Kristi Noem Demands Her Own $50 Million Jet For Her ICE Barbie Performance

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was called out by members of Congress this week for her “costume changes” and constant cosplay as she travels the country, but at the time it had not yet been revealed that Noem wants another accessory to complete her “ICE Barbie” performance – A $50 million private jet that is just for her use. The Coast Guard’s budget has been amended to include the outrageous price tag for Noem’s new jet, and Noem’s department claims that it is needed because her current jet is too old. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains what’s happening.

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During a hearing in front of the House Appropriations Committee this week, Homeland Security Secretary Christie Nome was absolutely ripped to shreds, uh, with members, democratic members of the committee, of course, referring to her nonstop photo ops and costume changes, referring to her as Ice Barbie. Because as we all know, ever since she took office, Christy Nome loves to play dress up. She's dressed up as a, you know, immigration enforcement officer going on raids. Although she was, you know, far away from any kind of actual confrontation. She's dressed up as a cowboy, she's dressed up as all kinds of other things. She even did an interview sitting on the back of a horse, but she just loves doing these photo ops and costume changes because hey, it's one big production, right? But there is one thing Ice Barbie does not have that she desperately wants, right?

You gotta complete the whole Barbie play set. So Kristi Nome is now demanding a $50 million private jet so that she can fly around the country and do her little dress ups, you know, so she can go play, make believe wherever she wants, whenever she wants. So she needs a $50 million private jet to do that, right? Or at least that's what this administration says. The Coast Guard submitted their amended budget to the House of Representatives last Friday, and in this amended budget, it included the $50 million for Christie No's new private jet. And one of the individuals, of course, that was called to testify before the House Appropriations Committee happened to be the, uh, coast Guard Chief Admiral, Kevin Lunde, and Lund said this about this private jet meeting. The needs of our Coast Guard men and women that are doing frontline operations is my top operational priority and it's top operational priority of the secretary. She's been clear with that to me, and I know she testified to that effect before the subcommittee last week. This aircraft is necessary to provide secure, reliable, on-demand communications and movement to go forward, visit our operating forces, conducting the missions, and then come back here to Washington to make sure we can work together to get them what they need.

Cool. None of those are viable explanations as to why she needs a $50 million jet. I know you're like, well, I mean, she needs to come and visit us. He said visit, not inspect, not direct, but she just come and visit. You know, sometimes, sometimes we miss her and we just, Hey, there's Ice Barbie. Welcome to the Coast Guard. That's not a viable reason to spend $50 million from an administration that is slashing and burning through other departments because they're wasteful spending. And not to mention Christy Nomar has a jet. It's just that the Gulf Stream that she uses is almost 20 years old. And, uh, the Coast