Kristi Noem's first DHS meeting where she entered to 'Hot Momma' was like being in a South Park episode, staffers say
Source: The Independent
Kristi Noem’s first DHS meeting where she entered to ‘Hot Momma’ was like being in a South Park episode, staffers say
Dozens of current and former staffers gave accounts about what it was like to work under Noem before she was unceremoniously dumped as Homeland Security Secretary
Rhian Lubin in New York
Tuesday 14 April 2026 16:37 BST
Kristi Noem’s first Department of Homeland Security town hall, where she walked onstage to the song Hot Mama, was like something out of a South Park episode, former staffers revealed.
Dozens of current and former employees gave accounts to The New York Times about what it was like to work under Noem before she was unceremoniously dumped as Homeland Security Secretary by President Donald Trump last month. Former and current Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, Border Patrol officers, policy officials, executives and federal attorneys told stories of their time at the department during the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration crackdown.
One of them recalled the particularly cringey moment Noem made her debut at her first department town hall, and came up to the stage against the backdrop of Trace Adkins’ country hit before she addressed staffers for the first time.
“She came out onstage to the theme song Hot Mama, spoke for maybe a few minutes and took no questions and left,” Jason Marks, a former supervisory refugee officer at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service, told the newspaper. “It was something everyone was talking about in real time,” said Marks, who wasn’t in the room at the time. “It felt like a South Park moment.”
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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kristi-noem-hot-mama-dhs-b2957472.html
Alternate link: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/kristi-noem-first-dhs-town-153004173.html
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