Kristi Noem’s Term As Governor Freshly Roasted By Former South Dakota Mayor: ‘she Did A Sarah Palin’

Kristi Noem’s stint arsenic politician of South Dakota has travel nether caller scrutiny by a erstwhile section mayor, who said she “did a ‘Sarah Palin’ and quit,” conscionable days aft she was fired from her domiciled arsenic Homeland Security secretary.

Noem, who served arsenic politician from 2019 to 2025, became nan first furniture personnel to beryllium fired by Trump during his 2nd term.

The embarrassing dismissal came amid increasing scrutiny of her fierce migration operations crossed nan country, DHS’s acquisition of aggregate luxury jets for staff, awesome reductions successful FEMA staff, and rumors of an affair pinch advisor Corey Lewandowski.

Mike Levsen, nan erstwhile politician of Aberdeen successful Noem’s location authorities of South Dakota, says her dismissal came arsenic nary astonishment fixed her “lack of immoderate important accomplishment” during her clip arsenic politician of nan state.

“The Noem governorship covered six years — past did a ‘Sarah Palin’ and quit,” Levsen wrote successful a blog post, comparing Noem to nan erstwhile Alaska Gov. who resigned midway done her first term.

“Her bequest was minimal engagement pinch nan Legislature, predominant absences, nary transparency, repeated operational screwups, soaring turnover and instances of self-dealing for herself and her family,” Levsen wrote.

Levsen criticized Noem’s Covid-era advertisement campaign, “Freedom Works Here,” arsenic a “Trump-based ploy that apt contributed to South Dakota’s listing precocious connected immoderate periodical per capita decease lists.”

The campaign, which attempted to tie caller residents to nan state, costs $6.5 million, and South Dakota News Watch reported astatine nan clip that location were “hurdles” pinch nan campaign.

Levsen besides noted Noem’s “difficult relationship” pinch tribal governments, arsenic each 9 of South Dakota’s indigenous tribes voted successful 2024 to prohibition Noem from their lands, according to CNN.

“Is location a azygous point successful South Dakota now amended arsenic a consequence of her clip successful office?" Levsen questioned successful nan post.

Noem was fired by Trump amidst mounting scrutiny complete fallout successful Minnesota, pursuing DHS’s disastrous Operation Metro Surge successful Minneapolis, which saw two U.S. citizens changeable dead successful confrontations pinch national agents.

Noem described nan 2 Americans, Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, arsenic domestic terrorists. She has refused to apologize for nan comments.

She besides drew fierce disapproval pinch her acquisition of aggregate luxury jets, a $220 cardinal advertisement campaign, gutting FEMA, and her rumored affair pinch Lewandowski.

The last nail successful nan coffin appears to person been Noem’s legislature grounds this past week, during which lawmakers from some sides of nan aisle criticized her guidance and judgment.

A time aft her 2nd hearing, Trump wrote connected Truth Social that Noem was retired astatine DHS — and that he was nominating Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin to switch her.

An management charismatic told NBC News that nan president axed Noem owed to “a culmination of her galore unfortunate activity failures, including nan fallout successful Minnesota, nan advertisement campaign, nan allegations of infidelity, nan mismanagement of her staff, and her changeless feuding pinch nan heads of different agencies, including CBP and ICE.”

“Kristi’s play sadly overshadowed and distracted from nan Administration’s highly celebrated migration agenda, which will proceed afloat force,” nan charismatic added.

Before she was fired, Noem defended her capacity during her hearings connected Capitol Hill.

She besides drew occurrence for insisting that nan $220 cardinal DHS advertisement run had been launched pinch nan president’s approval, which Trump has denied.

Days aft her humiliating firing, Trump named Noem arsenic typical envoy for “The Shield of nan Americas,” a caller information inaugural that Trump says will attraction connected nan Western Hemisphere.