dog killing South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem was concerned about the threat immigrants pose to the United States and lied about California wildfires during her confirmation hearing. nomination He will lead the Department of Homeland Security on Friday.
As head of DHS, Noem will be responsible for Customs and Border Patrol and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, helping respond to natural and man-made disasters. Her answer as to how she will handle these two areas will surprise everyone.
At the hearing, Noem said the U.S. border “isopen,” and assert “The greatest threat to our homeland security is our southern border.”
Of course, borders are clearly not open. In fact, crossing the border decreased dramatically In recent months, it has reached similar levels to what it was during Donald Trump’s first term.
Moreover, the head of the FBI actually said Domestic extremists are the greatest terrorist threat, China’s Cyber Program And its impact on American infrastructure is a greater risk to the United States than immigrants crossing the border.
In addition to stoking fear about immigrants, Noem also refused to speak Whether to withhold disaster relief if Trump requests it is a question relevant to Trump and Republican lawmakers who have said California should not receive financial assistance to help it recover from the devastating fires.
“If President Trump says to you, ‘We’re going to withhold money from Connecticut or Michigan or Iowa because we don’t like the governor or we don’t like the politics of the state. ’ You stand up to him and say, ‘Mr. Mr. President, we need to allocate that money,” Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut asked Noem.
She declined to respond, saying she couldn’t answer a hypothetical question.
But after Trump, that’s not a hypothetical. I was just going to do that. During his first term, California was reeling from another devastating wildfire.
As Politico reported october:
Mark Harvey, senior director for workforce resiliency policy on President Trump’s National Security Council, told E&E News on Wednesday that the president initially refused to authorize disaster relief for California after deadly wildfires in 2018. .
But Harvey said Trump changed his mind after polling results were brought in to show that hard-hit Orange County, California, had more Trump supporters than the entire state of Iowa.
“We looked at how many votes he got in the affected areas… trying to show that these are the people who voted for you,” said Harvey, who recently endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris along with her husband. More than 100 other Republicans. Former national security officer.
“I think you agree that withholding disaster relief efforts is a violation of duty and a violation of the law,” Blumenthal told Noam.
“Leadership has consequences,” she said in her cool response.
Noem continues to lie about the response to the California wildfires, claiming Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom is responsible for the devastating effects of the natural disaster. erase And other Republicans.
“I wish we had different leadership or a different governor in California.” Noem said.
but, firefighters say that human couldn’t do it Fires that devastated the state were extinguished.
“If every firefighter in the West was in Los Angeles, wildfires like this, driven by winds of 70 to 100 miles per hour, couldn’t be ‘put out,’” said retired firefighter Riva Duncan. wrote In a commentary on MSNBC.
and UCLA water resources expert Greg Pierce. said CNN, “There is no water system in the world prepared for this type of event.”
