DHS Sec. Noem Dismissed, Sen. Klobuchar Words on Policing in MN

(Learfield News/Washington, D.C.) – President Donald Trump is dismissing Kristi Noem as Homeland Security Secretary.

This comes after contentious hearings before the U.S. House and Senate Judiciary Committees this week, where Republicans and Democrats grilled her about DHS spending and her department’s policing.

Noem and Senior Senator Amy Klobuchar spoke over each other about ICE actions in Minnesota, with Noem asserting that “the laws need to apply to everyone,” and Klobuchar touting her title as a former prosecutor, and that she knows “these ICE agents were not following police procedures.”

Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan states, “Don’t let the door hit you on the way out. Just because you got fired, Minnesotans won’t forget what you did to our neighbors.”

President Trump replaced her immediately with Senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma, saying on social media that Noem has served well and is moving her to “Special Envoy for The Shield of Americas,” a security campaign in the Western Hemisphere.