Did Kristi Noem stand at a podium that was quoted “one of ours all of yours”
Executive summary
Photographs and contemporaneous reporting show Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem standing at a One World Trade Center podium bearing the words “ONE OF OURS, ALL OF YOURS” during a Jan. 8, 2026 press conference, and multiple outlets and commentators have noted and circulated those images [1] [2] [3]. Claims that the phrase is a “verbatim” Nazi mass‑murder slogan have been made publicly (notably by musician Tom Morello and repeated in music and news outlets), but the reporting in the provided sources shows that the historical provenance of the phrase remains contested and not definitively established in these reports [4] [2] [5].
1. Visual record and immediate context: Noem at the podium
Multiple news and commentary pieces place Secretary Noem at a Manhattan press conference on Jan. 8, 2026 where photos and video clips show her behind a podium emblazoned with the phrase “ONE OF OURS, ALL OF YOURS,” and reporting ties that event to a DHS appearance at One World Trade Center the day after the fatal shooting of Renée Nicole Good by an ICE agent [1] [3] [6]. These accounts consistently describe the sign being visible on the lectern while Noem and other DHS officials spoke [1] [2].
2. Who is making the Nazi‑slogan claim and what they say
Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello publicly accused the Trump administration of quoting a “Nazi mass murder slogan” and specifically said the administration “quoted (verbatim) the Nazi mass murder slogan, ‘One of ours, all of yours,’” a claim amplified by music and mainstream outlets that reproduced his post and the image of Noem at the lectern [2] [5]. Billboard and other outlets noted Morello’s accusation and said they had reached out to institutions—such as museums—to verify whether the phrase originated with the SS or other historical fascist movements, indicating the allegation was being checked rather than accepted as settled fact [4].
3. Competing interpretations and commentary
Commentators and social posts interpret the line in sharply different ways: some treat it as an explicit statement of retaliation or a fascist‑style rallying cry, linking it to historical slogans and framing it as evidence of nativist or paramilitary posture by DHS or ICE [7] [8] [9] [10], while others unpack it as a crude in‑group/out‑group formulation—“one of ours” versus “all of yours”—drawing attention to who “us” and “you” are presumed to be when displayed on a federal podium [11]. These are interpretive readings grounded in visible text plus political context rather than independently sourced documentary proof of origin.
4. Official response and limits of documentary proof in the reporting
The Department of Homeland Security’s public replies included a dismissive line quoted in reporting—“Calling everything you dislike ‘Nazi propaganda’ is tiresome”—and a statement that DHS would continue to use its communication tools, indicating the department did not accept characterizations pushed by critics [4] [5]. At the same time, outlets such as Billboard noted they had reached out to museums to determine the phrase’s history, which the available sources show as ongoing inquiry rather than definitive attribution to Nazi sources [4]. The supplied reporting therefore establishes that the phrase was present on the podium and that accusations of Nazi provenance were made and amplified, but it does not document a conclusive historical origin for the phrase.
5. Why the distinction between presence and provenance matters
The factual claim the public is most interested in—did Noem stand at a podium reading “One of ours, all of yours”—is supported by multiple photographic and journalistic reports in the provided sources [1] [2] [3]; the sharper claim—that the phrase is a literal, “verbatim” SS or Nazi mass‑murder slogan—is asserted by prominent critics and repeated in media, but the sources available here show that provenance remains contested and under inquiry rather than conclusively proven [4] [2]. That split—between the demonstrable presence of the slogan on an official podium and uncertainty about its historical origin—is central to understanding how the image became a rallying point for both critics and defenders.