ICE Barbie Plotted Last Ditch Move to Distract from Scandals
March 28, 2026
The Daily Beast
Diehl/Getty ImagesKristi Noem tried to launch a new border wall project in a desperate bid to pull attention away from her mounting problems.Noem, ousted as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security this month, proposed to build 500 miles of border wall near Big Bend National Park in Texas. The plot went against Border Patrol’s plans to secure the region, according to a Friday report from the Washington Examiner.
Reporter Anna Giaritelli shared that her sources said the project was “an attempt to distract” from 54-year-old Noem’s growing scandals following the two fatal shootings of U.S. citizens in Minneapolis and her 200 million ad campaign. The new stretch of wall was first proposed on the same day as Renee Good’s killing on Jan. 7.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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