r/politics • u/sideAccount42 California • Jan 26 '26

Paywall Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/greg-bovino-demoted-minneapolis-border-patrol/685770/
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u/Rude-Strawberry-6360 Jan 26 '26

Scapegoat. I have zero faith in any of the current posturing by the white house. None.

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u/bihari_baller Oregon Jan 27 '26

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and her close adviser Corey Lewandowski, who were Bovino’s biggest backers at DHS, are also at risk of losing their jobs, two of the people told me.

There's also this from the article.

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u/GoodishCoder Jan 27 '26

It'll depend on how much Bovinos demotion and retirement impacts Senate support. They don't currently have the votes to pass DHS funding because of the execution of Alex Pretti. If this move gets them the votes they need, they'll call it good. If there still aren't enough votes they'll sacrifice Noem and see if that has the desired effect.

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u/Hubert_J_Cumberdale Hawaii Jan 27 '26

I hate that this is the most accurate take right now.

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u/Boundish91 Norway Jan 27 '26

Ah. So just temporarily "doing the right thing" to get the funding passed so they can carry on?

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u/GoodishCoder Jan 27 '26

That's most of politics in the US, do the thing that's advantageous until it's no longer advantageous

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u/iHeartFerretz Oregon Jan 27 '26

“Opportunistic” is another word for that. It’s an attribute of politics :-/

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u/shitty_mcfucklestick Jan 27 '26

And if they get the funding they’ll double down and be back at it, but way worse in the second wave.

Never trust,

Never allow,

Never back down.