Political Quotes

Kristi Noem

The Public Record

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security in the Trump administration; formerly Governor of South Dakota (2019–2025).

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Jul 14, 2025

That’s what this memo was confirming, and that’s all been negotiated with that country through the State Department.

breitbart.com
Jul 13, 2025

Every one of them was answering calls, so false reporting, fake news, and it’s discouraging.

usatoday.com
Jul 13, 2025

Any issues that were there [at the detention center] have been addressed.

nbcnews.com
Jul 13, 2025

These contracts were in place, and those people were in those call centers, and they were picking up the phone and answering these calls from these individuals.

usatoday.com
Jul 13, 2025

It needs to be redeployed in a new way, and that’s what we did during this response.

huffpost.com
Jul 13, 2025

It needs to be redeployed, in a new way, and that’s what we did during this response.

thedailybeast.com
Jul 13, 2025

I'm also very proud of the fact that I have the super advisory authority over the U.S. Coast Guard.

newsweek.com
Jul 13, 2025

He isn’t looking to eliminate the agency but simply wants to see it 'remade.'

huffpost.com
Jul 13, 2025

The false reporting has been something that is inappropriate and it’s something that I think we need to clear up.

thedailybeast.com
Jul 13, 2025

The president recognises that FEMA should not exist in the way that it always has been.

thedailybeast.com
Jul 13, 2025

It’s discouraging that during this time, when we have such a loss of life and so many people’s lives have turned upside down, that people are playing politics with this because the response time was immediate.

thedailybeast.com
Jul 13, 2025

This response was by far the best response we’ve seen out of FEMA, the best response we’ve seen out of the federal government in many, many years and certainly much better than what we saw under Joe Biden.

thedailybeast.com
Jul 13, 2025

We should be there to support. We shouldn't be making the decisions.

newsweek.com
Jul 13, 2025

I don’t care what she thinks.

nbcnews.com
Jul 13, 2025

I think the president recognizes that FEMA should not exist the way that it always has been.

nbcnews.com
Jul 13, 2025

The way statute lays out is that every emergency that happens in this country should be locally executed.

newsweek.com
Jul 13, 2025

I'm so proud of them because for the very first time, we acted in a way that disaster response should, you know.

newsweek.com
Jul 13, 2025

It’s not just FEMA that can respond in these situations because the federal government has all kinds of assets, and we deployed them.

thedailybeast.com
Jul 10, 2025

FEMA doesn’t sneeze without spending that amount of money.

msnbc.com
Jul 10, 2025

continuing to be political and push out fake information and false information and lies is not shocking, but it’s a disservice to the country.

thedailybeast.com
Jul 10, 2025

The fact that CNN is continuing to be political and push out fake information and false information and lies is not shocking, but it’s a disservice to the country.

newrepublic.com
Jul 10, 2025

Federal emergency management should be state and locally led, rather than how it has operated for decades.

commondreams.org
Jul 10, 2025

It has been slow to respond at the federal level. It's even been slower to get the resources to Americans in crisis, and that is why this entire agency needs to be eliminated as it exists today, and remade into a responsive agency.

commondreams.org

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