“I Had 16 Speeding Tickets” - DHS Sec Kristi Noem OPENS UP On Past Driving CONTROVERSY
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🗓️ 27 February 2026
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Patrick Bet-David sits down with DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to discuss her claim that “they spied on me,” the discovery of a secret DHS file room, the fallout surrounding El Mencho and cartel operations, and efforts to identify and remove alleged deep state actors inside the Department of Homeland Security.
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| 0:00.0 | I have two fun questions for you and let's see how this goes with the fun questions. |
| 0:05.9 | So one time I got pulled over, okay, and I am famous for having a lot of speeding tickets, okay? |
| 0:15.0 | I try to be a cop. |
| 0:17.0 | I try to be a cop and a firefighter. |
| 0:18.8 | They said, I couldn't do it. |
| 0:19.8 | I said, why not? |
| 0:20.8 | I was in a military. I got out. They said, you have 16 speeding tickets and your license was suspended once you can't be a cop, so I couldn't be a cop. Is it true you like to drive fast and get a lot of speeding tickets? Is that a, is that right what I'm reading? |
| 0:36.5 | I used to. |
| 0:37.8 | I would say before I ever got into politics and before I ran for Congress, yes. |
| 0:42.4 | I grew up with a dad that was always in a hurry, you know, and he, we lived on a farm and |
| 0:48.1 | a ranch and he would tell me, you know, Christy, get to town and get those parts and get back |
| 0:52.5 | here as fast as you can. |
| 0:54.6 | So in our family, yes, had quite a few speeding tickets. |
| 0:58.1 | But when I ran for Congress, it was quite an issue. |
| 1:00.8 | People would say, you know, how can you write the law when you knowingly break the law? |
| 1:07.5 | And that really resonated with me. |
| 1:09.6 | It was true that even though I didn't think at the time the way that I grew up that speeding tickets were a big deal, if people were going to trust me to go out and to actually write the law in Congress, then I needed to. So I'm completely reformed, Patrick. I hope you are to. Are you fully? I can't I can't say I'm fully reform. Listen,, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the world's a |
| 1:29.5 | safe for a place if they don't drive. They make fast cars for a reason, secretary. No. I mean, these, these cars are built to drive them. For you to have a car with a lot of power and you want me to go 65. Give me a flipping break. I hope my kids never see it. I've driven some of those too and it's been |
| 1:45.7 | I mean that I think see it. I've driven some of those too. |
| 1:45.2 | And it's been, I mean, that I think the first time I became a NASCAR fan was when they let me |
| 1:49.8 | go drive some, some cars at Lowe's Motor Speedway. And I was addicted. They also said that I missed |
| 1:56.4 | my calling that I should have. Really? I do, I do love to drive, but I am reformed. |
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