Today we learned that President Trump fired DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and will nominate Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin.

Most of us have opposed her tactics as DHS Secretary and won’t miss her but this wasn’t the reason for her firing. President Trump has consistently valued loyalty over competence and doesn’t fire people for doing a poor job. Kristi’s was a sin of distraction, making Trump look bad. It wasn’t the deportations or the lack of respect for the rule of law, it was because of events like the one I previously posted where she ordered the purchase of a Boeing 737 and falsely claiming it would be used for deportations. Or her claim that the when Alex Pretti was killed by ICE agents he was a domestic terrorist. Or her $220 million ad campaign focusing on her riding a horse.

As I said we’re not the poorer for her departure but I doubt Senator Mullin will be any better. As far as I can tell his brings two things to his job: he’s loyal to Trump and he’s an undefeated MMA fighter.

In the meantime Kristi can resume her hobby of killing pet dogs.

Stay tuned.