Impeaching Noem would send a message

The Trump administration's response to the two recent killings in Minneapolis has achieved the peculiar distinction of being both horrifying and ridiculous at the same time — like watching “The Death of Stalin,” except without the self-awareness or the courtesy of being fiction.

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One of the faces of this farce is that of Kristi Noem, the cowgirl-hat-wearing secretary of Homeland Security, who told the nation that Renee Good and Alex Pretti were “domestic terrorists,” while the immigration officers who killed them were just practicing, you know, wholesome, all-American defensive shooting.It takes a special kind of audacity to announce the exact opposite of what everyone can plainly see on viral videos. Which raises an obvious question: Why would anyone attempt a lie this naked and doomed? Noem became a serial prevaricator the same way that teenager in the old anti-drug ad learned to smoke weed: “I learned it by watching you.” Trumpworld is a finishing school for shamelessness. Graduates are taught that prudence is weakness, apology is surrender and reality itself is alterable — if you just say the right words with enough swagger.