Fact Check: Did Kristi Noem’s podium at DHS use problematic slogan ‘One of ours, all of yours’?
This story has been updated with a comment from the Department of Homeland Security.
Update: DHS spoke to Billboard regarding the slogan's usage.
The Department of Homeland Security responded: “Calling everything you dislike ‘Nazi propaganda’ is tiresome. DHS will continue to use all tools to communicate with the American people and keep them informed on our historic effort to Make America Safe Again.”
WASHINGTON, DC: A phrase popped up on a Department of Homeland Security podium at a press conference in January 2026, and it’s been making the rounds online ever since.
People are claiming it’s a problematic slogan, even calling it fascist rhetoric, used by DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.
The phrase in question, 'One of ours, all of yours,' got plenty of backlash.
Tom Morello, the musician, even called it a 'verbatim Nazi mass murder slogan.' (sic)
Claim: Kristi Noem’s podium at DHS used the slogan ‘One of ours, all of yours’
Social media posts and public figures have claimed that a controversial line, 'One of ours, all of yours' was prominently displayed on Kristi Noem’s podium during a January news conference and that it directly reflects a fascist slogan advocating collective punishment.
Wait so Kristi Noem’s podium at DHS is just a straight up Nazi slogan now?
— Wu Tang is for the Children (@WUTangKids) January 13, 2026
"One of ours, all of yours" was a Nazi policy made when an SS officer was killed in a Czech Village and then the Nazis killed every single resident of that village in response…..but don’t you dare call… pic.twitter.com/3d286L3OBN
Some even assert the administration has adopted a worldview akin to fascist ideology.
The conference was held in New York City on January 8, the day after an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, to address the administration's Immigration Enforcement.
Footage and Getty Images photos from the conference show the slogan 'One of ours, all of yours' on Noem's podium.
Morello shared a post on Instagram that features a photo of him holding a guitar and a photo of Noem standing at the podium.
"The Trump admin quoted (verbatim) the Nazi mass murder slogan, 'One of ours, all of yours.' Coined when an SS officer was killed and the Nazis murdered every male resident of the village in response. If there are any MAGA left after THIS, you have made an irrevocable choice," Morello wrote.
Fact Check: Partially true
A number of online posts and photos show the phrase 'One of ours, all of yours' printed on the podium of Secretary Noem during a DHS briefing on immigration enforcement, right after the fatal ICE shooting of Renee Good.
While critics like Morello have labeled the phrase a 'mass murder slogan,' historians and fact-checking reports do not confirm that 'One of ours, all of yours' was an actual slogan used by Germany in written propaganda or orders.
The phrase is often linked rhetorically to historical practices of collective punishment, such as reprisals after the 1942 Lidice massacre, but there is no record of the exact English wording appearing in the German speeches.
The phrase has surged in visibility because it's being applied to contemporary political rhetoric (eg, criticisms of figures like Kristi Noem or Trump administration statements perceived as embracing far-right themes).
People are upset due to the Lidice connection, where the ideology of one "superior" life outweighing many "inferior" ones directly mirrors fascist doctrines.
The debate now centers on interpretation and historical parallels, not whether the text was physically there. This has fueled viral discussions labeling it authoritarian or worse, with DHS downplaying it as solidarity messaging.
