Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem must be jealous of the new airplane her boss, Donald Trump, is trying to pry away from the nation of Qatar, because she’s now asking American taxpayers to give her $50 million for a brand new Gulfstream jet she can use for her travel.
According to The Independent, Noem’s absurd request for a new luxury jet came to light yesterday during a congressional hearing.
“Illinois Rep. Lauren Underwood brought up the request for a new jet for Noem during a Wednesday hearing of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security.”
“’I was horrified last Friday when we received a last-minute addition to your spend plan for Fiscal ‘25 — a new $50 million Gulfstream V for Secretary Noem’s personal travel coming from the Coast Guard budget,’ Underwood stated in a session with acting Coast Guard Chief Admiral Kevin Lunday.”
“’She already has a Gulfstream V, by the way. This is a new one,’ the Democrat added.”
Underwood expressed her outrage on social media, too:
According to the Admiral Lundy, the new jet is critical to national security.
“This aircraft is necessary to provide … secure, reliable, on-demand communications and movement to go forward, visit our operating forces conducting the missions, and then come back here to Washington to make sure we can work together to get them what they need.”
After the hearing concluded, Underwood continued to express her disgust with giving Noem a new aircraft, writing, “We should be investing in our national security and improving the lives of our Coasties – not wasting taxpayer dollars on luxury travel and political stunts.”
Noem got a thorough grilling by Democrats on the Homeland Security Committee Wednesday, with Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) angrily demanding that the DHS chief explain why she had failed to obey a court order demanding the return of Kilmar Abrego-Garcia from a detention facility in El Salvador.
“Will you give Mr. Abrego-Garcia the due process that the Supreme Court and Judge Wilkinson have required you to give him?” Goldman asked.
“Abrego-Garcia is an El Salvador resident who is in his home country. If he were to come back to this country, he would be immediately removed again,” Noem asserted.
Perhaps we the taxpayers should demand that the $50 million Puppy Killer Noem wants for a Gulfstream be immediately removed, too.
