Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) shared an intriguing theory Thursday behind the ouster of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, arguing President Donald Trump had only fired her to shield one senior official — the true “dark heart” of the administration — from accountability. “The dark heart of this administration is not Noem, it’s [White House deputy chief of staff] Stephen Miller, and he needs to be next. In so many ways, she’s just a scapegoat in all this.”He added, “Everything she was doing was designed by Miller. In private, Noem reportedly claimed that Miller and Trump had guided her rhetoric about the killings — only for them to leave her high and dry. He’s in retreat in places like Minnesota, because the steel spine of citizens that stood up, real patriots in this country, pushed back against all that.”

Source: Huffington Post March 07, 2026 14:21 UTC