“I want to do this because I’m tired of the normalization of anti-American philosophy, for example, in New York ... it’s amazing you can have the Hezbollah flag being marched within shouting distance of where the towers fell,” he said, referencing the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
“We have somebody running for mayor ... that applauds the very same philosophy and people that did that,” Chesnoff continued. “We need to send a bigger message to the American public of the danger that poses.”
That comment appeared to catch Noem’s attention. Noem, whose department oversees the increasingly militarized deportation raids frequently led by masked people who hide their names and badges, said she’s looking for creative ways to expand her power.
“The Department of Homeland Security has authorities that have never been utilized before ... and I’m going to need some good minds on how to use those authorities,” she said.
This is one of those sentences you probably don’t want to ever hear.

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“The Department of Homeland Security has authorities that have never been utilized before,” Kristi Noem told the group after a discussion of the New York City mayoral candidate.