REPORTER: 'MR PRESIDENT, IS KRISTI NOEM GOING TO STEP DOWN?'

By Howie Katz

 

“No. ... I think she’s doing a very good job. The border is totally secure. You know, you forget we had a border that I inherited where millions of people were coming through. Now we have a border where no one is coming through. They come into our country only legally.”

 

That's how President Trump responded to the reporter's question about Kristi Noem stepping down as he was about to leave on Tuesday for a speech in Iowa.

 

It is true that the border is now secure but how much did Noem have to do with that? Even if she's given credit for shutting down the border, that is overshadowed by what her ICE agents have been doing in Minnesota.

 

Yes, for sure, Noem is doing a very good job of helping the Democrats regain control of both the House and the Senate the coming midterm elections. 

 

Immediately after a disarmed Alex Pretti was shot to death by Border Patrol agents, Kristy Noem justified the shooting by falsely claiming that Pretti was "brandishing" a firearm and calling him a "domestic terrorist." 

 

Domestic terrorist? That term more fittingly describes Kristi Noem.

 

 

 

 

 

People all over the country have been demonstrating against Noem's ICE. Even though there have been no controversial ICE operations in Houston, about 100 people packed the city council chamber on Tuesday and shouted at council members to have the city end all cooperation with ICE.

Jeffrey Blehar called for the firing of Noem in Monday's issue of the conservative National Review.  He had some very good advice for Trump. Blehar wrote: "Any hope of Trump’s presidency clawing its way out of the hole it has dug for itself begins with firing Kristi Noem ... Preferably out of a rocket, and into the sun. Damage control is needed, and she is the most visible avatar of damage."

 

Members of Congress, both Democrats and Republicans, are calling for Noem to resign or to be impeached. 

 

Why does President Trump ignore the calls for Noem to be fired? I believe the only reason Trump continues to back up Noem is because his friend Corey Lewandowski has been shacking up with her. He's the one that asked Trump to appoint her DHS Secretary in the first place. Trump reportedly said it was the only thing Lewandowski ever asked him for.

 

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott recognizes that Noem has been a wrecking ball that is tearing the Republican Party apart and is damaging respect for law enforcement. He has called on Trump to "recalibrate" how ICE operates.

 

The Democrat Party was all but dead, that is until Kristi Noem helped in a big way to revive it.