Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), in a press gaggle with reporters outside the U.S. Capitol, said he has no confidence in Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, saying Noem should not feel a point of pride in her work during her time with DHS.
A North Carolina senator on Tuesday laid into the head of Homeland Security for what he described as amateur management of the agency responsible for providing disaster relief.
Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), in a press gaggle with reporters outside the U.S. Capitol, said he has no confidence in Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, saying Noem should not feel a point of pride in her work during her time with DHS.
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Tillis’s comments were made just days after Border Patrol agents shot and killed a 37-year-old Veteran’s Affairs nurse in Minneapolis amid ongoing protests of immigration enforcement in the city. Several Republican expressed concern over the investigation.
In his assessment, Tillis made a point to compare how DHS operated during Trump’s first presidency compared to DHS with Noem at the helm.
“Trump 1 was right on with disaster recovery if you think about [Hurricanes] Matthew and Florence, and this one, she’s not even doing the other half of her job,” Tillis said.
In 2025, President Donald Trump announced plans to phase out the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which is overseen by DHS, after the 2025 hurricane season, adding that the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, which killed more than 100 people in North Carolina, was part of the reason he wanted to eliminate the agency.
