"Homeland Security boss Kristi Noem is feeling the heat of the internet after posting a video of her donning a sombrero as Mexican restaurant workers sing to her on her birthday. The video, posted on Noem's Facebook page on November 29, shows a restaurant staffer removing Noem's baseball cap and replacing it with a pink and yellow sombrero as others sing the Happy Birthday song in Spanish. They followed up by singing the song again, in English, as Noem clapped along."
"Given Noem's position in the Department of Homeland Security and the impact of ICE raids across the country, many on social media showed no mercy in response to the video. On Facebook, the video was viewed over 143,000 times and included comments like After the song she has them deported! and No dogs were harmed in the video, a reference to Noem's admission in her book that she shot and killed a puppy."
Kristi Noem, head of the Department of Homeland Security, celebrated her 54th birthday at Santo Tequila in Watertown, South Dakota, where restaurant staff removed her baseball cap and placed a pink and yellow sombrero on her while singing Happy Birthday in Spanish and later in English as she clapped. She posted the video on Facebook on November 29, and it was viewed over 143,000 times. Social media users responded angrily, citing her DHS position and the impact of ICE raids nationwide, and some commenters referenced her admission in a book about shooting and killing a puppy. The restaurant received one-star Yelp reviews and widespread online condemnation followed.
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