Here’s just hoping she doesn’t have a homemade Cruella de Vil costume.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who has earned nicknames like “Cosplay Kristi” and “ICE Barbie,” appeared before the House Homeland Security Committee Wednesday and was called out by Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) about staging various photos of herself at ICE raids and other DHS missions in various, way-too-on-the-nose outfits.
“Whatever got you here, Secretary Noem, I’m glad you found time among your many photo ops and costume changes to testify about why President Trump is seeking more taxpayer dollars, and what you plan to do with that money if you get it,” Thompson said.
The congressman’s deliciously petty confrontation tickled many on X, formerly Twitter.
“ZING!” one user wrote.
“BA DA BING! ????????????????” wrote another.
“More of this, please,” echoed a third user.
Since becoming DHS secretary, Noem has decided to mix her love of theatrics with terror by posting threatening photos and videos of herself dressed in various costumes you’d likely see a little boy wear on Halloween.
In January, Noem posted a video of herself to social media in her best police officer getup, complete with a bulletproof vest, to share a message of unity with the American people.
“If you are in New York City this morning, we are getting the dirtbags off these streets,” she says in the video.
In February, Noem busted out her favorite cowboy outfit and sat upon a horse to inform the country that she was in Del Rio, Texas, to check out what resources border agents needed to stop “criminal actors that come across this border.”
In the past she’s also worn firefighter, Coast Guard and Border Patrol uniforms.
“She is not a customs and border control agent, but she had them make her a uniform, I guess?” MSNBC host Rachel Maddow joked during a segment making fun of Noem’s various outfits in April.
And although mocking Noem’s ~lewks~ might be mean, it’s nothing in comparison to her openly flouting a Supreme Court order or helping to facilitate a mass deportation of migrants without due process — which she has a costume for as well.