As Jim Hoft reported earlier, President Trump’s nominee for Homeland Safety Secretary, Kristi Noem, sat earlier than the Senate Homeland Safety and Authorities Affairs Committee Friday morning at 9 AM Jap.
Noem is the Governor of South Dakota, a place she has held since 2019. Earlier than that, Noem was a well-liked US Home of Representatives member.
Whereas Noem’s questioning has been much more skilled in comparison with that of Protection Secretary Nominee Pete Hegseth and Legal professional Normal nominee Pam Bondi, Senator Andy Kim (D-N.J.) proved utterly unprepared for questioning and was promptly embarrassed.
On the very finish of the listening to, Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) determined to step on a grenade and was blown up by a well-prepared Noem. As TGP readers know, Blumenthal is identical man who lied about his service in Vietnam, rendering him responsible of stolen valor.
Blumenthal began by citing his legislative efforts to ‘reunite’ youngsters separated from their mother and father underneath Trump’s administration, conveniently ignoring the a whole bunch of 1000’s of harmless youngsters who’ve gone lacking due to the Biden regime’s lawless border insurance policies. He advised Noem he hoped she would assist his efforts to throw Trump underneath the bus.
However Noem noticed proper by way of Blumenthal’s lure and put him in his place with a superb response.
Noem started by declaring that Trump by no means had a household separation coverage however reasonably a zero-tolerance coverage for unlawful aliens. Then, she dropped the hammer on Blumenthal.
“What I’m alarmed by is the over 300,000 youngsters that went lacking throughout the Biden administration,” Noem replied. “After we speak about youngsters and what they’re dealing with so far as victimization…This administration’s lack of need of the place these youngsters are and what they is likely to be going by way of is alarming to me.”
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RICHARD BLUMENTHAL: “Will you assist me reunite youngsters with their mother and father who have been separated by Trump’s household separation coverage?”
KRISTI NOEM: “What I am alarmed by is the over 300,000 youngsters that went lacking throughout the Biden administration.”
BLUMENTHAL: “Let’s put apart the… pic.twitter.com/j13huXJTjE
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Upon listening to this, Blumenthal rapidly pivoted. He then tried to excuse what occurred underneath Biden and once more tried to get her to assist him ‘maintain Trump accountable.’
“Let’s put apart the labels and what occurred prior to now,” Blumenthal mentioned. “There are nonetheless 1,000 youngsters who have been separated and ready to be reunited. I’d like your dedication to persevering with the trouble to reunite them with their mother and father.”
Noem once more smacked him down by reiterating the Biden regime’s precise household separation scandal.
“Effectively, I can’t put apart 300,000 youngsters,” Noem responded. “Maintaining households collectively is critically necessary to me and to this nation. I’m involved about Laken Riley’s household and that they now not have her.”
“We’ll uphold our legal guidelines and ensure we’re doing every thing we are able to to maintain youngsters secure from the trafficking and drug epidemics,” she added.
