Governor Larry Rhoden is campaigning on leadership as the issue that separates him from his primary challengers. Yet he refuses to acknowledge that Kristi Noem’s poor leadership got her fired from the Department of Homeland Security. Instead, he blames her firing on circumstances—
When asked about the News Watch/Chiesman Center poll last month that showed a majority of South Dakotans disapproved of Noem’s job as DHS secretary and approved of Trump’s decision to fire her, Rhoden defended her.
“She was the victim of some unfortunate incidents that took place,” he said [Alexander Rifaat, “Larry Rhoden: The Incumbent,” South Dakota News Watch, 2026.05.29].
—and Trump:
Rhoden called Noem “smart” and said that in discussions with her it was apparent she knew what she was getting into.
“In Trump’s first term, he went through five different secretaries of Homeland Security. She probably wasn’t expecting to stay there all four years given all the turmoil,” Rhoden said [Rifaat, 2026.05.29].
Sure, Larry. Kristi broke FEMA, demoralized staff, handed out disaster cash to political donors, slandered the innocent American citizens her ICE goons murdered, bought two luxury jets for her excessive travels with taxpayer dollars, hired unqualified cronies, mishandled contracts, and lied to Congress. She couldn’t even take enough time out from plastering pictures of herself everywhere to bring a job-creating Indian police academy to South Dakota, an opportunity on which Interior Secretary pounced for his home folks in North Dakota. But none of that reflects on Noem’s poor leadership; external factors cost “smart” Kristi her job.
Kristi Noem was not a victim of circumstances or of Trump’s chaos; she created the dire circumstances that led Trump to make one of his rare good decisions.
Kristi Noem got fired because her leadership stunk. If Larry Rhoden really were an exemplary leader, he could admit that plain fact.
Doeden is way ahead in the Polymarket race at $.51and Rhoden is $.07.
Noem is a lying slut and on our dime too. Everybody knows it. Especially the cross dressing Republicans.
??? …..
The party of personal responsibility falls further from the light every single day. Nothing is ever, ever their fault. Even when they control every rung of government, from damn near every local office all the way up to all 3 branches of the federal government. It is just never. Ever. Their. Fault.
According to the online Oxford Dictionary, a victim is:
– a person harmed, injured or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event or action
-a person who is tricked or duped
-a living creature killed as a religious sacrifice
Kristie Noem is a living creature but does not fit the description of a victim. Rather, she is the perpetrator.
This makes Rhoden a perpetrator’s accessory.
As kids people told both Kristie and Donald, they could be anything they wanted to be.
They both wanted to be Adolph Hitler. They met during an American celebration in her secret Berchtesgaden. BOOM Fireworks. A midnight, cross-country strategy flight.
to be continued
I’m just an ol’ boy from the farm, but that does qualify me to recognize horse dung!
Speaking of poor leadership, the felon/rapist/pathological liar/pedo has appointed head of Fannie Mae, Bill Pulte, to replace Tooshy Gabbard as head of CIA and he gets to keep his day job falsely accusing the potus’ enemies of mortgage fraud at Fannie Mae.
So what does Kristi have on Larry that he’s STILL covering for her?