Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleKristi Noem grilled over questionable contracts in tense House hearingFinancial disclosures reveal taxpayers funded nearly $4,000 for hair and makeup services for Kristi Noem, along with over $40,000 in other vendor costs, for an anti-immigration ad filmed in South Dakota. The ad, part of a larger campaign costing over $200 million, featured Noem on horseback in front of Mount Rushmore, warning illegal migrants to stay away. The Strategy Group Company, subcontracted by Safe America Media, produced the ad, also accruing $100,000 in labor costs and a $60,000 signing bonus. Democratic Senators Peter Welch and Richard Blumenthal criticized the spending as "waste, fraud, and abuse," leading to a congressional grilling of Noem. Noem is set to step down from her Homeland Security Secretary post, with Donald Trump denying approval of the campaign, and has been referred to the Department of Justice for a perjury investigation. In fullCost of Noem’s makeup and horse rental for her $143 million ad that led to her ouster is revealedThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Dems release cost of Noem’s hair and makeup for ad that led to her firing
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleKristi Noem grilled over questionable contracts in tense House hearingFinancial disclosures reveal taxpayers funded nearly $4,000 for hair and makeup services for Kristi Noem, along with over $40,000 in other vendor costs, for an anti-immigration ad filmed in South Dakota. The ad, part of a larger campaign costing over $200 million, featured Noem on horseback in front of Mount Rushmore, warning illegal migrants to stay away. The Strategy Group Company, subcontracted by Safe America Media, produced the ad, also accruing $100,000 in labor costs and a $60,000 signing bonus. Democratic Senators Peter Welch and Richard Blumenthal criticized the spending as "waste, fraud, and abuse," leading to a congressional grilling of Noem. Noem is set to step down from her Homeland Security Secretary post, with Donald Trump denying approval of the campaign, and has been referred to the Department of Justice for a perjury investigation. In fullCost of Noem’s makeup and horse rental for her $143 million ad that led to her ouster is revealedThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
