South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s election-year fight with fellow Republicans in the Legislature has spurred criticism she is neglecting her job to angle for the White House.
FILE - President Donald Trump speaks to Gov.-elect Kristi Noem, R-S.D., during a meeting at the White House, Dec. 12, 2018, in Washington. South Dakota Gov. Noem's election-year fight with fellow Republicans in the Legislature has spurred criticism she is neglecting her job to angle for the White House. – South Dakota Gov.
Republican pollster Brent Buchanan says that in Donald Trump's GOP, such intraparty squabbles aren't a liability and may even be an asset for a politician trying to curry favor with the former president and the voters who support him.“It helps her if they don’t pass more so than if they did,” Buchanan said. “Trump has primed Republican leaders to think about the unfaithful within their own ranks.
Noem has shown a knack for the political theatrics invaluable in Trump's Republican Party and last month won the former president's endorsement for her reelection campaign. Her social media feeds are filled with images of her riding a motorcycle at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, on horseback carrying an American flag, showing off a flamethrower and hunting pheasants.
“You have a governor who is trying to get her name out and sadly that’s what a lot of these bills are — it’s to be used for election material, not to affect any real policy change,” said Democratic state Sen. Troy Heinert. “It looks to me like we’re trying to out-crazy Texas and Florida.”Noem has adopted some of Trump’s bombast, name-calling fellow Republicans on Twitter when they do something she doesn't like.
in a fatal traffic crash. “It’s probably been one of the biggest struggles I’ve had just because I know he’s looking for a reason to blame me for everything.”“A lot of bridges have been burned,” said Jon Schaff, a political science professor at Northern State University."There is a rump portion of the Republican Party that is just not on board with Kristi Noem.”
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