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Kristi Noem: “President Trump is one of them, isn't he? To come forward…”

Featuring: Kristi Noem, Republican | Secretary of Homeland Security, Former Governor of South Dakota | National

Kristi Noem's Address on Homeland Security and American Values at Turning Point Event

Published July 12, 2025 | Video Starts at 23:22

Is it anything like some have given up? No, not at all. Not at all. There's some people that have given up their fortunes, they've given up their personal wealth. President Trump is one of them, isn't he? To come forward and to defend our freedoms and our liberty. And then you've got some that gave up their sacred honor for our country. If you look at people who, like Nathan Hale and people whose reputations and different things … (23:22–23:28)

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“A 94% decrease, people coming to the border.”
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“For the last two months, we've had zero illegal aliens coming into this country.”
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“The Department of Homeland Security is an agency that's, I think, the second or third largest agency in the federal government, but it has…”
Kristi Noem's Address on Homeland Security and American Values at Turning Point Event | Uploaded July 12, 2025 | 14:48-14:58
“President Trump has secured our border for the United States of America.”
Kristi Noem's Address on Homeland Security and American Values at Turning Point Event | Uploaded July 12, 2025 | 06:01-06:07
“We have over 99% of the people that were coming through the Darien Gap over a year and a half ago.”
Kristi Noem's Address on Homeland Security and American Values at Turning Point Event | Uploaded July 12, 2025 | 06:32-06:41
“Now we have reverse migration going the opposite direction out of the United States back to their home countries.”
Kristi Noem's Address on Homeland Security and American Values at Turning Point Event | Uploaded July 12, 2025 | 06:44-06:52
“There will never be amnesty under my watch or President Trump's watch.”
Kristi Noem's Address on Homeland Security and American Values at Turning Point Event | Uploaded July 12, 2025 | 07:23-07:27
“I'm also very proud of the fact that I have the super advisory authority over the US Coast Guard.”
Kristi Noem's Address on Homeland Security and American Values at Turning Point Event | Uploaded July 12, 2025 | 08:48-08:53
“For the very first time we acted in a way that disaster response should.”
Kristi Noem's Address on Homeland Security and American Values at Turning Point Event | Uploaded July 12, 2025 | 09:27-09:33
“Every emergency that happens in this country should be locally executed.”
Kristi Noem's Address on Homeland Security and American Values at Turning Point Event | Uploaded July 12, 2025 | 09:35-09:41
“It should be state managed, which means the state makes the decisions on how they're going to universally handle this disaster.”
Kristi Noem's Address on Homeland Security and American Values at Turning Point Event | Uploaded July 12, 2025 | 09:46-09:54
“The federal government, our role should be to support.”
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“Thanks to the President's big, big, beautiful bill that just passed, we'll have some new resources to put into securing this country and…”
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“We'll be able to hire more law enforcement officers, more ICE officers, Homeland Security trains, our federal law enforcement officers will…”
Kristi Noem's Address on Homeland Security and American Values at Turning Point Event | Uploaded July 12, 2025 | 15:12-15:21
“We'll be able to equip the Coast Guard with what they need to do search and rescue, but also to go out there and help us with drug…”
Kristi Noem's Address on Homeland Security and American Values at Turning Point Event | Uploaded July 12, 2025 | 15:20-15:27
“With President Trump, every day, you are his priority. You are the reason he closed the border.”
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“You're the reason he's getting the criminals off the streets.”
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“You're the reason he's fixing the colleges.”
Kristi Noem's Address on Homeland Security and American Values at Turning Point Event | Uploaded July 12, 2025 | 16:00-16:03
“Yes, My job as the Secretary of Homeland Security is a complicated one.”
Kristi Noem's Address on Homeland Security and American Values at Turning Point Event | Uploaded July 12, 2025 | 25:12-25:18
“I've got a lot of agencies that need to be fixed and bureaucracy that needs to be gone, gotten rid of, and people that need to be fired and…”
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