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Kristi Noem Calls South Park's Portrayal of Her ‘Lazy’ and ‘Petty’

The United States Secretary of Homeland Security said she's yet to actually watch the episode.

Kristi Noem
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United States Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, has slammed South Park for her portrayal.

In a new interview with podcaster Glenn Beck (around the 14:50 mark), Noem revealed how she felt about South Park’s version of her that used Botox, shot puppies, and arrested anyone that she believed to be Hispanic.

“It never ends, but it’s so lazy to constantly make fun of women for how they look,” Noem said. She revealed that she didn’t watch it, though, because she was “going over budget numbers and stuff.”

“It’s always the liberals and the extremists who do that,” she continued. “If they wanted to criticize my job, go ahead and do that, but clearly they can’t, they just pick something petty like that.”

South Park didn’t just roast her though. In the same episode, Vice President JD Vance gets depicted as a man-baby who gets kicked around by President Trump. Instead of criticizing it, Vance hopped online to seemingly show some appreciation for being included. “We’ll, I’ve made it,” he said.

Noem and Vance were the stars of the second episode of the show’s 27th season, but President Trump was the leading figure of its season opener. After the episode that depicted the President attempting to have sex with Satan, the White House spokesperson, Taylor Rogers, released a scathing statement dismissing the show.

“The Left’s hypocrisy truly has no end – for years they have come after ‘South Park’ for what they labeled as ‘offense’ content, but suddenly they are praising the show,” said Rogers to Variety. “Just like the creators of ‘South Park,’ the Left has no authentic or original content, which is why their popularity continues to hit record lows.”

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