Kristi Noem went around the traditional bidding process and gave a $143 million no-bid award of taxpayer funds to a company she had close ties with to produce a massive ad campaign featuring her on a horse in front of Mount Rushmore.
The company had been created just days before.
Neguse: Where is this company headquartered?
Noem: I don’t know.
Neguse: I don’t know either. We can’t find it. We did find an address that’s registered to a political operative. This company that received 143 million dollars was incorporated 8 days before this contract went out.
You want the American people to believe that this is all above board, that $143 million of taxpayer money just happened to go to this one company that doesn't have a headquarters, doesn't have a website, has never done work for the federal government before and is registered apparently or attached to a residence from a political operative, and of course one of the subcontractors of that contract, as you know, is a political firm that's tied to, to you back when you were governor of South Dakota?
This kid just died in the Iran conflict… and it hits hard because he’s from my city.
I know people who went to school with him.
Sgt. Declan J. Coady.
20 years old.
West Des Moines, Iowa.
Graduated high school just two years ago.
Pray for his family.
Kristi Noem must go now.
It's long past time she steps down, and it doesn't excuse her from justice or accountability.
She believes she’s above the law while taking away fathers from children with cancer and mothers being shot in the face by her agents.
We demand answers.
🚨BOOOOOM!!! Kristi Noem's job is in JEOPARDY after this. My god...
WHITEHOUSE: Can you explain this?
NOEM: I'm looking at a picture of an interior; it looks like a bedroom...
WHITEHOUSE: Of an airplane. You're not familiar with that?
NOEM: Ummm...
DURBIN: How does taking a father from a child dying of cancer qualify as a violent crime?
NOEM: I don't know what you're speaking of
DURBIN: You know exactly what I'm speaking of. Ruben Torres two weeks ago buried his daughter Ofelia. When he was arrested at Home Depot, he said to your agents, 'Please let me go home. My daughter is dying of cancer.' They said 'No.' They arrested him and deported him for two weeks. Finally he returned for a court hearing. His daughter lived to see that hearing where the court said he was treated unfairly by your agency, and she died 3 days later. I was at her memorial service. Was he a violent criminal?
NOEM: Sir, we enforce the law
DURBIN: What law?
@atrupar This isn't about nukes or regime change. Trump bombed Iran to drive up the price of oil so Trump can make a lot of money off Venezuelan oil. Trump put the money the US makes off the oil into an overseas account for himself.
https://t.co/Kyyq9gOyi7
America and allies are under attack.
Americans are dead.
Americans want clarity on new war in Iran.
Trump: “I picked out these drapes. I always liked gold.”
Imagine this was Biden…
These are graves being dug for more than 160 innocent young girls who were killed in the US-Israeli bombing of a primary school. Their bodies were torn to shreds.
This is how "rescue" promised by Mr. Trump looks in reality.
From Gaza to Minab, innocents murdered in cold blood.
Trump: "See that nice drape? When that comes down right now you see a very very deep hole, but in about a year and half you're gonna see a very very beautiful building. And there's your entrance to it right there. In fact, it looks so nice I think I'll leave it and save money on the doors. I picked those drapes. I always liked gold. I believe it will be the most beautiful ballroom anywhere in the world."
I did not campaign for this.
I did not donate money for this.
I did not vote for this, in elections or Congress.
This is heartbreaking and tragic.
And how many more innocent will die?
What about our own military?
This is not what we thought MAGA was supposed to be.
Shame!
🇺🇸🇨🇭 BREAKING | Davos
🔴 Moment Trump arrived in Davos, Switzerland no one was there to receive him.
No official welcome.
No delegation.
Just a silent arrival at the world’s most elite forum.
As the Vice President hails Nick Shirley as the peak of journalism it’s important to remember last year when he turned up in Ukraine and make total garbage propaganda.
This is truly amazing! New characters have been unlocked!!!
This is exactly how we defeat them. We delegitimize their asinine fake footage. Over-the-top, immature, dancing defiance.