Taxpayers spent thousands on hair, makeup and horses for Noem's DHS ad

Yeah i heard she didnt have to, and the crew protested, but she insisted on putting each horse down herself between takes

From the article: U.S. taxpayer dollars covered more than $286,000 on production costs for an anti-immigration ad featuring then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, according to expenses revealed by two lawmakers. Also, The Strategy Group, a Trump-allied subcontractor that created the $220 million commercial, spent more than $107,000 on labor costs, received a $60,000 "signing bonus" to produce the ad, and another $20,000 on horse rentals, Democratic Sens. Peter Welch of Vermont and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut disclosed on March 23 as part of their ongoing investigation into the no-bid contract ad campaign. A subcontractor received a $60,000 signing bonus and spent $20,000 on horse rentals used for the ad. The grift is good, the grift is right- GOP motto

I'm assuming 90% of it was Gollum's makeup.

All that hair and makeup and she still looks like Burnt Racist Barbie

She should have to reimburse us that money.

I would like that money back.

DOGE is gonna be soooo mad.

Those are some fancy horses.

I'm more concerned with how much taxpayer money was wasted so the secretary could f*** her boyfriend on the job.

It would have been more efficient of the tax payers dollars to just put that makeup directly on the horse.  

Fix the stinking title - taxpayers didn't spend it, Kristy Noem spent it. Stop relieving her of responsibility.

The hair and makeup was of course, for those horses.

Drop in the bucket compared to all the self deportations and costs associated with it