South Dakota Governor, Kristi Noem welcomes 2024 Republican Presidential hopeful Donald Trump to the stage during a rally in Rapid City, South Dakota.
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Just a few miles from Mount Rushmore, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem endorsed Donald Trump’s presidential bid.
Noem has been a key ally to the Republican presidential front-runner over the years and praised the former president’s time in the White House.
“He is a man of significance. He is the leader, the fighter, that our country needs,” Noem said Friday, speaking at a rally in Rapid City, South Dakota.
“He has my full and complete endorsement for President of the United States of America. I will do everything in my power to help him win to save this great country.”
Trump thanked Noem for her endorsement at a fundraiser for the state’s Republican Party, saying “it means a lot.” He has a strong history with a state that many presidential contenders often overlook in their campaigning.
He won the state handily in 2016 and 2020 and has come to the sparsely populated state three times in the last five years.
Noem is known nationally for her handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. She refused to mandate shutdowns or enforce social distancing guidelines aimed at curbing the virus’ spread. When Trump was running for reelection in 2020, she invited him to attend a Fourth of July fireworks display at the foot of Mount Rushmore, where he too flouted social distancing recommendations, and gave a speech warning of what he called “new far-left fascism.”
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The endorsement shifts speculations about Noem’s political future. The rising Republican governor was once considered a…
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