Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) introduced Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD), President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security, at her confirmation hearing Friday.
To begin the hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Thune, the top-ranking Republican, and Cramer flanked Noem in a display of solidarity.
Thune’s ringing endorsement came after pointing to “chaos at our southern border and the Biden administration,” which he said “has left our country vulnerable to a whole host of security concerns, from terrorist entries to cross border criminal activity like drug trafficking.”
He said:
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