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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Joe Sommerlad

Kristi Noem reframes her firing: She was the ‘scapegoat’ at DHS

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem felt “thrown under the bus” following her firing by President Donald Trump Thursday after complaining she wasn’ getting the support needed to do her job, according to a report.

The Daily Caller quotes an unnamed official as saying Noem believed she had been made the administration’s scapegoat over the disastrous Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis, which saw two U.S. citizens shot dead in confrontations with federal agents.

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