The South Dakota government, Kristi Noem, which gained a national profile for refusing to order an economic strike amid the coronavirus pandemic, spoke at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, on Saturday. talked.
Name began her career in the South Dakota Legislature before being elected in 2011 as the sole member of the U.S. House of Representatives in South Dakota.
She served as a U.S. congressman from South Dakota until 2019, when she became the state’s first female governor.
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Noem has now joined former President Donald Trump and was a top replacement for his 2020 re-election campaign.
FILE – In this January 8, 2019 file photo, the Government of South Dakota, Kristi Noem, is giving her first State of the Nation Address in Pierre, SD, while many other governors of President Donald Trump have broken orders to order the spread of coronavirus at home or when to resume economic activities, Noem followed close to the president. (AP Photo / James Nord, file)
After the election, Noem supports Trump’s unfounded challenges for the results and he remains in doubt about the election, even after President Joe Biden was sworn in, although she did attend his inauguration.
“I think we deserve fair and transparent elections,” she said on January 28. “I think there are a lot of people who doubt that.”
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After the riots at the Capitol on January 6, Noem writes in an opinion for The Federalist that the events are “unacceptable”, but does not blame Trump for the actions of the rioters.
She also criticized the IDP and set out her vision for the party’s future.
“Republicans gave the American people a chance. But we did not follow it,” she wrote in The Federalist two days after the riot.
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“The Republican Party exists to fight for America and for every American,” she continued. “The challenge we face is to continue to be the one nation in the history of the world where any person, regardless of their status at birth, can make something of themselves.”
Nome is being driven by a number of experts as a potential presidential candidate in 2024, but she has consistently denied any interest in the candidate.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.