Noem lies abour fire and immigration

From Daily Kos:

Noem pushes immigration and wildfire lies at Senate hearing

Dog-killing South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem fearmongered about the threat immigrants pose to the United States and lied about the California wildfires during the confirmation hearing for her nomination to lead the Department of Homeland Security Friday.

As head of DHS, Noem would be in charge of Customs and Border Patrol and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which helps respond to natural and manmade disasters. Her answers about how she would handle both of those areas should scare everyone.

During the hearing, Noem lied that the U.S. border is "open," and claimed that "the No. 1 threat to our homeland security is the southern border.”

Of course, the border is obviously not open. In fact, border crossings have dramatically declined in recent months, achieving similar levels as those during Donald Trump’s first term.

What’s more, the head of the FBI has actually said that homegrown extremists are the biggest terror threat, and that China’s cyber program and its impact on U.S. infrastructure is a bigger danger to the United States than immigrants crossing the border....