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Fri Jan 9, 2026, 01:12 PM Jan 9

MaddowBlog-Following ICE shooting in Minneapolis, DHS' Noem faces impeachment effort

The homeland security secretary helped lead a propaganda campaign against the victim of an ICE shooting. For one House Democrat, it was a tipping point.

Following ICE shooting in Minneapolis, DHS’ Noem faces impeachment effort share.google/ISTEdqD2J5ZI...

(@jclark80.bsky.social) 2026-01-08T20:48:17.103Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/following-ice-shooting-in-minneapolis-dhss-noem-faces-impeachment-effort

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wasn’t alone in the rhetorical push, but she took a leadership role in the propaganda campaign. Talking to reporters at an event in Texas, the South Dakota Republican insisted that the ICE officer was responding to “an act of domestic terrorism.”....

But the secretary had a counternarrative to sell, which she pushed without regard for accuracy, decency or concern for her vanishing credibility.

This did not go unnoticed on Capitol Hill. NOTUS reported:

Democratic Rep. Robin Kelly announced on Wednesday plans to introduce articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, following a deadly shooting involving immigration officers in Minneapolis earlier in the day.


“Secretary Kristi Noem is an incompetent leader, a disgrace to our democracy, and I am impeaching her for obstruction of justice, violation of public trust, and self-dealing,” Kelly said in a press release. “It’s one thing to be incompetent and dangerous, but it’s impeachable to break the rule of law,” the Illinois Democrat added. “I told my constituents and Chicagoans that I would fight against Secretary Noem’s agenda. This is me fighting back.”.....

Will Noem join the tiny club? Probably not anytime soon: The House Republican majority in the lower chamber is tiny and shrinking, but it exists, and GOP leaders will ignore the Democratic effort to hold her accountable.

But if there’s a Democratic majority in the House next year and Noem hasn’t yet resigned, no one should be surprised if the issue returns to the fore.


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MaddowBlog-Following ICE shooting in Minneapolis, DHS' Noem faces impeachment effort (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Jan 9 OP
she needs to be arrested and jailed pending charges lapfog_1 Jan 9 #1
You can bet she was immediately involved in the coverup. Her and Trmp's public statements preceded any investigation. nt eppur_se_muova Jan 9 #3
And that... 2naSalit Jan 9 #2
MaddowBlog-DHS' Noem faces new articles of impeachment backed by dozens of House Democrats LetMyPeopleVote Wednesday #4

lapfog_1

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1. she needs to be arrested and jailed pending charges
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 01:16 PM
Jan 9

I am sure there are emails between her and her henchmen where they encourage ICE and BP "officers" to shoot protestors and people that follow ice around and blow whistles.

depraved indifference to human life.

eppur_se_muova

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3. You can bet she was immediately involved in the coverup. Her and Trmp's public statements preceded any investigation. nt
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 02:23 PM
Jan 9

LetMyPeopleVote

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4. MaddowBlog-DHS' Noem faces new articles of impeachment backed by dozens of House Democrats
Wed Jan 14, 2026, 05:27 PM
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The effort to hold the Homeland Security secretary to account probably won’t pass, but that doesn’t make it irrelevant.

The impeachment effort targeting Kristi Noem almost certainly won’t succeed, at least not anytime soon, but it’s starting with a heck of a lot more congressional support than the usual impeachment resolutions. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-01-14T19:34:38.227Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/kristi-noem-impeached-impeachment-house-democrats

Last week, Democratic Rep. Robin Kelly of Illinois announced plans to file articles of impeachment against Noem. This week, she followed through — along with quite a few of her colleagues. HuffPost reported:

With the support of nearly 70 colleagues, Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) on Wednesday introduced three articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

The first accuses Noem of obstruction of Congress, for denying lawmakers access to Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities to provide oversight. The second accuses her of violating public trust, for directing DHS agents to arrest people without warrants and for ignoring due process. The third accuses her of self-dealing, for secretly steering a federal contract to a firm run by her friend.


“Secretary Noem has called my impeachment effort ‘silly,’” Kelly told reporters. “I want to tell her right now, ‘Secretary Noem, you have violated your oath of office, and there will be consequences. I am watching you. Members of Congress are watching you. The American people, most importantly, are watching you.’”

Rep. Kelly: Secretary Noem, you have violated your oath of office. And there will be consequences.

FactPost (@factpostnews.bsky.social) 2026-01-14T16:58:52.736519087Z


....The articles of impeachment against Noem, however, are quantitatively different: Kelly’s resolution was introduced with the support of 69 House Democrats, which represents roughly a third of the party’s conference in the chamber, and there’s no reason to assume that total won’t grow.....

But there’s certainly symbolic value in the Democratic effort, which is being used to draw attention to the failures and outrages at the Department of Homeland Security. Watch this space.
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