{"id":39989,"date":"2025-10-08T08:37:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T13:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/herrickhomepage.com\/wp\/?page_id=39989"},"modified":"2025-11-12T16:27:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T21:27:47","slug":"kristi-noem","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/herrickhomepage.com\/wp\/kristi-noem\/","title":{"rendered":"Kristi Noem"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Since assuming her role as Secretary of Homeland Security in the Trump administration, Kristi Noem has become the subject of several investigations requested by congressional Democrats and other entities.<\/h3>\nAs of November 2025, these requests center on the use of government resources for a partisan video and other alleged abuses during a government shutdown.
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  1. Partisan video during government shutdown<\/strong>\nDuring the October 2025 government shutdown, multiple lawmakers called for investigations into Noem’s creation and distribution of a video played at airports that blamed Democrats for the shutdown.\nRequest to Government Accountability Office (GAO): Three House Homeland Security Democrats asked the GAO to investigate if Noem’s video violated the Antideficiency Act, which prevents agencies from operating during a funding lapse unless for life-and-safety emergencies.\nRequest to Office of Special Counsel (OSC): Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) asked the OSC to investigate the video as a potential violation of the Hatch Act, which bars federal employees from using their office for partisan political purposes.\nResponse from airports: Following the controversy, some airports reportedly refused to play the video.\n\n
  2. Use of funds for private jets (without emgines)<\/strong>\nIn October 2025, House Democrats called for an investigation into Noem’s reported purchase of luxury private jets during the government shutdown.\nRep. Salud Carbajal (D-CA) accused Noem of misusing taxpayer money for luxury items while federal workers were facing financial hardship.\nRep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), ranking member on the House Homeland Security Committee, similarly condemned the purchase, alleging that critical resources were diverted from the Coast Guard for Noem’s personal benefit.\n\n
  3. Unlawful detention of U.S. citizens<\/strong>\nReports of immigration agents wrongfully detaining U.S. citizens prompted congressional inquiries into DHS practices under Noem.\nIn October 2025, top Democrats from a Senate subcommittee and the House Oversight Committee condemned the reported detentions and requested a full accounting of all citizens detained by immigration authorities since January 2025.\nRep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) previously called for an investigation in June 2025 after he and other representatives were allegedly denied entry while attempting to conduct oversight of detention conditions
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    People running airports across America are risking serious fines and being barred from government work for up to five years by broadcasting political messaging on behalf of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.<\/strong><\/p>

    Federal law \u2014 the\u00a0Hatch Act<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 makes it a crime,\u00a0punishable<\/a>\u00a0by fines and loss of current and future employment, to use government facilities or taxpayer money for partisan political purposes. Yet Noem, who has earned her national reputation as a puppy-killer and by cosplaying \u201ctough cop\u201d with her\u00a0alleged boyfriend<\/a>\u00a0(they\u2019re both married to other people), has pushed out a\u00a0video<\/a>\u00a0to airports across the country blaming Democrats for the current shutdown.<\/p>

    This isn\u2019t just a violation of federal law; it\u2019s also a bald-faced lie.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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    In 2024, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem wrote in her book,\u00a0No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward<\/em>, that she had shot and killed her 14-month-old dog, Cricket, years earlier. An excerpt was first obtained and published by\u00a0The Guardian<\/em>\u00a0in April 2024, leading to widespread condemnation from across the political spectrum.The book’s account In the memoir, Noem describes Cricket, a wirehaired pointer, as having an “aggressive personality” and being “untrainable”. According to the account, the events that led to the dog’s death included:<\/div>