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Miles Archer

(22,241 posts)
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 10:35 AM Jan 17

Noem says ICE thugs are "gifted, highly trained & skilled" in a CNN video showing them beating someone nearly to death

Aaron Rupar

‪@atrupar.com‬
damn -- CNN put together a video of Kristi Noem claiming ICE officers are "highly trained and skilled" and "gifted" alongside to a clip of them beating someone nearly to death in Minneapolis

damn -- CNN put together a video of Kristi Noem claiming ICE officers are "highly trained and skilled" and "gifted" alongside to a clip of them beating someone nearly to death in Minneapolis

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-01-16T16:18:45.610Z
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SheltieLover

(78,258 posts)
4. Fucking puppy murderer! 🤬
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 10:45 AM
Jan 17

She is prob stupid enough to believe what she is spewing.



Ps - if I shared what I believe her fate should be, I'd get booted.

walkingman

(10,499 posts)
5. I always wonder....what kind of people confirm someone like her and
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 10:52 AM
Jan 17

the rest of his cabinet - either these folks are dumb or just plain incompetent and yet they get re-elected over and over.

Baitball Blogger

(51,896 posts)
6. And yet, all the evidence is to the contrary.
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 10:56 AM
Jan 17

These men may have been vetted based on their political stance, but nothing else.

EarthFirst

(4,014 posts)
8. I have seen it mentioned that they cannot complete basic written exams...
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 11:23 AM
Jan 17

…even so far as the inability to perform with basic competency on open book sections of the exams.

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