Why the Hell Is Kristi Noem Carrying Around $3,000 in Cash?!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

[rich7862]

1. To pay for dinner, duhhhhhhhhh!

[JohnSJ]

2. For something she doesn't want traceable.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

6. That's what Bitcoin is for

[JohnSJ]

7. Cash works too.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. It does but Bitcoin is harder for a third party to steal

Still, one has to wonder about her security detail. Nobody should have been able to get close enough to steal her purse from her,

[JohnSJ]

10. Maybe it was somebody in her security detail. (sarcasm?)

[eppur_se_muova]

16. Pushers don't take Bitcoin.

Nose candy is cash only.

[dem4decades]

3. Botox, foundation and bronzer isn't cheap, and with that face $3k might last a day or two.

[markodochartaigh]

4. Anyone

want to bet that she had a pistol in her bag too?

Also, there is a real advantage in having Trump's people in office in this situation. Normally, with the dhs id and personal id of a high-ranking official being stolen, there would be increased security concerns necessitating law enforcement alerts. With Trump's people already in place we can be sure that the agencies have already been compromised. Any two-bit cyberhoodlum in Moscow already could access Noem's information if they wanted.

[SARose]

5. MAGA Barbie

Needed a blowout and touchup?

More lip gloss?

[LiberalArkie]

9. In the South and on the highway it is confiscated as "Drug Money". If going out to buy a used car and paying in cash

better hope you do not get stopped on the way.

The DOJ says that carrying that much cash is ALWAYS drug proceeds

[Swede]

11. She just picked up the vig.

Fuhgeddaboudit!

[bucolic_frolic]

12. I think it's pure speculation, they've got nothing concrete

Big people carry more cash. Could be emergency money, she doesn't want to leave it home to be susceptible to theft. Or it could be for fringe expenses, but I doubt they can manufacture something out of it unless there's more evidence. Question is, where'd she get it? Cashing a paycheck, bank withdrawals ... not a problem. Not sticking up for her, just listening.

[sheshe2]

13. What outfit was she wearing when she was "robbed"?

And was her reaction, "tough Girl mode" or perhaps to soften her image a bit she....





She had to make up for her faux pas with the locked and loaded assault rifle she had pointed to a fellow agent's head. She had to show her vulnerable side.

[steelyboo]

14. If memory serves from my wilder younger days, the motels that rent rooms by the hour only take cash :)

[MagaSmash]

15. She has to be SERVICING other GQP'ers

[appmanga]

17. Drug dealers don't take AMEX (nt)

[wolfie001]

18. If Crusty Noem pays cash for her latest round of plastic surgery........

......then there will be no financial trail. That way we'll never know how many trips she took to look that ghoulish.

[some_of_us_are_sane]

21. Brillo pads are cheap

to grind off those pock-marked cheeks... and plain CRISCO should work fine on those inflated lips.

(Plus, with the large sized can, she could get a whole WEEK out of it!)

(The girl needs to budget better. )

[wolfie001]

22. For the same outcome too

Cheers

[some_of_us_are_sane]

23. Back attcha!

[aggiesal]

19. It was her share of the loot that DOGE stole from all the agencies n/t

[Dan]

20. Coke.