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Michelle Hackman

👤 Speaker
416 total appearances

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The Journal.
Kristi Noem’s $200 Million Mistake

And another Democrat gifted her a new blankie.

The Journal.
Kristi Noem’s $200 Million Mistake

John Kennedy is a senator from Louisiana, and he really turned on Kristi Noem in this hearing.

The Journal.
Kristi Noem’s $200 Million Mistake

And he asked her why she spent so much money on these ads, what the point was.

The Journal.
Kristi Noem’s $200 Million Mistake

You know, she said, did they work?

The Journal.
Kristi Noem’s $200 Million Mistake

And he said, they worked to promote your own self-image.

The Journal.
Kristi Noem’s $200 Million Mistake

Well, they were effective in your name recognition.

The Journal.
Kristi Noem’s $200 Million Mistake

And she made what I think was basically her fatal mistake

The Journal.
Kristi Noem’s $200 Million Mistake

In that interaction, she told him, you know, President Trump actually signed off on these ads.

The Journal.
Kristi Noem’s $200 Million Mistake

Yes, sir.

The Journal.
Kristi Noem’s $200 Million Mistake

In Trump world, there's a lot you can get away with.

The Journal.
Kristi Noem’s $200 Million Mistake

But one sort of cardinal rule is that you never blame Trump or you never implicate Trump when you've made a mistake.

The Journal.
Kristi Noem’s $200 Million Mistake

We were told that when Trump saw that she had implicated him, that is when he snapped and made the decision and said, she's done.

The Journal.
Kristi Noem’s $200 Million Mistake

We need to find a replacement for her.

The Journal.
Kristi Noem’s $200 Million Mistake

It's almost like she's an envoy to Latin America so she can continue some of the work that she was doing, fighting drug cartels, transnational gangs, the things that she liked to talk a lot about as DHS secretary.

The Journal.
Kristi Noem’s $200 Million Mistake

But, you know, it's not a cabinet position.

The Journal.
Kristi Noem’s $200 Million Mistake

It's also, you know, something that basically is redundant because we have ambassadors all over Latin America.

The Journal.
Kristi Noem’s $200 Million Mistake

And, you know, Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, Latin America is sort of his personal sweet spot.

The Journal.
Kristi Noem’s $200 Million Mistake

Mark Wayne Mullen is a senator from Oklahoma.

The Journal.
Kristi Noem’s $200 Million Mistake

This guy, Ryan, is a former MMA fighter, and fighting seems to be sort of the way that he approaches his current job, and I think that's how we should expect him to come into this new one.

The Journal.
Kristi Noem’s $200 Million Mistake

I think that Mark Wayne Mullen, you know, he is someone who doesn't shy away from confrontation.