My first time riding an Argentinian bred horse— her name is “Abundance”— she reaffirmed that no hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle! pic.twitter.com/M6BfFeaSo2

— Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) July 29, 2025

The above tweet is not directly relevant to the quotation in the headline. It’s not irrelevant either, however. KSAT in San Antonio this week obtained via public records requests a set of text messages between Kerrville, Texas officials from the immediate aftermath of the early July 4th flash flood disaster that killed at least 140 people statewide, 110 of them in the larger Kerr County, many of them trapped at summer camps and campsites in the normally arid region’s maze of gullies and streams. “Just saw you met Homeland Barbi, how is she?!?!?!” one Kerrville staffer texted City Manager Dalton Rice after dog-murdering DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s July 5th press conference.

“Beahahaha basically homeland Barbie,” Rice responded, indicating that the contempt for the plastic surgery-ravaged former South Dakota governor – more commonly referred to as “ICE Barbie” on left-leaning blogs and news sites – has percolated even among officials in deep red areas of the country.

Rice, who at the presser had at the very least hinted that fault for the disaster lay with the Trump Regime’s depleted National Weather Service, received praise from his counterparts in municipalities across the state. “Dalton, great job at the press conference. Steady, factual, clear. I know we sent crews up very early this morning and have more on the way,” San Antonio City Manager Erik Walsh wrote in an email to Rice on what KSAT says was just before noon July 4th, but that timeline doesn’t totally add up since it was just hours after the flood. Might’ve been an error in the article.

“Whoever prayed for this should pray for cease fire in Israel,” Kerrville City Councilwoman Delayne Sigerman wrote in a group text with Rice on the morning of the disaster. KSAT did not further elaborate on the context of why Sigerman wrote that to other local government officials.

Asked for comment on the texts, a Kerrville official responded with “At this time, all personnel are still involved in Emergency Operations Center functions and are unavailable for an interview. We will maintain a record of your request for a future opportunity, and you are welcome to reach out again.”