“该部门需要完全专注于其使命”，众议员迈克·劳勒告诉福克斯新闻数字频道
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2026年3月6日 美国东部时间上午8:35发布
唐纳德·特朗普总统周四出人意料地决定解除美国国土安全部部长克里斯蒂·诺姆的职务，而国会山几乎没有议员质疑他的决定。
尽管诺姆任职期间共和党人很少批评她，但许多共和党议员周四表示，解雇这位部长是正确的举措。特朗普周四下午迅速提名俄克拉荷马州共和党参议员马克韦恩·穆林（Markwayne Mullin）——他的亲密盟友——领导这个庞大的机构。
“我认为总统正在采取必要措施确保该部门能够有效运作，”佛罗里达州共和党众议员拜伦·唐兹周四在对穆林任命表示欢迎时说道，“是时候做出改变了。”
48岁的穆林是参议院共和党领导团队成员，此前曾在众议院担任数届议员。
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诺姆执掌国土安全部期间因一系列争议而动荡不安，包括她声称得到特朗普批准的昂贵广告活动，以及今年早些时候联邦移民官员在明尼阿波利斯枪杀两名美国人后她备受批评的回应。
“显然，情况并不顺利，”当被问及本周诺姆在国会山两次听证会上的表现时，唐兹补充道。
包括北卡罗来纳州共和党参议员汤姆·蒂利斯和路易斯安那州共和党参议员约翰·肯尼迪在内的几名共和党议员在周二参议院司法委员会听证会上猛烈抨击诺姆。
即将在任期结束时退休的温和派议员、内布拉斯加州共和党众议员唐·培根呼应了肯尼迪的批评，质疑诺姆在昂贵广告活动中的突出角色及其与获得合同者的联系。
“确实存在合理担忧。当有2亿美元的广告活动时，我们本应更好地管理资金，”培根说，“我认为总统可能认为需要变革。”
国土安全部则反驳称，这场大规模广告活动导致了数百万移民的自我驱逐。
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纽约州共和党众议员迈克·劳勒周四告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，诺姆的离职将消除国土安全部在她领导下出现的“干扰”和“冲突”。
“考虑到当前中东局势（伊朗行动史诗愤怒），该部门需要完全专注于其使命，”劳勒说。
不寻求连任的华盛顿州共和党众议员丹·纽豪斯周四在社交媒体上写道，“国土安全部领导层的变动早就该进行了。”
国会山的许多民主党人（他们中很多人曾激烈批评诺姆在特朗普政府中的角色）似乎也表示同意。
“她造成的损害已经够多了，总统终于醒悟过来了，”众议院国土安全委员会民主党领袖、密西西比州众议员本尼·汤普森周四表示。
“我认为总统做出了正确的决定，这已经酝酿了很长时间，”佛罗里达州民主党众议员贾里德·莫斯科维茨告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
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莫斯科维茨在周三向众议院司法委员会作证时与诺姆发生过争执，他认为诺姆将作为国土安全部20年历史上最差的部长被载入史册。不过，他拒绝支持众议院民主党人提出的弹劾条款。
当被问及穆林的任命时，莫斯科维茨表示希望他好运。“她给穆林留下了一个烂摊子，但显然我希望他能成功，”这位佛罗里达州民主党人谈到诺姆的任期时说，“我们都应该希望他成功，所以让我们给他这个机会。”
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President Donald Trump took Washington by surprise Thursday with his decision to remove Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, but few lawmakers on Capitol Hill questioned his decision.
Though Republicans rarely criticized Noem during her tenure, many GOP lawmakers argued Thursday that the secretary’s ouster was the right move. Trump quickly nominated Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., a close ally, to head the sprawling agency Thursday afternoon.
“I think the president is doing what’s necessary to make sure the department is going to be operating effectively,” Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., who welcomed the news of Mullin’s appointment, said Thursday. “It was time.”
Mullin, a 48-year-old lawmaker, is a member of Senate Republicans’ leadership team and previously served several terms in the House of Representatives.
Republicans have praised President Donald Trump’s decision to tap Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., to lead the Department of Homeland Security.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
Noem’s time helming DHS was rocked by a series of controversies involving an expensive ad campaign she claimed had Trump’s approval and her widely-panned response to the fatal shootings of two Americans in Minneapolis by federal immigration officers earlier this year.
“Obviously, it did not go well,” Donalds added when asked about Noem’s appearance during two hearings on Capitol Hill this week.
Several GOP lawmakers, including Sens. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and John Kennedy, R-La., tore into Noem during her appearance before the Senate’s judiciary panel on Tuesday.
Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., a moderate lawmaker retiring at the end of his term, echoed Kennedy’s criticism questioning Noem’s prominent role in the costly ad campaign and her ties to recipients awarded contracts.
“There’s legit concerns. When there was a $200 million advertising [campaign], we should be better stewards of our money,” Bacon said. “I think the president probably saw a need for change.”
DHS has fired back that the massive ad campaign resulted in millions of self-deportations.
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Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., told Fox News Digital Thursday that Noem’s departure would eliminate “distractions” and “conflicts” that erupted at DHS under her leadership.
“The department needs to be entirely focused on its mission, given the situation in the Middle East right now,” Lawler said, referring to Operation Epic Fury in Iran.
Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., who is not running for reelection, wrote on social media Thursday that a “change in leadership at the Department of Homeland Security was long overdue.”
House Democrats, many of whom fiercely criticized Noem’s role in the Trump administration, appeared to agree.
“She’s done enough damage that the president finally came to his senses,” Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., the lead Democrat on the House homeland security panel, said Thursday.
“I think it’s the right decision by the president. It’s been a long time coming,” Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., told Fox News Digital.
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When asked about Mullin’s appointment, Moskowitz said he wished him good luck. “She’s left him a disaster, but obviously I want him to succeed,” the Florida Democrat said of Noem’s tenure. “We should all want that, so let’s give him that opportunity.”
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