SCRAMBLE: Trump replacing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem with senator from Oklahoma

President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he’s replacing Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem with a Republican U.S. senator from Oklahoma.

Trump revealed his decision in a post on Truth Social, saying Sen. Markwayne Mullin will take over on March 31.

“The current Secretary, Kristi Noem, who has served us well, and has had numerous and spectacular results (especially on the Border!), will be moving to be Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas, our new Security Initiative in the Western Hemisphere we are announcing on Saturday in Doral, Florida. I thank Kristi for her service at ‘Homeland,'” Trump wrote.

The president’s announcement comes two days after Noem faced a grilling on Capitol Hill from both GOP members and Democrats. During that hearing, Noem defended DHS’s immigration enforcement tactics and pushed back against criticism from Democrats who say she wrongly disparaged Renee Good and Alex Pretti after they were killed by federal agents in Minneapolis.

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