An impeachment effort against Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem will “move forward,” members of Congress are promising, after the effort was announced last week in the wake of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer fatally shooting a United States citizen in Minneapolis.
“We’re gonna move forward to impeach Kristi Noem,” Representative Angie Craig, a Minnesota Democrat, vowed during an interview with MS Now on Sunday.
In a press release, Democratic Representative Robin Kelly‘s office said that the 3 articles of impeachment would allege Noem “abused her office for personal benefit and steered federal dollars to associates,” “willfully obstructed Congressional oversight and withheld Congressionally appropriated funds in violation of her constitutional oath and federal law” and “compromised public safety, violated due process of American citizens, and directed unconstitutional actions.”
Maybe not. Remember that Noem lacks a key leadership feature as far as MAGA is concerned: a penis. She might just be the sacrificial lamb that Republicans use to say “SeE? wErE lIsTeNiNg” and try to calm down the sheep ahead of midterms. Then tell her “Thanks for your service, but can you go into the kitchen and get me a beer, honeybuns?”
But then, we need to be concerned about who gets appointed in her place. I hear Dan Bongino is looking for a job…