Peers Shocked At Nielsen's 'Cruella De Vil' Presser, Hardline Immigration Views [View all]
By Kate Riga | July 3, 2018 9:48 am
Former colleagues of DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen — from Georgetown University to her stint with the Bush administration to her homeland security career — have theories for why the wonky career bureaucrat they once knew has transformed into the poster child for the Trump administration’s most extreme immigration policies.
According to a Politico Magazine report, her behavior is baffling to some of those familiar with her personality.
“This almost Cruella de Vil press conference that she held was shocking to those of us who know her,” said Arick Wierson, Nielsen’s classmate at Georgetown. “That’s not the Kirstjen we know.”
To others, the about-face can be interpreted as responsibility to stick with the turbulent administration and provide a sense of quiet calm from the inside.
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