Kristi Noem just can’t hack it

Published January 27, 2026 3:09pm ET



Greg Bovino has been demoted from his role as the commander of at-large Border Patrol operations. It is a welcome change, but another change is due: Kristi Noem should no longer be secretary of homeland security.

The Minneapolis shooting of Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents is not as scandalous or unforgivable as it is being portrayed by Democrats and liberal media. While more details are still on the way, the premise of the shooting is fairly defensible, as some of us have detailed. Officers were in a physical confrontation with a man who was armed with a gun and were forced to make a snap decision to protect their lives, while a crowd of protesters made the situation more chaotic.

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