01/30/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/30/2026 16:55
Today, Attorney General Pam Bondi, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard cancelled or did not show up to a scheduled "fireside chat" with the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS). Right before the event was set to begin, the president of NASS got up and announced, "No one is coming."
Bondi is facing backlash for the arrest of Don Lemon, the botched release of the Epstein files, and attempting to extort Minnesota for their voter rolls, Noem is under fire for the killings of Alex Pretti and Renée Good by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis, and Gabbard was spotted at the FBI raid of a Georgia election office in her apparent role hunting for 2020 election fraud in an election that Donald Trump lost.
Twice this week, Donald Trump refused to take questions from the press during scheduled public events amid the massive backlash his administration is facing.
In response,DNC Deputy Communications Director Abhi Rahman released the following statement:
"Donald Trump and his bumbling circle of loyalists are running scared from the American public. Today, Pam Bondi, Kristi Noem, and Tulsi Gabbard no-showed an event because the White House is in the midst of massive political fallout as the Trump-Vance administration loses the support of the American people - even from Trump's own supporters - and they're all in the hot seat. The administration is waging vengeful attacks on Americans' constitutional rights and protecting pedophiles like Jeffrey Epstein, while the economy continues to take a nosedive, and working families continue to struggle. Americans have hit their limit, and Bondi, Noem, and Gabbard don't want to answer for it."