CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MARCH 9, 2026
THERE IS A LESSON FOR ALL OF US IN THE FIRING OF DHS SECRETARY KRISTI NOEM.
WHEN A CALIFORNIA CONGRESSWOMAN ASKED HER A DIRECT QUESTION AT A HEARING LAST WEEK, NOEM DIDN’T ANSWER. THE QUESTION WAS “ARE YOU HAVING A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH COREY LEWANDOWSKI? NOEM BLAMED GUTTER TABLOID JOIURNALISM, BUT IT WAS A SIMPLE QUESTION THAT REQUIRED A NO, OR YES. HER REFUSAL TO GIVE A DIRECT ANSWER WILL CONFIRM IN MANY MINDS THAT THE MARRIED MOTHER OF THREE IS, INDEED, CARRYING ON A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MARRIED FATHER OF FIVE.
NOEM HAS TALKED ABOUT HER CHRISTIAN FAITH, BUT SERIOUS CHRISTIANS PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM THIS ULTIMATE TEMPTATION. IT’S THE BILLY GRAHAM RULE. THE LATE EVANGELIST TOOK HIS AND THE LORD’S REPUTATION SO SERIOUSLY HE WOULD NEVER BE ALONE WITH A WOMAN NOT HIS WIFE. THAT IS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE POWER OF SATAN. IT IS ALSO AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT WE ARE ALL VULNERABLE SINNERS AND IF WE DON’T PUT ON THE FULL ARMOUR OF GOD, WE COULD FALL IN SIMILAR WAYS.
THIS IS NOT TO JUDGE NOEM. BUT IT SHOULD SERVE AS A WARNING TO EVERY BELIEVER THAT NO ONE IS IMMUNE FROM TEMPTATION. IN RECOGNIZING THAT WE CAN BETTER BE PREPARED, WITH GOD’S HELP, TO RESIST IT. I’M CAL THOMAS.
