President Donald Trump on Thursday fired his embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and said he will nominate in her place Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin.

Trump made the announcement on social media on Thursday, two days after Noem faced a grilling on Capitol Hill from GOP members as well as Democrats.

Trump says he’ll make Noem a “Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas,” a new security initiative that he said would focus on the Western Hemisphere.

Edit: Here's who is replacing her- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markwayne_Mullin#Personal_life

Mullin voted against reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act in 2013.[93][94] His vote drew criticism from other Cherokee citizens in Indian Country Today.[94]

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[–] 20 points 8 months ago (2 children)

The #1 reason to put women in every single office/ position of authority is because men would finally be willing to hold officials accountable.

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  • [–] 13 points 8 months ago

    I hope we’ll see less of her face now

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  • [–] [S] 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

    I think he's jealous of the sex jet, lol.

    Edit: Nope, it's because the new guy doesn't mind violence against women too. See the edit in the body of the post.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    It won't flip the Senate or anything, but it says a lot that they're willing to shave their minuscule majority to get him in the position.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    That's not how it works.

    Mullin took office in 2023, the Senate terms are 6 years. Whoever the Governor appoints will serve the remainder of that term. They definitely aren’t going to appoint a Democrat.

    The election year has absolutely no bearing on this seat moving sides.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    There will be a gap between Mullin taking the appointment and a new appointment coming in. During that time the GoP majority will be a vote short, which is a problem when they keep having to have Vance come in to break tie votes on their major policies.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    The gap could be as small as almost being non-existent.

    Trump said Mullin is taking over March 31st. So that's basically a month for the Governor to find a replacement that requires no approvals of any kind. They could simply grab a previous failed Republican candidate from last election, that's what most Governors do.

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    [–] 36 points 8 months ago (7 children)

    brilliant. Reduce the already slim Senate majority in an election year that is building up to be bad for your party. nice.

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  • [–] 10 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    He took office in 2023, the Senate terms are 6 years. Whoever the Governor appoints will serve the remainder of that term. They definitely aren't going to appoint a Democrat.

    The election year has absolutely no bearing on this seat moving sides.

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  • [–] [S] 17 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    No way Oklahoma’s governor is going to appoint a Democrat though

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    I keep getting the vacated seat rules mixed up between the House and Senate.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I think the rules for vacated seats vary by state, but I could be incorrect.

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago

    House seats are required to be filled by a special election. Senate seats the state can do either an appointed replacement or a special election. Looks like Kentucky, North Dakota, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin went with the special election option.

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  • [–] 15 points 8 months ago

    Dumb hick replaces dumb broad.
    I'll get the popcorn...

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    Not fired, she's getting promoted to Team America Western Hemisphere Police.

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  • [–] 13 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

    Now she can go back to shooting puppies and sucking cock or licking pussy. The only two things she's useful for.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    My mom is not political, I can't overstate how not-plugged-in she is.

    Yesterday, she sent me this:

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    Wonderful news tempered by horrible news. Yin yang and all

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    Release the Epstein Files

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    Shit out, shit in.

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    [–] 8 points 8 months ago

    From the other posts I've read it looks like he's moved her to a similar position with probably less oversight so my smile dropped pretty quick :/

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    Imagine she's getting her Severance package in the form of polymarket and Kashi bets.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    My mom is not political, I can't overstate how not-plugged-in she is.

    Yesterday, she sent me this:

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