Chapter 1: What breaking news about Kristi Noem was announced?
So we've got some major breaking news just in. Donald Trump has officially fired Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. This is a major development that comes after Noem's disastrous hearings in front of Congress over the past few days where she was ripped apart not only by Democrats but by Republicans as well. My name is This is Brett Mycelis with the Midas Touch Network.
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Chapter 2: Why was Kristi Noem fired from her position?
So Trump says that he is replacing Noem with Oklahoma Senator Mark Wayne Mullen, effective March 31st, and he's now spinning Noem's exit as Noem moving to be a special envoy role for some new project he's calling the Shield of the Americas. But make no mistake, Kristi Noem has been fired.
After a disastrous Senate hearing this week where even Republicans turned on her, Noem became too radioactive to keep. Here's Trump's post. He just wrote, quote, I am pleased to announce that the highly respected United States Senator from the great state of Oklahoma, Mark Wayne Mullen, will become the United States Secretary of Homeland Security, effective March 31st, 2026.
The current Secretary, Kristi Noem, who has served us well, has had numerous and spectacular results, especially on the border, will be moving to be special envoy for the Shield of the Americas, Our new security initiative in the Western Hemisphere we are announcing on Saturday in Doral, Florida.
I thank Christy for her serverless at Homeland, serving 10 years in the United States House of Representatives and three in the Senate. Mark Wayne has done a tremendous job representing the wonderful people of Oklahoma, where I won all 77 out of 77 counties in 2016, 2020, and 24. A MAGA warrior, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. I think you... Get it right there.
Now, Noem's position collapsed quickly after she made what was considered a cardinal sin during her Senate hearing the other day. She had told Republican Senator Kennedy that it was Trump's idea for her to do this $200 million ad campaign that she starred in Trump, it seems, felt like Noem was blaming him, and he claimed that he had nothing to do with that campaign.
Here's a post from Fox correspondent Bill Mulligan. This is from before the firing, and he says the following.
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Chapter 3: What role is Kristi Noem taking after her firing?
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is now treading in some dangerous waters. She testified in the Senate this week that President Trump approved of and was aware of a $200 million ad campaign that featured her prominently, Trump now tells Reuters in a phone call he did not sign off on it. Quote, "'I never knew anything about it,' Trump said." So that is what reportedly did it.
It wasn't her horrific handling of natural disasters or her out-of-control use of ICE and Border Patrol, which resulted in the deaths of multiple Americans, but rather her blaming Trump for a massive ad campaign. So let's dive into the clips that ended Kristi Noem's career. Here was Senator Kennedy grilling Noem on the $220 million worth of commercials she made that featured her prominently.
Play the clip. How do you square that concern for waste, which I share, with the fact that you have spent $220 million running television advertisements that feature you prominently? Sir, the president tasked me with getting the message out to the country and to other countries where we were seeing the invasion come from.
with putting commercials out that told them that if they were in this country illegally, that they needed to leave or we would detain them and remove them and they'd not get the chance to come back to America the right way. That has been extremely effective. The president asked you to run these advertisements, is that right?
We had that conversation, yes, before I was put in this position and sworn in and confirmed and since then as well. Okay.
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Chapter 4: How did Trump's comments impact Noem's reputation?
Did you bid out those service contracts? Yes, they did. They went out to a competitive bid, and career officials at the department chose who would do those advertising commercials. And the people that you ended up picking were people who had formerly done your political work back in South Dakota. Is that right? No, that's not correct, sir. I think it is. No, it's not, sir.
We, the individuals who, I believe the careers who they chose were two different media firms. There's been conversation about their subcontractors, but we have no legal authority to look into subcontractors on work like that. Okay. And you're saying that you're testifying that President Trump approved this ahead of time. Is that my understanding?
We had conversations about making sure that we were telling people... No, ma'am. I'm asking you. Sorry to interrupt. But the president approved ahead of time you spending $220 million running TV ads across the country in which you are featured prominently. Yes, sir. We went through the legal processes. Did it correct? Did the president know you were going to do this? Yes. He did? Yes. Okay.
And one thing, Senator, I think would be helpful to know is how effective that communications has been. Well, they were effective in your name recognition. I mean, I personally just. I mean, to me, it puts the president in a terribly awkward spot. And I'm not saying you're not telling the truth.
It's just hard for me to believe, knowing the president, as I do, that you said, Mr. President, here's some ads I've cut, and I'm going to spend $220 million that he would have agreed to that. I don't think Russ Vogt at OMB would have agreed to that. It's something we have to defend. I'm on the Appropriations Committee. I mean, my research shows that you did not bid them out.
In fact, one of the people you picked, the strategy group i'm sorry safe america media was a company formed 11 days before you picked them and that the strategy group got most of the money and the head of that is married to your former spokesperson. Look, we all have friends who are qualified. I'm not quibbling with that. I'm just, it troubles me.
A quarter, a fifth to a quarter of a billion dollars in taxpayer money when we're scratching for every penny and we're fighting over rescission packages. I just can't agree with Madam Secretary. Are you still running those ads? Senator, I did not have anything to do with picking those contractors. No politicals at the Department of Homeland Security did. I understand.
Clear officials followed the competitive bid process for that. Are you still running those ads? I think the ads are due to end here in March, I think within a week or two. I'm not sure of the update. The one that is running is focusing on angel families. Have you seen that? It is the one that's talking about this is our why.
This is why we work every day is for the angel families and their victims.
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Chapter 5: What mistakes did Kristi Noem make during her Senate hearing?
And that was just the tip of the iceberg. Here was Republican Senator Tom Tillis calling Noem a disaster, highlighting the innocent Americans being detained by ICE. Play the clip. So why am I disappointed with Secretary Noem? because we're not going after enough people who did this damage at the expense of running numbers that Stephen Miller wants out of the White House. We just want numbers.
We want 1,000 a day, 6,000 a day, 9,000 a day because numbers matter, right? No, they don't matter. Quality matters, not quantity, quality. And what we've seen is a disaster. Under your leadership, Ms. Noem, a disaster. What we've seen is innocent people getting detained that turn out are American citizens.
I could talk about the culture that's been created here with Stephen Miller aiding and abetting. I heard first reports that he was the one that said it was a domestic terrorist situation where two people lost their lives in Minneapolis. I've heard that report. Maybe you can refute it. I don't know that we'll have time for you to respond because I'm giving you a performance evaluation here.
I'm not looking for a response. Now let's go through some other moments. Here's Democratic Representative Eric Swalwell asking Noem if anyone has been fired for the agency's failures. Play this. Tell me then, has a single ICE agent or CBC officer, has a single ICE agent or CBP officer been disciplined since you've been Secretary of Homeland Security?
As we've seen women dragged through their streets by their hair and thrown into unmarked cars, people chased through the fields and factories where they work. public executions happening in our streets, has a single ICE agent or CBP officer been disciplined? Yes, they have. How many? I don't know the number. I can get that for you. You think that number is important?
I think that it's wise and smart and what we're doing is accurate according to the law by doing those internal investigations through the process that's set up.
There's an Office of Professional Responsibility that does the investigation and decisions are brought before the National Use of Force Board and they review each incident as objectively outside of that law enforcement encounter and then give a decision for it. Has anyone been fired? Has anyone lost their job? There could be. Well, I'm not asking if it could be. I'm asking, has anyone been fired?
I'm certain that they have. That happens once in a while when there is a need for someone to be held accountable. For conduct related to enforcement actions.
We hold our law enforcement officers accountable and are grateful that they serve, that they put their lives on the line, and also recognize that when these situations, that they follow their training and the legality of the course to how they interact with the public.
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Chapter 6: How did Noem respond to accusations about her ad campaign?
And you didn't wait to attack our law enforcement. Why did you do that? Going into a dangerous situation. Why did you call them domestic terrorists? Because our ICE officers and our HSI officers that day risked their lives to protect that scene. So evidence could be reclaimed. So it could be used in the investigation.
Because those violent rioters that were here- So you're proud of the fact that you called them domestic terrorists? Is that what you're telling America? HSI officers put their lives on the line to protect that scene so evidence so we could have- Yes, they do. Yes, they do. But you told a lie about them. You said that they were domestic terrorists. Do you regret that?
I offer my condolences to those family and- Based on what you know today, were Renee Good and Alex Bredy domestic terrorists? There's ongoing investigations and so I can't- So you still don't know? You think that's an open question? I would think you would want there to still be investigations going into these situations.
Well, you stated the conclusion two hours after they were killed that they were domestic terrorists. I wanted to give you an opportunity to correct the record, not just for their family, but for everybody in America who believes in the truth and fairness and honesty. In every situation, as facts come out, we relay... You know, your acting ICE director, Todd Lyons, came before Congress.
He said he had no knowledge whatsoever that Alex Pratt and Ray Good were domestic terrorists. None. This is your guy. He said that. He admitted that that was wrong. Why won't you admit it? I'll tell you, the investigation is still ongoing. And we'll... So do you regret speaking before the investigation? I would say that in those situations... You regret that?
...we relay information to the American people that they're asking for. And as things change, situations change. People were asking you whether they were domestic terrorists? And you decided that they were before the investigation? As we learn more. You don't want to say anything to their families? I did. I said condolences. For what? How about an apology for what you said about their loved ones?
My heart is with them and we will continue to stand with them as they get a complete investigation into these situations. All right. Next, Representative Kamlager Dove asked Noem about her reported affair with her advisor, Corey Lewandowski, and notably, what you'll notice in this clip is that Noem did not deny the affair, even with her husband sitting right behind her. Play the clip.
Trump knows that this guy is shady. Corey has a decades-long record of physical battery, sexual harassment, illegal lobbying for a Venezuelan oil company, and bringing a loaded gun into a federal building. Despite being fired or removed from virtually every position he has ever held due to misconduct, he now wields unchecked, unconfirmed, undisclosed power over your department.
This person has no experience running anything close to Department of Homeland Security or even advising someone in your position. He is unqualified, which again has left my constituents and I wondering why he is your top official. So Secretary Noem, at any time during your tenure as Director of Department of Homeland Security, have you had sexual relations with Corey Lewandowski?
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