Kristi Noem Hearing: Why Dodging a Yes-or-No Question Is Always the Wrong Move
About this episode
The episode discusses Kristi Noem's evasive response during a congressional hearing and its implications on her judgment.
Kristi Noem sat before a congressional committee and was asked a yes-or-no question. She talked for four minutes without saying yes or no. That non-answer told us everything we needed to know — not about the question, but about her judgment. In this episode: Why the hearing room was already loaded before the question was asked, and how a fired Coast Guard pilot, a missing bag, and a cover story about a weighted blanket built the case against herHow Noem's pattern of refusing to retract, refus...
People in this episode
Host: Molly McPherson
Topics covered
- politics
- judgment
- accountability
- communication
- government hearings
Keywords
- Kristi Noem
- congressional hearing
- yes-or-no question
- judgment
- communication
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Coast Guard
Places: congressional committee
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