Prominent Trump critic defends Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem after firings

Politics
6 Apr 2026 • 8:07 PM MYT
The Independent
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Gavin Newsom's wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, has defended former Trump administration officials Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem after the pair were fired from their respective roles as Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security.

Ms Newsom said she was not a fan of either Ms Bondi nor Ms Noem, but felt the need to "call out that it's no surprise... that the first two prominent people pushed out of this administration were women."

"Women are brought in, packaged Mar-a-Lago style, and lifted up as long as they commit to wholeheartedly serve the interests of the patriarch at the top," she added.