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stollen

(802 posts)
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 07:53 AM 21 hrs ago

Why is Noem carrying around a $4,400 bag

and wearing a Rolex? Granted, she's doubled her salary since becoming Sec of Homeland Security, and she has SS with her. However, any American traveling to Paris will say their top concern is pick pockets and they guard against it, justified or not.

If DC is so "crime ridden," why does Kristi make herself such a target? Is she really just all about image and other Eva Braun bullshit, trying to improve her hick demeanor for her Master?

She took her family to a burger joint. She needs $3,000 for, say, 10 orders of burgers/fries at $15/each?

If DC is so "crime ridden," according to Noem herself, why is she setting herself up, and the country, as an obvious target?

Could it be, she's really THAT much out of her league, too self-possessed to comprehend the importance of her job description? She can't even secure her own valuables, let alone keep the homeland safe. I recommend getting rid of HLS. It's a waste of money.

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Why is Noem carrying around a $4,400 bag (Original Post) stollen 21 hrs ago OP
I know. To hear them tell it you can't walk down the street in any major city without getting raped or robbed. Yet she Walleye 21 hrs ago #1
She cannot walk the talk. stollen 21 hrs ago #2
Not only can't she protect her purse, but she can't deal with a rowdy puppy without shooting him. My idea of a bad Walleye 20 hrs ago #18
Point taken stollen 12 hrs ago #37
About that $3k ... Mike Niendorff 21 hrs ago #3
Why did she need that much cash? Botany 21 hrs ago #6
An ounce of coke goes for about $3,000 displacedvermoter 20 hrs ago #11
Not the cola? Bluethroughu 19 hrs ago #20
Pepsi not Coke! displacedvermoter 19 hrs ago #21
Is the US so backward that it still carries cash stollen 21 hrs ago #7
it's also possible she didn't have any cash, and lied. Meadowoak 21 hrs ago #8
Yup. We only have her word regarding the contents & that's good for shit in my book SheltieLover 20 hrs ago #10
Said The Same Yesterday ProfessorGAC 18 hrs ago #33
I don't assume the truth from her stollen 12 hrs ago #38
The nose candy vendors only take cash. Or she was buying Easter eggs for the neighborhood. I bet the former. dutch777 20 hrs ago #12
Good point stollen 12 hrs ago #39
Or.. homegirl 18 hrs ago #26
Insurance claim stollen 12 hrs ago #40
Made in China?............... Lovie777 21 hrs ago #4
Any true bounder would have gone with the Hermes to the Capital Burger Prairie Gates 21 hrs ago #5
It goes with the rest of her k_buddy762 20 hrs ago #9
More importantly, why are we carrying around a Kristi Noem? marble falls 20 hrs ago #13
For someone who pretends to be tough wearing Emile 20 hrs ago #14
She loves to flaunt herself and her wealth. Irish_Dem 20 hrs ago #15
She's the one who goes target shooting stollen 20 hrs ago #16
Yesterday, She claimed itcfish 20 hrs ago #17
Because her $50K handbags are not for travel? 🤔 TheBlackAdder 20 hrs ago #19
Needed to Traildogbob 19 hrs ago #22
Hey, I'm OK with her carrying around a $44,000 bag, as long as it puts her political career in the shitter. (nt) Paladin 19 hrs ago #23
That amount of cash was a pay-off mercuryblues 19 hrs ago #24
First sentence makes sense. stollen 12 hrs ago #41
Cash is not traceable dreamland 18 hrs ago #25
Or she is bribing families whose loved ones are incarerated? stollen 12 hrs ago #43
I assume if the cash was "illegal" in any way then she would not have reported it stolen. Midnight Writer 18 hrs ago #27
A few observations AverageOldGuy 18 hrs ago #28
Meth. We're on it. South Dakota........She's a flake IA8IT 18 hrs ago #30
Meth...hitlers drug Clouds Passing 17 hrs ago #35
First paragraph stollen 12 hrs ago #44
puppy killer pamdb 18 hrs ago #29
To pay off the El Salvadoran president stollen 12 hrs ago #45
Very suspicious, as if the thief must have known there was lots of cash inside IronLionZion 18 hrs ago #31
Handbag on the floor SARose 18 hrs ago #32
Thief must had a clear shot of purse stollen 12 hrs ago #46
Trump does not hire anyone or associate with anyone who doesn't have a clean history. No one can be an aide or any LiberalArkie 17 hrs ago #34
Willing to do anything for a free dinner. Lame side hustle IA8IT 16 hrs ago #36
It's some scam but we don;t know the details yet struggle4progress 12 hrs ago #42

Walleye

(39,752 posts)
1. I know. To hear them tell it you can't walk down the street in any major city without getting raped or robbed. Yet she
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 07:55 AM
21 hrs ago

Trusted the clientele of this restaurant to be honest. Disconnect.

stollen

(802 posts)
2. She cannot walk the talk.
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 07:58 AM
21 hrs ago

She's all artifice.

Meanwhile, the country took a pass on Clinton and Harris, two uniquely qualified women, to get this "thing." Trump missed the Barbie memo.

Walleye

(39,752 posts)
18. Not only can't she protect her purse, but she can't deal with a rowdy puppy without shooting him. My idea of a bad
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 08:50 AM
20 hrs ago

Person

Mike Niendorff

(3,596 posts)
3. About that $3k ...
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 07:59 AM
21 hrs ago

It's possible she just randomly decided to carry $3,000 cash in pocket-money around with her that morning.

Or, it's also possible, that this big wad of cash was a payoff or bribe that got slipped to her earlier in day, and she just hadn't gotten home to unload it yet.

Just sayin'.


MDN

Botany

(73,901 posts)
6. Why did she need that much cash?
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 08:05 AM
21 hrs ago

What % of Americans now pay with their debit cards and or apps on their phones?

Something does not pass the smell test here.

stollen

(802 posts)
7. Is the US so backward that it still carries cash
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 08:10 AM
21 hrs ago

...in large bills, no less, in a "crime infested" city, in a $4,400 bag while wearing a Rolex? Most Europe cities have gone plastic. London is one of them.

Maybe having large sums of cash is part of her artifice, like stilettos are supposed to be? She may as well revamp Melania's infamous jacket to say, "Rob me."

ProfessorGAC

(72,378 posts)
33. Said The Same Yesterday
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 11:09 AM
18 hrs ago

She's a professional liar. Why are we assuming she's telling the truth about this?

stollen

(802 posts)
38. I don't assume the truth from her
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 04:42 PM
12 hrs ago

when it's rather easy to debunk her stories, like you would a child's.

dutch777

(4,297 posts)
12. The nose candy vendors only take cash. Or she was buying Easter eggs for the neighborhood. I bet the former.
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 08:20 AM
20 hrs ago

stollen

(802 posts)
39. Good point
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 04:44 PM
12 hrs ago

Bottom line is, nobody carries around that kind of cash unless for surreptitious purposes.

k_buddy762

(66 posts)
9. It goes with the rest of her
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 08:16 AM
20 hrs ago

When she has $25k in plastic and rubber facial work and God only knows what else is rubber and plastic on her body, carrying around a $4k bag makes perfect sense.

I guess.

Emile

(34,149 posts)
14. For someone who pretends to be tough wearing
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 08:31 AM
20 hrs ago

tactical gear and gripping an assault rifle, she can't even stop a small time thief. What a joke.

Irish_Dem

(68,459 posts)
15. She loves to flaunt herself and her wealth.
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 08:34 AM
20 hrs ago

Wearing expensive jewelry, clothing, flashy hair, make up etc.

She is a dramatic narcissist who love looking important and rich.
Like Hegseth.

stollen

(802 posts)
16. She's the one who goes target shooting
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 08:39 AM
20 hrs ago

...whether at bullseyes or domestic farm animals.

So why does she insist on making herself a target?

I think you've already laid out the reason. Plus, she's just dumb.

itcfish

(1,833 posts)
17. Yesterday, She claimed
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 08:41 AM
20 hrs ago

it was $3,000. Really who carries around that amount of cash? Probably paying for something that is not legal and wants no one to be able to trace the payment????

Traildogbob

(10,982 posts)
22. Needed to
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 09:36 AM
19 hrs ago

Match the value of her watch. Accessories are important to your image as a leader.
I am surprised she was without a gun. Lots of free roaming dogs out there these days.
The party of the working class. Billionaires and Millionaires. All fighting for us commoners.
And tax payers are footing the bill of all her costumes and those accessories.

Paladin

(30,211 posts)
23. Hey, I'm OK with her carrying around a $44,000 bag, as long as it puts her political career in the shitter. (nt)
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 09:38 AM
19 hrs ago

mercuryblues

(15,563 posts)
24. That amount of cash was a pay-off
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 09:53 AM
19 hrs ago

She could not put it in the bank, so she has to spend it.

or...
It wasn't the cash they were after. The ID badge.

Some posts here stated the there was another purse snatching in the area a few days prior. I just watched a true crime where the killer broke into a few homes in the neighborhood prior to the murder. Then he broke into his own home, the same way to kill his wife.

stollen

(802 posts)
41. First sentence makes sense.
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 04:49 PM
12 hrs ago

Is she forcing a ransom on families with loved ones in El Salvador?

dreamland

(1,081 posts)
25. Cash is not traceable
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 10:27 AM
18 hrs ago

We just need to know who she was going to meet with after her lunch.

stollen

(802 posts)
43. Or she is bribing families whose loved ones are incarerated?
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 04:51 PM
12 hrs ago

And the families hired someone to steal it back?

A stretch...

Midnight Writer

(23,734 posts)
27. I assume if the cash was "illegal" in any way then she would not have reported it stolen.
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 10:30 AM
18 hrs ago

It would be like a drug dealer calling 911 to report their stash was stolen.

AverageOldGuy

(2,540 posts)
28. A few observations
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 10:33 AM
18 hrs ago

My wife and daughter both commented “I would never set my purse on the floor anywhere, especially not a restaurant what with grease, food spills, dirt tracked in. And that’s just asking for someone to snitch it.”

DC police investigate thefts of large amounts of cash because they figure anyone carrying 3 large is probably making a drug deal.

As for the $50,000 Rolex - I wear an original Rolex GMT Master, purchased at the Bien HOA, Vietnam, military exchange in 1970 on my way home from a year in the bush - $196.00. I ship it back to Rolex USA every 8 years for cleaning and adjustment and they tell me to insure it for $15,000!!

Norm is typical of the privileged know-nothings surrounding Trump.

pamdb

(1,415 posts)
29. puppy killer
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 10:34 AM
18 hrs ago

And why the hell does she have her passport with her? In case she needs to make another flying visit for yet another prison photo op?

IronLionZion

(48,552 posts)
31. Very suspicious, as if the thief must have known there was lots of cash inside
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 10:43 AM
18 hrs ago

Everything about this story sounds suspicious. That was a brazen theft in front of plenty of people and secret service and security cameras. Nobody noticed anything?

Purse snatching sounds kind of old timey. One doesn't hear much of that in the news these days. We do hear a lot about carjackings and shoplifting.

So I'm pretty skeptical about this story.

SARose

(1,335 posts)
32. Handbag on the floor
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 10:52 AM
18 hrs ago

Heard yesterday Barbie’s bag was on the floor underneath her chair. The person who stole it was seated behind her at another table and used his foot to drag it over to him.

Handbag on the floor. Ladies - how many of you put your purse on a restaurant floor while dining?

That is so gross! When I am in a restaurant I

Place my purse on an empty seat near me;

Hang it on the back of my chair; or

Use the handbag hook my granddaughter gave me for Christmas. The hook hangs from the table.

Under no circumstances would I ever put my purse on the floor.

🤢

stollen

(802 posts)
46. Thief must had a clear shot of purse
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 04:58 PM
12 hrs ago

...perhaps saw her walking in with it? I'm gonna guess she chose a bright red colored bag encrusted with sparkly diamonds.

LiberalArkie

(17,989 posts)
34. Trump does not hire anyone or associate with anyone who doesn't have a clean history. No one can be an aide or any
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 11:16 AM
17 hrs ago

position who can not be blackmailed.

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