Kristen Welker, the Harvard-educated host of NBC’s “Meet the Press,” made an elementary error on Sunday that any regular follower of politics would easily avoid.
Welker was holding court with a panel discussing the ongoing DHS shutdown orchestrated by the Democrats when she seemingly forgot that someone was running the department.
“There’s the fact that there is no head of DHS right now at a time when DHS is shut down,” Welker says.
That would certainly come as alarming news to millions of Americans if it were true.
WATCH:
NBC’s Kristen Welker: “there is no head of @DHS.” @SecMullinDHS was confirmed and sworn in TWO WEEKS AGO pic.twitter.com/x5TqgojQDU
— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) April 5, 2026
Thankfully, Welker’s statement is completely false. Had she bothered to do her homework, she would have known that Mullin was sworn in as DHS Secretary back on March 24.
Former Obama DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson then responded without bothering to correct Welker’s error. Instead, he discussed pieces of legislation that could potentially reopen the federal government.
Internet users mocked Welker following her mistake.
@kwelkernbc 👇 pic.twitter.com/9cnAl3mAWA
— Barbara P (@barbarapagem) April 5, 2026
DEI Welker is juuust a little behind
— Parrhesianaut (@Parrhesianaut) April 5, 2026
@NBCNews @kwelkernbc you’re doing great pic.twitter.com/IsYmWgx39m
— Jackson Smith VII (@JacksonSmithVII) April 5, 2026
Walker so damn dumb she belongs on CNN
— GermanJP (@GermanJP916) April 5, 2026
While it may be fun to mock Welker, it’s important to remember that millions of Americans watch her show and consider her a reliable source of information.
An incident like this should also encourage conservatives to go on left-leaning shows like “Meet the Press” if only to fact-check the hosts.
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