Why Kristi Noem Was Fired — Marc Lamont Hill Explains

TL;DR

Kristi Noem was fired because she implicated Trump in $220M questionable ad contracts and broke his cardinal rule: never make the boss look bad.

Key Points

• 1.- Noem spent $220 million on DHS TV ads featuring herself prominently, with contracts awarded to firms formed as few as 8-11 days before receiving hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars
• 2.- One subcontractor was connected to a political operative whose head was married to Noem's former spokesperson, raising clear cronyism and nepotism concerns
• 3.- Noem testified that Trump personally approved the $220M ad spend, effectively throwing him under the bus — violating the cardinal rule of working for Trump
• 4.- She lost support on both sides of the aisle, with both Republican and Democratic senators grilling her over waste, fraud, and self-promotion in the ads
• 5.- Trump's stated reason for firing her was not ICE's conduct but her poor performance making him look bad; her replacement is a former MMA fighter with no relevant government experience