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Trump picks Kristi Noem to serve as his Homeland Security secretary
https://www.cnn.com ^ | November 12, 2024 | Kaitlan Collins

Posted on 11/11/2024 10:25:40 PM PST by Enterprise

President-elect Donald Trump has selected South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as his next secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, according to two people familiar with the selection.

Noem will be tapped to take over the agency as two key immigration hardliners — Stephen Miller and Tom Homan — are slated to serve in senior roles, signaling Trump is serious about his promise to crack down on his immigration pledges. With his selection of Noem, Trump is ensuring a loyalist will head an agency he prioritizes and that is key to his domestic agenda.

The department saw an immense amount of turmoil the last time Trump was in office. Then, DHS had five different leaders, only two of whom were Senate-confirmed. The agency has a $60 billion budget and hundreds of thousands of employees.

Noem, who previously was a South Dakota representative, will now be tasked with overseeing a sprawling agency that oversees everything from US Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement to the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the US Secret Service.

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TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: anonymoussources; cnnfakenews; dhs; fakenews; loyalist; noem; tds; trump
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The Truth on What’s Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward.” In it, she revealed that she once killed her 14-month-old wirehair pointer, Cricket, when she was not displaying the signs of an ideal hunting dog.

The governor wrote that the dog was “untrainable,” according to excerpts first reported by The Guardian. Noem later argued that those anecdotes were meant to show how capable she is of doing some of the more gruesome jobs in life when necessary.

We forgive you Kristi as long as you treat violent gang and cartel members as you did your untrainable doggie.

1 posted on 11/11/2024 10:25:40 PM PST by Enterprise
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To: Enterprise

Now this one I totally did not see coming


2 posted on 11/11/2024 10:26:58 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Sarah Barracuda

I didn’t either.


3 posted on 11/11/2024 10:27:26 PM PST by Enterprise (These people have no honor, no belief, no poetry, no art, no humor, no patriotism.)
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To: Enterprise

And hopefully jihadis get the same treatment her dog got.


4 posted on 11/11/2024 10:27:56 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Enterprise

Hers was a violent dog that needed to be put down.

There are a number of parallels in today’s America.

Go Kristi!


5 posted on 11/11/2024 10:28:13 PM PST by Nervous Tick ("First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people...": ISLAM is the problem!)
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To: No name given

Ditto!


6 posted on 11/11/2024 10:28:23 PM PST by Enterprise (These people have no honor, no belief, no poetry, no art, no humor, no patriotism.)
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To: Enterprise

She can do a much better job than mayorkis that’s for damn sure


7 posted on 11/11/2024 10:28:28 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Nervous Tick
"There are a number of parallels in today’s America."

Indeed!

8 posted on 11/11/2024 10:29:28 PM PST by Enterprise (These people have no honor, no belief, no poetry, no art, no humor, no patriotism.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

I hope she exposes every dirty thing he did to get illegals across the border by any means.


9 posted on 11/11/2024 10:30:21 PM PST by Enterprise (These people have no honor, no belief, no poetry, no art, no humor, no patriotism.)
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To: Enterprise

What does this do to Thune’s leader race? Would he be interested in SD Gov now instead of Majority Leader?


10 posted on 11/11/2024 10:30:22 PM PST by abb
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To: Enterprise

So which Republican takes the job Mayorkas has now ???


11 posted on 11/11/2024 10:30:54 PM PST by Tennessee Nana (I Voted 4 Trump)
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To: Enterprise

Maybe the ‘dog story’ was a plus on her resume … she needs to be tough …


12 posted on 11/11/2024 10:31:05 PM PST by 11th_VA (Donald Trump - Born to Run !!!)
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To: abb

Just a shoot from the hip guess here. He will stay in the Senate.


13 posted on 11/11/2024 10:31:16 PM PST by Enterprise (These people have no honor, no belief, no poetry, no art, no humor, no patriotism.)
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To: Enterprise

Trying to figure out why she’s qualified for that job. Not exactly like her state has been a hotbed of terrorist activity or anything....


14 posted on 11/11/2024 10:31:44 PM PST by Bruce Campbells Chin ( )
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To: 11th_VA
"she needs to be tough"

Like a Pit bull

15 posted on 11/11/2024 10:32:54 PM PST by Enterprise (These people have no honor, no belief, no poetry, no art, no humor, no patriotism.)
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To: Enterprise

What I don’t understand is why Trump is making all these appointments so far in advance. Why telegraph your moves to the enemy such that they can prepare a defense? Nothing has been restructured yet either. Why take such a high-powered job when it might (should) disappear?


16 posted on 11/11/2024 10:33:11 PM PST by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: Enterprise

he will get filthy rich as majority leader

sd governor is a step down


17 posted on 11/11/2024 10:34:49 PM PST by joshua c
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How many of these leaks have proven wrong?

This is consistent with what I thought might happen in transition. Lots of floated names of swamp people, meaning people who have a long history in politics, these names getting floated to reassure the swamp that he is being co-opted. And then after inauguration, win anything they might have done to stop it is too late, the actual announcements might get made.


18 posted on 11/11/2024 10:36:02 PM PST by Owen
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To: joshua c

Actually, that’s kind of the way I look at it.


19 posted on 11/11/2024 10:36:13 PM PST by Enterprise (These people have no honor, no belief, no poetry, no art, no humor, no patriotism.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Even my dog can do better job than Mayorkis.


20 posted on 11/11/2024 10:38:13 PM PST by Bobbyvotes (Congrats to Trump/Vance team. America has been saved. For a while at least. )
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