to take her blankie on her plane.
16:02And then play the clip.
16:03200 miles of border walls being held up by you.
16:05They had to bring in Tom Holman.
16:07Pull. pull out of Minnesota.
16:08I think the country needs a national divorce from you on biblical grounds.
16:13I mean, if Donald Trump was still apprentice Trump, he would look at you and
16:16he would realize you're the weakness cabinet member and he would fire you.
16:19And if the president said to you that only way DHS could reopen is if
16:23you resigned, I hope you would take him up on it.
16:25Now, I want to end on a happy note, Mr.
16:27Chairman, real quickly. You know, the president gave all sorts of stuff out during the
16:30State of the Union. I don't want you to leave.
16:32I got you a new Coast Guard blankie, the one you lost.
16:35OK, so this is for you.
16:36You don't leave empty handed when you come to judiciary.
16:38Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And now just to give you some quick insight on her
16:41replacement, Mark Wayne Mullen, he is, let's just say, not the brightest guy.
16:46Here's Mullen the other day talking about the Iran war.
16:49He called it a war, then tried to say that it wasn't a war.
16:53Play the clip. Are there measures being taken not to eliminate other possible alternatives to
16:59leadership? This is war and we're taking out the threat.
17:02And if you're part of the threat, then you have the, you're a target.
17:06You know, what we'd call not all the arrows, but going after the archers.
17:10You'll concede this is war.
17:11You'll concede this is war.
17:12We haven't declared war. They declared war on us, but we haven't.
17:15The president called it war on Secretary Hexson.
17:16We haven't declared it. Just now you said this is war.
17:19They've called it war. They've called it war.
17:21What I was saying. You just.
17:22OK, well, that was a misspoke.
17:23What I was saying that they've declared war on us, but war is ugly.
17:27It always has been ugly.
17:29But we're, you know, we're at a, we're taking out a regime that's been trying
17:33to attack us for quite some time.
17:34But you're not conceding this is war.
17:36We have declared war. So if we haven't declared war, then I don't see that
17:41the president asked us to declare war yet, but we, they have declared war on
17:45us. We're just simply fighting the threat that's at, that's, that's been at our door
17:50for 47 years. Here's Mullen at one of these hearings demanding that everybody say thank
17:59you to President Trump for being a strong leader.
18:02So embarrassing. Play the clip.
18:04But you can't deny that this was a threat and an essential growing threat to
18:09the United States. And you want to say he's playing politics and you get the
18:15politics behind it, Mr. Peters.
18:18You guys are playing politics.
18:22You guys are the ones that are grandstanding.
18:24The president's doing his job as commander in chief.
18:29And I think at one time or next, we should say, thank you.
18:33Thank you for being a strong leader, but there's no way in God's green earth.
18:38You guys can never give the president, least present Trump, any credit.
18:42Sorry. Thank you, sir. I'm out.
18:46I still got 40, 49 seconds.
18:48Here's Mullen in a 2023 hearing challenging the Teamsters president, Sean O 'Brien to a
18:54fight in the middle of a hearing.
18:55Play this clip. Sir, this is a time.
18:57This is a place. If you want to run your mouth, we can be two
19:00consenting adults. We can finish it here.
19:02Okay, that's fine. Perfect. You want to do it now?
19:05I'd love to do it right now.
19:06Well, stand your butt up then.
19:07You stand your butt up.
19:08Oh, hold on. Oh, stop it.
19:09Is that your solution? No, no, sit down.
19:12I'm sorry, you're a clown.
19:12Sit down. No, no, you're a United States senator.
19:15Sit down. Okay. Sit down, please.
19:17All right. Can I respond?
19:18Hold it. Hold it. If we can.
19:22No, I have the mic.
19:23I'm sorry. This is what he said.
19:25Now, let me just remind you of some of the other Kristi Noem lowlights.
19:28Here was Noem falsely claiming that Alex Preddy was a domestic terrorist.
19:32This was despicable. Play the clip.
19:35The White House has labeled the man who was killed in Minnesota as a domestic
19:38terrorist. Is that something you agree with?
19:41And have you seen any evidence to back up that claim?
19:43When you perpetuate violence against a government because of ideological reasons and for reasons to
19:48resist and perpetuate violence, that is the definition of domestic terrorism.
19:52This individual who came with weapons and ammunition to stop a law enforcement operation of
19:58federal law enforcement officers committed an act of domestic terrorism.
20:01That's the facts. And if you recall, Noem was also recently under fire for wanting
20:08to purchase the $70 million luxury jet with a queen -size bedroom, a bar, and
20:13four flat screen TVs. There was the incident Jared Moskowitz had mentioned in which the
20:18person she's been allegedly having an affair with, Corey Lewandowski, fired a U .S.
20:22Coast Guard pilot after Noem's blanket was left behind on a plane.
20:26Noem would post things like this on her social media, images of paintings of herself
20:31on horses, asking what should be her official portrait.
20:34She'd always be dressing up in these different costumes like she was constantly doing cosplay.
20:38And of course, she was disastrous in the face of natural disasters.
20:42Like when the floods hit Texas last year on July 5th, FEMA had received 3
20:47,000 calls from survivors and only 1 % of those calls went unanswered.
20:51But that night, Trump and Noem decided to fire the people who handled those calls.
20:56By July 7th, 85 % of those calls went unanswered.
21:01Not only that, Noem did not authorize FEMA's deployment of urban search and rescue teams
21:06until more than 72 hours after the flooding began.
21:10So all in all, just a terrible, terrible, terrible run in her position.
21:15So there you have it.
21:16Kristi Noem is out. A stunning development.
21:19She will not be missed.
21:21And I'd like to be able to tell you that we'll be in better hands
21:23with Mark Wayne Mullen, but I cannot do that either.
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