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Decision welcome but overdue, Welch says
Photo: Daniel Torok / Official White House Photo via Flickr / United States Government Work
By Sarah Roderick-Fitch, for The Center Square
President Donald Trump is nominating Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin from Oklahoma as the next Homeland Security Secretary.
On Thursday, the second-term Republican decided to reassign Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem as the special envoy for the Shield of the Americas.
The news was greeted as welcome but overdue by Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vermont). “Kristi Noem should’ve been fired a long time ago… her disastrous leadership of DHS hurt communities across America, and she was directly responsible for making our country less safe,” said Welch.
Multiple reports circulated prior to the president’s social media post confirming her removal. Her testimony on Capitol Hill a day earlier is believed to have been the trigger.
In a Truth Social post, the president said Noem’s new position will be a part of his administration’s new Security Initiative in the Western Hemisphere, to be formally announced over the weekend at the Americas Counter Cartel Conference at the U.S Southern Command.
In his post, the president thanked Noem for her “service at ‘Homeland,’” saying she has “served us well, and has had numerous and spectacular results (especially on the Border!).”
Mullin is expected to assume the new post “effective” March 31. Mullin has spent three years in the Senate after 10 in the House of Representatives. The president describes Mullin as a “MAGA Warrior.”
Trump wrote in part, “As the only Native American in the Senate, Markwayne is a fantastic advocate for our incredible tribal communities. Markwayne will work tirelessly to keep our border secure, stop migrant crime, murderers, and other criminals from illegally entering our country, end the scourge of illegal drugs and, make America safe again.”
Before being sworn in to the new position, Mullin will need to be confirmed in the Republican-majority Senate.
The remainder of his term through Jan. 3 will be filled by the choice of Republican Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt. Mullin won his six-year term in the 2022 midterms and had been scheduled for the June 16 Republican primary.
Other Republican candidates are Nick Hankins, Ron Meinhardt, Tammy Swearengin and Wayne Washington. The Democratic primary includes Troy Green, Rebeka LaVann, Jim Priest and N’Kiyla Thomas.
Feature photo: Kristi Noem in Newport, VT shortly after the murder of Border Patrol Agent David Maland last January.
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My sources say she was promoted. She’s pretty tho.
It was reportedly a demotion since it is no longer a cabinet position, but a new office to organize hemispherical security in Western Hemisphere to break up inroads made by China and Russia in Latin America. Still according to Senator John Kennedy, the President is madder than a ‘mama hornet’ at her for lying
Murder hornet lol. Hard to believe that the dog killing, perjurer who has been having an affair on the company dime while covering up murders of innocent Americans and embezzling hundreds of millions of dollars to her cronies while playing dress up didn’t work out.
So, I guess the shootings will stop as the MMA beatings commence.
I contend that Peter Welch is one who is “directly responsible for making our country less safe,” with his voting record.
Skeletor Welch always has a ‘Deer in the Headlights’ look. Forty five years as a politician who’s never accomplished much of anything.
I agree. welch is nothing but grifting stooge. Term limits are needed!
Now, is Iran, China, and Russia working together to control the Strait of Hormuz and will this cause a large increase in the price of fuel and trigger another spike in inflation in this country?????? What vessels will be allowed to go through the Strait of Hormuz as most can not get war time insurance????
…….”greeted as welcome but overdue by Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vermont). “Kristi Noem should’ve been fired a long time ago…”……….”Peter Welch should’ve been fired a long time ago”………I fixed it 🙂
Hey, Peter Welch…YOU “should have been censured, impeached, or incarcerated a long time ago.”