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You have to really screw up to get fired from the Trump administration. Kristi Noem managed to clear that bar.
The soon-to-be ex-Homeland Security head’s axing was announced on social media Thursday, making her the first cabinet secretary discarded this term — beating out some stiff competition. It happened after she defended a $240 million ad campaign featuring (who else?) her by saying President Trump OK’d it.
Oops.
The president was “not a happy cowboy,” said Sen. John Kennedy, who asked about the ads at a hearing Tuesday. Kennedy knew then she was “as dead as fried chicken.” ...