Trump Fires Kristi Noem

11:35Donald Trump:I'm certain that they have. That happens once in a while when there is a need for someone to be held accountable. For conduct related to enforcement actions.

11:42Brett Meiselas:actions.

11:43Donald Trump:We hold our law enforcement officers accountable and are grateful that they serve, that they put their lives on the line and also recognize that when these situations that they follow their training and the legality of the course to how they interact with the public.

11:55Kristi Noem:Here's Jamie Raskin asking Noam if she still considers Renee Nicole Good and Alex Preddy, the Americans killed by ICE, to be domestic terrorists. Noam refused to say no. Play the clip.

12:06Brett Meiselas:But only a few hours after they were gunned down by your agents, you called Renee a domestic terrorist. You said Alex committed an act of domestic terrorism. Alex's parents responded to your calling their son a domestic terrorist. They said the sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. And I want to give you a chance before the entire country to correct your false and defamatory claim based on what you know today, Madam Secretary. Were Renee Good and Alex Preddy domestic terrorists?

12:52Donald Trump:Congressman, what happened in Minnesota in those two incidents was an absolute tragedy.

12:58Brett Meiselas:Were they domestic terrorists, as you said to the country?

13:01Donald Trump:My condolences to their families, because I know that their lives will never be the same after that.

13:05Brett Meiselas:Is that an apology for what you said?

13:07Donald Trump:We, in those instances, offer as much information as we can from officers and agents on the ground in a chaotic scene that gets...

13:15Brett Meiselas:I'll repeat my question, reclaiming my time. Based on what you know today, Madam Secretary, based on what you know today, were Renee Good and Alex Preddy domestic terrorists.

13:28Donald Trump:As you know, there's ongoing investigations that are being led by...

13:31Brett Meiselas:Oh, but you didn't wait for the investigation, did you? You didn't wait for the evidence. You proclaimed that they were domestic terrorists at the time. Why did you do that?

13:39Donald Trump:And you didn't wait to attack our law enforcement officers.

13:41Brett Meiselas:Why did you do that?

13:42Donald Trump:We're going into a dangerous situation.

13:43Brett Meiselas:Why did you call them domestic terrorists?

13:44Donald Trump:Our ICE officers and our HSI officers that day risked their lives to protect that scene. So evidence could be reclaimed. So it could be used in the investigation. Because those violent rioters that were there.

13:55Brett Meiselas:So you're proud of the fact that you called them domestic terrorists? Is that what you're telling America?

13:58Donald Trump:HSI officers put their lives on the line to protect that scene. so evidence so we could have. Yes, they do. Yes, they do.

14:04Brett Meiselas:But you told a lie about them. You said that they were domestic terrorists. Do you regret that?

14:10Donald Trump:I offer my condolences to those family.

14:12Brett Meiselas:And based on what you know today, were Renee Good and Alex Breddy domestic terrorists?

14:16Donald Trump:There's ongoing investigations.

14:18Brett Meiselas:And so you still don't know. You think that's an open question?

14:21Donald Trump:I would think you would want there to still be investigations going into these situations.

14:24Brett Meiselas:Well, you stated the conclusion two hours after they were killed that they were domestic terrorist. I wanted to give you an opportunity to correct the record, not just for their family, but for everybody in America who believes in the truth and fairness and honesty.

14:38Donald Trump:In every situation, as facts come out, we relate.

14:41Brett Meiselas:You know, your acting ICE director, Todd Lyons, came before Congress. He said he had no knowledge whatsoever that Alex Preddy and Ray Good were domestic terrorists. None. This is your guy. He said that. He admitted that that was wrong. Why won't you admit it?

14:56Donald Trump:I will tell you the investigation is still ongoing. And we'll.

14:59Brett Meiselas:So do you regret speaking before the investigation?

15:02Donald Trump:I would say that in those situations. You regret that? Seen on the ground, we relay information to the American people that they're asking for. And as things change, situations change.

15:12Brett Meiselas:People were asking you whether they were domestic terrorists. And you decided that they were before the investigation.

15:17Donald Trump:As we learn more. You don't want to say anything to their families? I did. I said condolences. For what?

15:24Brett Meiselas:How about an apology for what you said about their loved ones?

15:28Donald Trump:My heart is with them and we will continue to stand with them as they get a complete investigation into these situations. All right.

15:33Kristi Noem:Next, Representative Kamlager Dove asked Noam about her reported affair with her advisor, Corey Lewandowski. And notably, what you'll notice in this clip is that Noam did not deny the affair, even with her husband sitting right behind her. Play the clip.

15:50Donald Trump:Trump knows that this guy is shady. Corey has a decades-long record of physical batteries, sexual harassment, illegal lobbying for a Venezuelan oil company, and bringing a loaded gun into a federal building. Despite being fired or removed from virtually every position he has ever held due to misconduct, he now wields unchecked, unconfirmed, undisclosed power over your department. This person has no experience running anything close to Department of Homeland Security or even advising someone in your position. He is unqualified, which again has left my constituents and I wondering why he is your top official.

16:34Donald Trump:So, Secretary Noem, at any time during your tenure as Director of Department of Homeland Security, have you had sexual relations with Corey Lewandowski? Mr. Chairman, I am shocked that we're going down and peddling tabloid garbage in this committee today. And ma 'am, one thing that I would tell you is that he is a special government employee who works for the White House. There are thousands of them in the federal government and is an advisor and has no authority to be making any decisions. It is okay for you to be offended by the question. But it is also a real question. And you should be able to answer the question clearly and without any hesitation if someone is asking if you or any federal official is sleeping with their subordinate.

17:25Donald Trump:That should be the easiest. You should be wanting to answer that question. Because it is not about your sex life. It is about your judgment. That kind of garbage has been refuted for years. It is about reclaiming my time so that I can hear myself.

17:39Kristi Noem:Time belongs to the gentlelady from California. Here's Representative Jared Moskowitz mocking Gnome over a story that she fired someone in the Coast Guard because he forgot to take her blankie on her plane. Play the clip.

17:51Brett Meiselas:200 miles of border walls being held up by you. They had to bring in Tom Holman, pull out of Minnesota. I think the country needs a national divorce from you on biblical grounds. I mean, if Donald Trump was still apprentice Trump, he would look at you and he would realize you're the weakness cabinet member and he would fire you.

18:07Kristi Noem:And if the president said to you that only way DHS could reopen is if you resigned, I hope you would take him up on it.

18:13Brett Meiselas:Now, I want to end on a happy note, Mr. Chairman, real quickly. You know, the president gave all sorts of stuff out during the State of the Union. I don't want you to leave. I got you a new Coast Guard blankie, the one you lost. OK, so this is for you. You don't leave empty handed when you come to judiciary. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

18:28Kristi Noem:And now just to give you some quick insight on her replacement, Mark Wayne Mullen. He is, let's just say, not the brightest guy. Here's Mullen the other day talking about the Iran war. He called it a war, then tried to say that it wasn't a war. Play the clip.

18:43Donald Trump:Are there measures being taken not to eliminate other possible alternatives to leadership?

18:48Brett Meiselas:This is war and we're taking out the threat. And if you're part of the threat, then you have your target. What we call not all the arrows, but going after the archers. You'll concede this is war. We haven't declared war. They declared war on us. We haven't declared war. Secretary Hector. Senator, when you talked just now, you said this is war. They've called it war. They've called it war. What I was saying, okay, well, that was a misspoke. What I was saying, they've declared war on us, but war is ugly. It always has been ugly. But we're taking out a regime that's been trying to attack us for quite some time.

19:23Brett Meiselas:But you're not conceiving this is war. We have declared war. So if we haven't declared war, then I don't see that. The president hasn't asked us to declare war yet, but they have declared war on us. We're just simply fighting the threat that's been at our door for 47 years. Aren't you just according to the leader of that ask?

19:41Kristi Noem:Do you believe that that ask could be coming? An ask from - Here's Mullen at one of these hearings demanding that everybody say thank you to President Trump for being a strong leader. Just so embarrassing. Play the clip.

19:52Brett Meiselas:But you can't deny that this was a threat and an essential growing threat to the United States. And you want to say he's playing politics and you get the politics behind it, Mr. Peters? You guys are playing politics. You guys are the ones that are grandstanding. The president's doing his job as commander in chief. And I think at one time or next, we should say thank you. Thank you for being a strong leader. But there's no way in God's green earth you guys can never give the president, at least President Trump, any credit. Sorry. Thank you, sir. I'm out. I still got 40, 49 seconds.

20:36Kristi Noem:Here's Mullen in a 2023 hearing challenging the Teamsters president, Sean O 'Brien, to a fight in the middle of a hearing. Play this clip.

20:45Brett Meiselas:Sir, this is a time. This is a place. You want to run your mouth. We can be two consenting adults. We can finish it here. OK, that's fine. Perfect. You want to do it now? I'd love to do it right now. Well, stand your butt up then. You stand your butt up. Oh, hold it. Oh, stop it. Is that your solution? No, no, sit down. Sit down. You're a United States senator. Sit down. Sit down, please. Can I respond? Hold it. Hold it.

21:09Kristi Noem:If we can't.

21:10Brett Meiselas:No, I have the mic. I'm sorry. Hold it.

21:13Kristi Noem:Now, let me just remind you of some of the other Kristi Noem lowlights. Here was Noem falsely claiming that Alex Preddy was a domestic terrorist. This was despicable. Play the clip.

21:23Brett Meiselas:The White House has labeled the man who was killed in Minnesota. as a domestic terrorist. Is that something you agree with? And have you seen any evidence to back up that point?

21:31Donald Trump:When you perpetuate violence against a government because of ideological reasons and for reasons to resist and perpetuate violence, that is the definition of domestic terrorism. This individual who came with weapons and ammunition to stop a law enforcement operation of federal law enforcement officers committed an act of domestic terrorism. That's the facts.

21:51Brett Meiselas:Where's the evidence of his ideology, though? Drew Evans of -

21:54Kristi Noem:And if you recall, Noam was also recently under fire for wanting to purchase the$70 million luxury jet with a queen-size bedroom, a bar, and four flat-screen TVs. There was the incident Jared Moskowitz had mentioned, in which the person she's been allegedly having an affair with, Corey Lewandowski, fired a U.S. Coast Guard pilot after Noam's blanket was left behind on a plane. Noam would post things like this on her social media, images of paintings of herself on horses, asking what should be her official portrait. She'd always be dressing up in these different costumes, like she was constantly doing cosplay.

22:26Kristi Noem:And of course, she was disastrous in the face of natural disasters. Like when the floods hit Texas last year on July 5th, FEMA had received 3 ,000 calls from survivors, and only 1 % of those calls went unanswered. But that night, Trump and Noem decided to fire the people who handled those calls. By July 7th, 85 % of those calls went unanswered. Not only that, Noem did not authorize FEMA's deployment of urban search and rescue teams until more than 72 hours after the flooding began. So all in all, just a terrible, terrible, terrible run in her position. So there you have it. Kristi Noem is out.

23:06Kristi Noem:A stunning development. She will not be missed. And I'd like to be able to tell you that we'll be in better hands with Mark Wayne Mullen, but I cannot do that either. Thanks for watching. Remember to hit the like button, spread the word, and help us get to 7 million subscribers. See you soon.