Did kristy noem use a nazi slogan
Executive summary
Kristi Noem did stand at a Department of Homeland Security podium that displayed the phrase "One of ours, all of yours" during a Jan. 8, 2026 press conference about the killing of Renee Good [1] [2]. Critics immediately linked the wording to Nazi-era collective-punishment rhetoric such as reprisals like the Lidice massacre, while historians and several fact-checking reports say there is no documentary evidence that the exact English phrase was a formal Nazi slogan — leaving the claim that she "used a Nazi slogan" factually mixed: the slogan appeared visually, but its identification as a literal Nazi slogan is not substantiated [3] [4] [2].
1. The podium and the timing: image, event, and outrage
Photographs and video from the Department of Homeland Security news conference on Jan. 8 show Kristi Noem speaking behind a podium bearing the words "One of ours, all of yours," and the event came one day after the death of Renee Nicole Good during an ICE operation in Minneapolis — a sequence that amplified public reaction [1] [5]. The visual alone was enough to prompt rapid circulation and protest on social platforms and to draw commentary from public figures who tied the language to historical reprisals [3] [6].
2. Why critics linked it to Nazi-era reprisals
Observers and commentators, including musician-activist Tom Morello, framed the phrase as echoing the logic behind Nazi collective punishment — most prominently the 1942 Lidice atrocity, where reprisals killed and deported villagers after the assassination of an SS officer — and Morello explicitly called it a "Nazi mass murder slogan," which helped the allegation spread widely [7] [1] [3]. Multiple outlets and social posts drew thematic parallels between "one-for-one" or "collective punishment" rhetoric and mid-20th-century reprisals, and those historical resonances are what drove the immediate accusation of Nazi-like language [3] [8].
3. The counterpoint: no clear historical trace of the exact phrase
At the same time, reporting across music, entertainment and fact-check channels cautioned that while the phrase evokes collective-punishment ideas associated with fascist regimes, historians and journalists have not found evidence that the exact English sentence "One of ours, all of yours" was a documented Nazi propaganda slogan in official German or translated orders [4] [2] [9]. Several outlets noted that critics were making a thematic, not strictly textual, association — meaning the objection rests on perceived intent and resemblance rather than a verbatim historical quote [4] [2].
4. Official response and partisan dynamics
The Department of Homeland Security pushed back on the Nazi-labeling, with spokespeople and allied voices dismissing comparisons as overreach or tired invocations of "Nazi propaganda," and many Republican politicians did not publicly denounce the phrase itself, choosing instead to defend agents and condemn protesters in the context of the killing [1] [7]. Media coverage shows the controversy quickly became polarized: critics read a dangerous signal into the optics and language, while supporters either downplayed the phrase or treated it as a muscular pledge of solidarity with law enforcement [7] [6].
5. What can and cannot be concluded from available reporting
From the available reporting it is clear Noem appeared behind a podium displaying "One of ours, all of yours" and that the phrase triggered rapid accusations tying it to Nazi-era collective punishment — but the claim that she "used a Nazi slogan" in the strict historical sense is not supported by documentation cited in contemporary coverage; the linkage is interpretive and symbolic rather than a proven quotation from Nazi sources [1] [4] [2]. Reporting limitations remain: contemporary sources document the visual and the reactions, and they report historians’ inability to find a verbatim Nazi source, but they do not provide exhaustive archival proof either way, so absolute historical certitude cannot be established from the cited material [2].