Sen. Tim Kaine, a Virginia Democrat, expressed regret on Sunday for supporting Kristi Noem for Department of Homeland Security secretary last year.
“Big mistake,” Kaine said on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.”
President Trump announced Thursday that Noem would leave her role following a string of controversies that boiled over last week. The president announced that he had selected GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma as her replacement.
Kaine was one of seven Democrats who voted in favor of Noem’s confirmation to the role at the helm of DHS last year. On Sunday, Kaine, a former governor, pointed to Noem’s time leading South Dakota as his justification for supporting her confirmation, saying “governors are often good Cabinet secretaries.”
