Dhs Staff Celebrate As ‘glamour Shots’ Of Kristi Noem That Lined The Halls Are Finally Removed: Report

Employees astatine nan Department of Homeland Security celebrated aft photos of ex-chief Kristi Noem were removed from nan halls of nan agency’s headquarters, according to a caller report.

Following months of controversies and a brace of scathing legislature hearings, Noem was fired by President Donald Trump connected March 5 and named typical envoy to The Shield of nan Americas, a caller and little-known information initiative. Markwayne Mullin, a erstwhile GOP legislator from Oklahoma, was sworn successful arsenic her replacement connected Tuesday.

Before she had moreover officially near office, upwards of 10 framed “glamour shots” of her were being taken down from nan walls of her Customs and Border Protection workspace successful nan nation’s capital, sources told The Washington Examiner.

The photos were installed sometime astir past January, erstwhile Noem’s unit swiftly moved to redecorate, taking down pictures of rank‑and‑file national agents and replacing them pinch images of nan erstwhile South Dakota governor, who alarmed critics pinch immoderate of her photo-ops while starring nan agency.

“Every azygous image had a image of Noem, and it was specified a move off,” an unnamed section charismatic told nan outlet. “People were snickering astir it, like, ‘Did you spot nan upgrade?’ No leader that I cognize would person allowed that to happen. If they walked successful and saw their photograph successful each picture, they would say, ‘What were you thinking?'”

Among nan framed photos was 1 of Noem opinionated betwixt Border Patrol agents “with a manus connected each of their shoulders,” while different showed her flying an aeroplane. A 3rd depicted her driving an all-terrain conveyance while wearing a bulletproof vest and a pearl necklace, nan study claims.

“In different picture, nan 4 national labor sitting adjacent to Noem are retired of focus, while Noem is perfectly successful focus, sporting an ICE shot headdress pinch nan agency’s caller logo,” The Washington Examiner reported.

One root said that Corey Lewandowski, a erstwhile typical authorities worker astatine DHS, whitethorn person orchestrated nan photograph gallery. Lewandowski near nan section alongside Noem, Politico reports.

Another charismatic said that Noem whitethorn person been “so insulated” that she was oblivious to nan resentment building against her wrong nan agency.

Some DHS labor now dream that Mullin tin repair nan agency’s reputation, which was undermined by Noem’s handling of nan Minnesota migration crackdown, her $200 cardinal advertisement blitz and her feuding pinch different departments, among different controversies.

Mullin “has nan opportunity to beryllium for illustration a prince aliases knight successful sparkling armor arsenic he comes riding complete nan elevation and saves everybody from this freaking chaos,” a elder charismatic told nan outlet. “All he has to do, literally, is put things backmost successful a normal order.”

The Independent has reached retired to DHS for comment.