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Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Kristi Noem spent almost $24,000 in taxpayer money on makeup and horse rental for the $143 million no-bid ad campaign that ultimately led to her dismissal.

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New details have emerged about the taxpayer-funded ad campaign featuring ousted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem riding on horseback.[image or embed]

-- Raw Story (@rawstory.com) Mar 23, 2026 at 10:30 PM

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Cleetus the horse, looks like he's moping with intent to gawk.

I wonder if deep down, she wanted to shoot him in the face.

#1 | Posted by Wardog at 2026-03-24 09:58 AM | Reply

Do we know, for an actual fact, that she didn't?

#2 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-03-24 10:01 AM | Reply

Jill Moody, the woman the horse was rented from, doesn't just run some random horse rental service and won a bid. She's a close friend of Noem. Noem heaped praised upon Moody in a 2022 facebook post. www.facebook.com

#3 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-03-24 10:13 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

The only thing they know how to do is grift.

#4 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-24 10:15 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

So much better use of money than giving food stamps to poor people.

#5 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-03-24 11:33 AM | Reply

. She's a close friend of Noem.

If I woke up with my head sewn to the carpet, I would not be more surprised.

#6 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-03-24 11:34 AM | Reply | Funny: 3

That cost is not out of line.
It's not easy! putting makeup on a horse!

#7 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-03-24 12:26 PM | Reply | Funny: 2

Looks about as real as Trump's assassination attempt.

#8 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-03-24 12:34 PM | Reply

cool

now do AOC steals campaign money for katamine "therapy"

#9 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-03-24 02:32 PM | Reply

The disgusting------------------- steals from cancer charities.

#10 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-03-24 03:01 PM | Reply

Pocket change for billionaires.

#11 | Posted by Jaspar at 2026-03-24 04:17 PM | Reply

$24,000 for the whole campaign, or just the horse shoot?

It makes a difference.

It also begs the question: Where's the other $142,976,000?

#12 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-03-24 04:31 PM | Reply

Enough about how much she paid herself; I want to know how much the horse she's riding costs...

#13 | Posted by jpw at 2026-03-24 04:47 PM | Reply

" It's not easy! putting makeup on a horse!"

And definitely not as easy as putting lipstick on a pig!

#14 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-03-24 05:12 PM | Reply

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