ICE Barbie, a.k.a. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, got quite agitated and began lashing out this morning during a segment on “Face the Nation” when host Margaret Brennan began asking questions about the agency’s killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, suggesting that Brennan shouldn’t even utter the name of the agent, Jonathan Ross, who shot Good.
“Let me talk to you about the officer, Jonathan Ross,” Brennan began.
“Well, don’t say his name!” Noem roared. “For heaven’s sake, we should have people continue to dox law enforcement when they have an 8,000% increase in death threats against them.”
Brennan: “His name is public.”
“I know, but that doesn’t mean it should continue to be said,” Noem whined. “He got attacked with a car that was trying to take his life, and then people have attacked him and his family, and they are in jeopardy.”
Noem also got a brutal fact-check from Brennan when the discussion turned to how many people who have been detained by ICE have actually broken the law.
Brennan: “What’s the breakdown of the percentage of those in custody who have actually committed a criminal offense?”
Noem: “70%…”
Brennan: “It’s not 70%.”
Noem: “It is.”
Brennan: “Okay. Well, our reporting is that 47% based on your agency’s own numbers.”
Noem: “You’re wrong again.”
Brennan: “Well, that’s from your agency.”
Could it be any clearer that Kristi Noem is completely unfit to run the agency she’s in charge of? She has zero qualifications when it comes to any of the agencies DHS oversees, and she’s too damn stupid to even know the most basic facts.
There have been rumors that Donald Trump is on the verge of firing Noem. That would be welcome, but the bad news is he’d probably replace her with someone even worse.
