Kristi Noem criticized for posing "irresponsibly" with an M4 rifle

Kristi Noem participated alongside Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in a series of raids against illegal immigrants in Arizona. The Homeland Security secretary was accompanied by some media outlets, such as The New York Post, to document the operations. However, these remained in the background, since almost all the attention fell on a video posted by Noem on social networks.

It turns out that the Homeland Security secretary appeared in a video wielding a gun between two ICE agents. What quickly caught the attention of users was that the official's gun appeared to be with the magazine on and pointed at the head of one of the agents.

Experts consulted by VOZ state that the Secretary of Homeland Security did not respect the most elementary safety standards and criticize that no one warned her of the tremendous mistake. "Although she doesn't have her finger on the trigger, the position with a colleague next to her is terrible," the VOZ sources point out. "The truth is, it was something very irresponsible. Not only from her but also from those who did not tell her anything. In this case, the gun should be in a straight line and down, next to her leg," they added.

Human traffickers. Drug Smugglers. 18th Street Gang members. Spent the morning in Phoenix with our brave @ICEgov and Arizona law enforcement arresting these dirtbags and getting them off of our streets. pic.twitter.com/yH13jWwF1S

The video exceeded seven million reproductions; of course, the comments on social networks were not long in coming, mostly criticizing the former governor of South Dakota.

"Noem is pointing the muzzle of the (rifle) M4 at an agent with an open dust cover, indicating a chambered round. It's the worst possible place to point it. No one stopped her, including the agent to her left, who should know better but also has bad muzzle discipline," noted military journalist Alex Horton of the Washington Post.

One of the few members of Congress to respond to Noem was Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), who served in the U.S. Marine Corps for several years.

"You have a magazine inserted. That tells me you likely have a round in the chamber. And if you have a round in the chamber, the most important thing you have to always deal with in dealing with weapons handling is you have to assume every weapon is loaded. And you're pointing that weapon directly at that guy's head on the left-hand side. So that is a problem, Secretary Noem," Gallego expressed in a video posted on his X account.

Criticism of Noem for the video with the gun.

Kristi Noem doesn’t know how to hold a gun or run the Department of Homeland Security pic.twitter.com/yB1rnPxUJM

Kristi Noem preparing to break down the door of your local pet shelter: pic.twitter.com/arXkmyDXIn

Noem is pointing the M4 muzzle at an agent with an open dust cover, indicating a chambered round. It's the worst possible place to point it. No one stopped her, including the agent to her left, who should know better but also has bad muzzle discipline. https://t.co/lwM08K4m3C

Kristi Noem keeps topping her last stunt. Today’s is the dumbest shit you will ever see.
✅ Improper wear of IBA
✅ Dust cover open
✅ Magazine inserted
✅ Weapon POINTED AT DUDES HEAD
✅ Holding M4 like an accordion
✅ Comically ridiculous extensions
✅ Plastered layers of… pic.twitter.com/qh3SOKpkVM

Kristi Noem did it again, cosplaying Universal Soldier while holding a comical mall-ninja rifle. In this brief video, I prove why that weapon is totally unusable and how she violated basic rules of gun safety. Watch me prove Kristi Noem to be an utter clown. Fun times. pic.twitter.com/pwjHmq2YM1