Why is Noem carrying $3000?

[struggle4progress]

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Tim Miller and Sam Stein discuss the bizarre theft of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's purse containing $3,000 cash, a passport, and a DHS badge. How did this happen with Secret Service protection around? And what's the real story behind carrying so much cash?

[wcmagumba]

1. Maybe her rock quarry dog and goat killing business is doing well...I hear it is cash only....

[DENVERPOPS]

2. Coincidentally, Noem is the only person

who claims to know......Probably grossly exaggerated like her claims on everything else......

[BeyondGeography]

3. Maybe it was her earnings for the day

[Onthefly]

4. She was on a night out with Pete. Damn, I lost all my money...

[usonian]

5. No doubt, it was for a very generous tip for the waiter at the restaurant.

And I'm Mark Twain.





I haven't seen a single mention of her phone.

[hatrack]

20. Her phone was my first thought as well.....

....given recent Hegseth revelations, I immediately wondered whether Noem's personal or government phones were in her purse, and if they were, how password-protected they were.

This type of incident just reinforces why the Hegseth actions (and those of Mike Walz, Tulsi Gabbard, and anyone else who was on those Signal chats) are so reckless and deserving of being fired.

(Mrs. Hatrack, posting on Hatrack's account)

[Maru Kitteh]

6. Strippers. She likes the good ones.

[Blues Heron]

7. Drugs, bribes or both

[C_U_L8R]

8. The official currency of bribery

And buying drugs.

[republianmushroom]

9. Needed to buy some eggs, etc..

[Ferryboat]

10. Too much ado about nothing

Plenty of people carry large amounts of cash when traveling domestically in my experience.

Old school methods allow incredible deals and opens doors. Never leave on a long road trip with out at least 3K. Believe it or not places exist that a electronic transaction isn't going to work.
Of course there is risk. Having situational awareness goes a long way in keeping you safe.

That a purse snatcher rip her off with SS watching is frosting on the cake.

[Raine]

11. Yes, exactly. nt

[ck4829]

14. Conservatives never say "too much ado about nothing" and that wins them elections

I too would like to know, what was she paying for with that 3000 dollars?

What is she hiding from us?

[Mountainguy]

17. There is a 0% chance

that the Secretary of Homeland Security needs to carry thousands in cash "just in case."

[yardwork]

18. This whole thing is fascinating, really.

[JanMichael]

12. Coke is still expensive

[madinmaryland]

23. Don Junior is "selling" it to her. Grifters grifting grifters.

[Dorian Gray]

13. She carries cash to

pay for the hotel she and Corey Lewandowski are going to bang in later that evening once she ditches her husband.

[Sneederbunk]

15. Bail money.

[rsdsharp]

16. If people don't get the message being sent by wearing a $60,000 Rolex Daytona

she can flash (an unfortunate word choice) her wad (there’s another) of cash.

[Buns_of_Fire]

19. Beer run for Pete and the boys back at the klavern. nt

[TnDem]

21. re: $3000

$3000 is nothing...If you visit any coin show, gun show, Comic-con, or auction of any kind, it is common for people that you would never assume with bib overalls to be carrying that much or way more....Hell, $3000 won't even buy you one ounce of gold at $3400 per ounce.

If she had $30,000 or $300,000, I would wonder more.

[Meowmee]

22. I don't know

I was robbed 3x. Once a purse snatching. I had a small amount of cash and the purse was a gift from my father from Germany. After that I never carry very much cash, usually $20 for an emergency and I leave that in my car also. It is all plastic now etc. Sometimes a checkbook if I need it. Many places won't take check now which is crazy, such as some dvm er, if you use credit they take a percentage unless you do it online. So you have to do an electronic bank transfer, or pay online.

When I traveled I had some cash but mostly travelers checks which can be replaced if stolen.

I would not be surprised if she had something illegal going on, but it could be she is rich from being a crook and just carries what for me would be a large amount of cash.

[jmowreader]

24. She doesn't seem to trust debit cards

In another report the list of items stolen included her checkbook.

Unless you're, like, so ancient you're growing mold you don't even have a checkbook anymore.