DHS chief Kristi Noem reveals how her purse was stolen at restaurant: 'Professionally done'
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem revealed in a podcast this week how her purse was snatched at a restaurant in Washington, D.C., describing it as "professionally done."
The purse was taken Sunday by a White man wearing a mask, and the bag contained $3,000 in cash as well as personal documents including her passport, keys, driver's license and a DHS badge, an agency spokesperson confirmed.
"It was kind of shocking, actually, because it was sitting right by my feet. I actually felt my purse, he hooked it with his foot and drug it a few steps away and dropped a coat over it and took it," Noem said on the "VINCE Show."
"I felt it, but I thought it was my grandkids kicking me in the legs. But it was very professionally done, and it tells that this happens all the time to people and that they live in communities where this is a danger and it reaffirms why I am here," she added. "My job is to make sure that I do everything, every day I can to make our communities safer and President Trump recognizes that families shouldn't have to live with any kind of violence in their lives."
Noem's Purse Was Stolen Days After Similar Incident Just Blocks Away: Report
A Homeland Security spokesperson previously told Fox News Digital that Noem's "entire family was in town including her children and grandchildren — she was using the withdrawal to treat her family to dinner, activities, and Easter gifts."
Read On The Fox News App
Noem said during the podcast interview that she isn't sure why she was targeted, but an investigation is ongoing.
Noem's Purse Stolen With Thousands Of Dollars In Dc Restaurant: Sources
"I think I was a busy grandma with four grandkids under the age of 4, and I was taking care of them and feeding them food and enjoying my family, but certainly had my purse even touching my feet and that is how vulnerable people can be," she said.
"So I think we need to be aware, but also be making sure there is consequences for people like that that make a living off of harming other people," Noem added.
A woman dining with her family recently had her purse stolen in downtown Washington, D.C., just a few blocks away from the restaurant where Noem's handbag was swiped, NBC News also reported this week.
Fox News' Cameron Arcand contributed to this report. Original article source: DHS chief Kristi Noem reveals how her purse was stolen at restaurant: 'Professionally done'
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Fox News
an hour ago
- Fox News
Sen Padilla insists he wasn't disrupting Noem press conference: ‘I was simply asking a question'
Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla of California on Sunday claimed that he was just trying to ask a question when he was forcibly removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's press conference in Los Angeles last week. Padilla recalled his side of the story during an appearance on CNN's "State of the Union," saying that he was already in the building for a separate briefing when he decided to attend Noem's press conference about the recent immigration protests and riots in Los Angeles. But what happened next, he said, "you can't script this in Hollywood." "I wasn't trying to be disrespectful or disruptive – and I don't think I was," the senator said. "I was simply asking a question just as the members of the press corps ask questions, members of the Congress, members of the Senate ask questions to do our job to hold the administration accountable."DEMOCRATS CASH IN AFTER PADILLA FORCIBLY REMOVED FROM TRUMP ADMIN PRESS CONFERENCE Padilla was handcuffed and briefly detained by officers as he aimed to speak out in opposition to Trump administration immigration raids that sparked unrest in Los Angeles and smaller protests across the country this month. Videos of the incident showed Padilla attempting to walk up to Noem while she was speaking at a podium and trying to shout over the secretary, but law enforcement stepped in and forcefully stopped Padilla's advance. Padilla was eventually taken out of the room, brought to the ground and handcuffed, the videos showed. Fox News reporters who were present at the news conference said Padilla appeared to be detained for a period of time. Padilla and Noem ended up holding a meeting afterward, which Padilla's office described as "civil," and Noem described as "cordial" despite the strong disagreements between the two. Padilla said during another Sunday television appearance on CBS' "Face the Nation" that he learned "nothing substantive, nothing informative" from the later meeting with Noem.
Yahoo
2 hours ago
- Yahoo
31 More Absolutely Hilarious Signs From The "No Kings" Protests
Yesterday, in cities across the country, over 5 million demonstrators joined the "No Kings" protests to speak out against the policies and actions of the Trump administration. Their protest signs have filled my timeline, and even though we've already posted some of the best ones, I found a lot more that deserve the spotlight. So, let's get into it: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Related: "Let Them Eat Teslas": People At The "No Kings" Protests This Weekend Brought Signs That Were So Clever I'm Still Laughing About Them 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Related: This Conservative Said He Wears A Fake ICE Uniform For A Really, Really, Really Gross Reason 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. Do you have a "No Kings" protest sign to share? Leave an image of your sign in the comments below, and you could be featured in an upcoming post. Also in In the News: "Honestly Speechless At How Evil This Is": 26 Brutal, Brutal, Brutal Political Tweets Of The Week Also in In the News: This Dem Lawmaker Is Going Viral For His Extremely Shady Question To Secretary Kristi Noem Also in In the News: Well, Well, Well, For The Second Time In 2 Weeks, People Are Letting JD Vance Know EXACTLY How They Feel About Him In Public
Yahoo
3 hours ago
- Yahoo
Sen. Padilla denies clash at news conference was a ploy for attention
California Sen. Alex Padilla is pushing back against claims he was deliberately trying to make a scene when he was forcibly removed from a Department of Homeland Security press conference with Kristi Noem last Thursday. "Nothing could be further from the truth. Again, what are the odds?" the Democrat told CNN's Dana Bash on Sunday on "State of the Union." Padilla told Bash he was in a room at the Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles for a scheduled briefing from U.S. Northern Command when he learned Noem was giving a press conference "a couple doors down." The senator said he asked the FBI agents escorting him around the building if he could listen in. "When I heard the secretary, not for the first time in that press conference, talk about the needing to liberate the people of Los Angeles from their duly elected mayor and governor, it was at that moment that I chose to try to ask a question," Padilla said. He was then forced out of the room by officials, pushed to the ground in a hallway just outside and, despite previously identifying himself as a U.S. senator, handcuffed with his hands behind his back. For over a week, Los Angeles has been rocked by protests around President Donald Trump's expansive deportation and immigration agenda. Trump's decision to federalize the California National Guard — and the White House push to send active-duty Marines to the city — despite forceful opposition from Mayor Karen Bass and Gov. Gavin Newsom — has only escalated tensions, critics charge. An appeals court last week temporarily blocked a judge's order that Trump's call-up of the National Guard was unconstitutional. Republicans — the White House chief among them — framed the confrontation involving Padilla as a ploy for attention. 'Padilla didn't want answers; he wanted attention," White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said in a statement Thursday. House Speaker Mike Johnson said the incident warranted a censure. "Perhaps he wanted the scene," Noem told Fox News. But Democrats raised alarms — both at the treatment of California's senior senator and at the administration's heavy-handed tactics in Los Angeles. Fellow California Sen. Adam Schiff told NBC's Kristen Welker that asking questions at press conferences like Noem's on Thursday is a part of Padilla's oversight responsibilities. "This is not some rabble-rouser," Schiff said on "Meet the Press." "And to see him mistreated that way and tackled to the ground and shackled that way and in the midst of what we're seeing more broadly in Los Angeles is just atrocious. And I think all of us that work with him reacted with that kind of revulsion."
