These two statements are self-contridicory. After caving to her leftist campaign contributors and vetoing a bill that would have kept men out of young girls' locker room showers, Governor Noem doubled down and made the legislature water down all of their anti-grooming legislation. She is a liberal stooge of globalist donors.
She vetoed the first bill because it was poorly written.
Signed the re-written bill.
From the links below
“... After initially supporting House Bill 1217, Noem sent a style and form veto back to the legislature with a slew of requests, including removing a provision designed to protect collegiate sports. :
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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gov-noem-trans-athlete-bill-strongest-womens-sports