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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Feb 16, 2026, 03:29 PM Feb 16

Kristi Noem generates another mess, says DHS is ensuring 'the right leaders' get elected [View all]

The event in Arizona was itself unnecessary. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, already one of the most controversial and unpopular figures in the White House Cabinet, spent Friday in the Grand Canyon State, ostensibly to draw attention to concerns about the integrity of the state’s electoral system.

As is too often the case, Noem didn’t appear to have any idea what she was talking about. At a local press conference, for example, the South Dakota Republican insisted that Arizona “is an absolute disaster” when it comes to elections, but when asked by a reporter whether she was aware of any examples of voter fraud actually happening in the state, the secretary pointed to literally nothing.

Kris Mayes, Arizona’s Democratic state attorney general, soon after issued a written statement that accused Noem of “lying to the American people,” adding, “Arizona’s elections are safe and secure. The election deniers now staffing the Trump administration have spent the past six years lying to the American people in a deliberate effort to destroy trust in our election system. Multiple investigations, independent audits, and courts across this country have all reached the same conclusion: Voter fraud is exceedingly rare and has not played a meaningful role in the outcome of an election.”

But as part of the same press conference, where Noem pushed for a federal overhaul of state election laws, the DHS secretary went further than her party’s usual talking points.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/kristi-noem-generates-another-mess-130034068.html

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