‘It immediately panicked my family and friends’

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blasted California Gov. Gavin Newsom for posting a “really menacing” warning to her online — insisting it panicked her loved ones in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s death.

The DHS boss said her family and friends were immediately alarmed when Newsom’s office posted over the weekend: “Kristi Noem is going to have a bad day today. You’re welcome, America.”

“It was cryptic and it was really menacing,” Noem’s told Fox News’ “Hannity” on Monday.

“It immediately panicked my family and friends. Within, I would say, a couple of minutes of that being posted I started to get text messages and phone calls. Family, my kids saying, ‘Are you okay, Mom? Are you fine?’ They know the threats that I’ve had.”

She said her loved ones were aware of threats her family has already received from “cartels and criminals” ever since she started rolling out the Trump administration immigration policies.

“So you know, this is a day and age where we’ve always known that words matter, but there’s been real consequences that we have realized that have happened to incredible people like Charlie [Kirk] that we’ll have to live with forever, and I hope we all learn from that,” she added.

“I hope we all learn that it’s time to start listening to each other, having civil discourse, and stop ridiculous, irresponsible posts like Governor Newsom put out there.”

US Attorney for the Central District of California, Bill Essayli, has since referred Newsom’s post to the Secret Service.

“We have zero tolerance for direct or implicit threats against government officials,” Essayli said in an X statement. “I’ve referred this matter to @SecretService and requested a full threat assessment.”