During a congressional hearing, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem faced criticism for her theatrical public appearances and photo ops, which many consider undermining the seriousness of her role.
Please know I am OK, I have done a lot [of] work around knowing who I am, what is real and what is important to me. My therapist said something years ago that has been a gamechanger, no one can make you believe something about yourself that you don't already believe about yourself.
Media appearances might be beneficial, depending on the circumstances, according to ethics professor Renee Knake Jefferson, who teaches at the University of Houston Law Center. "It may very well be that a judge commenting in a major news outlet is what is needed to correct misinformation so that the public can be informed when they go to vote in a judicial election or recall," she says.
When you pull out a chainsaw to celebrate firing thousands of people, they get mad! This poor guy, you do one, maybe two Nazi salutes, and everybody gets all bent out of shape.