Kristi Noem, who was recently removed from her position as DHS Secretary by Donald Trump, couldn’t help but make one final weak attempt to make an impression.
She quoted George Orwell in a way that didn’t quite hit the mark, writing: “People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.”
Then she added her own twist: “Which means you step up in order to protect people and you do it in a way that other people often are never going to be required to.”
Translation: “I was doing the hard work so you could sleep, America, and now Trump’s throwing me away like old milk.”
Her self-pity is really something to watch.
The same Kristi Noem turned $220 million in taxpayer money into a personal ad campaign featuring herself on horseback at Mount Rushmore during a government shutdown, rented a $70 million 737 MAX jet with a queen-size bed and cocktail bar for “deportations,” lived rent-free in a waterfront mansion meant for someone else, and oversaw harsh DHS agents while calling victims “domestic terrorists.”
Rough men?
Honey, you were rough on the budget, rough on ethics, rough on reality. You didn’t step up to protect anyone — you stepped up to protect your ego, your personal gain, and your pretty pictures in cool outfits.
At a major congressional hearing, she publicly criticized Trump over the expenses, and the Boss had had enough.
You don’t mess with the Don in public, or you get hit, figuratively speaking.
Goodbye, Kristi.
May your next horseback ride be on your own horse. No more helicopters, no more fancy jets, no more waterfront mansions — just you, your bad choices, and the echo of that Orwell quote no one asked for.
You weren’t rough.
You were ridiculous. And now you’re irrelevant. Sleep tight … It was fun while it lasted. The damage you left behind is huge.
If Noem’s messy exit as Trump fires her has you laughing, like and share to send her back to South Dakota with a swift kick in the cowboy chaps.
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