Gov. Kristi Noem has taken much deserved heat for her disappointing and politically disastrous decision to veto a bill that would have completely banned transsexuals from invading women’s sports. Once a prized star in the constellation of GOP Presidential hopefuls, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has become an object lesson in never investing too much hope in a politician, too early…
Noem’s failure on the transgender sports bill is not her first time failing her constituents. Noem has repeatedly been offered chances to stake her claim as a serious national ideological trendsetter for the Republican Party, and she has repeatedly rejected these opportunities. Syrian immigrant Ahmad Al Aliwi Al-Issa’s massacre of ten people in Boulder, Colorado hearkens back to a prior time when Noem let Americans down, on refugee resettlement. Like every other part of America, South Dakota has received thousands of refugees from around the globe. During President Obama’s second term, South Dakota received refugees faster than any state except for two…
One of the major achievements of the Trump administration was a major cut to the number of refugees admitted into the United States every year. Not only that, but in 2019 the administration gave U.S. states the right to turn down refugee resettlement entirely.
Given how many refugees her state was sent throughout the Obama administration, Noem might have jumped at the opportunity to take a break.
Instead, Noem turned down the president’s offer. Read more…