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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Jan 18, 2026

We wouldn't be in this situation if Joe Biden hadn't allowed our open-border policies to be in place.

cbsnews.com
Jan 18, 2026

Every single individual has committed a crime, but 70 percent of them have committed or have charges against them on violent crimes.

cbsnews.com
Jan 10, 2026

All of us are on the same page in the fact that this law enforcement officer followed his training and that he defended and acted in defense of his life and those around him.

nbcnews.com
Jan 10, 2026

We've got thousands of officers there, and I'm not opposed to sending more if necessary to keep people safe.

npr.org
Jan 10, 2026

It was an act of domestic terrorism.

latimes.com
Jan 10, 2026

This city has burned before. And your governor and your mayor let it happen.

theatlantic.com
Jan 10, 2026

President Trump is not going to let that happen.

theatlantic.com
Jan 10, 2026

It's clearly established law that a vehicle driven by a person and used to harm someone is a deadly weapon.

npr.org
Jan 10, 2026

You will be held accountable for your crimes.

npr.org
Jan 10, 2026

Deadly force is perfectly lawful when a threat is faced by a weapon, so I do believe that this officer used his training in this situation.

npr.org
Jan 10, 2026

Any loss of life is a tragedy, and I think all of us can agree that in this situation, it was preventable.

cnn.com
Jan 10, 2026

Ross was acting in self-defense, and claimed that Good was trying to use her car as a weapon in an act of 'domestic terrorism.'

cbsnews.com
Dec 27, 2025

the investigation and the information that you would like.

npr.org
Dec 27, 2025

ICE officers continue to operate in a highly challenging and increasingly dangerous environment.

npr.org
Dec 8, 2025

agents only need reasonable suspicion to make arrests, not probable cause.

slate.com
Nov 30, 2025

I made that decision. And that decision was under my complete authority and following the law and the Constitution.

abcnews.go.com
Nov 30, 2025

We’ll continue to do the right thing, continue to work and protect Americans, no matter what radical judge comes out and tries to stop us.

theguardian.com
Nov 30, 2025

All the information that was gathered on that vetting process was gathered under the Biden administration.

abcnews.go.com
Nov 30, 2025

But what President Trump has put in place now for vetting is biometric information, checking social media platforms, communications, contacts, matching updates of service that was never done under Joe Biden.

cbsnews.com
Nov 30, 2025

Yes, I made that decision and that decision was under my complete authority and following the law and the constitution.

theguardian.com
Nov 30, 2025

We do believe it was through connections in his home community and state and we’re going to continue to talk to those who interacted with him, who were his family members.

apnews.com
Nov 30, 2025

vetting is happening when they come into the country, and that was completely abandoned under Joe Biden’s administration.

nbcnews.com
Nov 30, 2025

We are going to go through every single person that has a pending asylum claim.

usatoday.com
Nov 30, 2025

Anyone who has the information on this needs to know that we will be coming after you, and we will bring you to justice.

usatoday.com
Nov 30, 2025

We have 8,000 individuals that have been granted asylum since President Trump has been in office.

abcnews.go.com

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