"Now I want to make this perfectly clear. I did not have sex with that man Corey Lewandowski!"
Posted on 09/29/2021 7:37:54 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
Exclusive: Sources reveal the South Dakota governor and potential 2024 VP candidate is having an extramarital affair with former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski.
Multiple sources have informed American Greatness that South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem is having an extramarital affair with adviser Corey Lewandowski, who previously served as a campaign manager for Donald Trump. The alleged fling reportedly has continued for months, sources say.
Lewandowski accompanied Noem across the country as she stumped for Trump’s reelection last year. According to South Dakota Republicans, former Noem chief of staff Joshua Shields left, in part, because of Lewandowski’s butting in. Lewandowski, who is married with four children, still has the former president’s ear, which he reportedly uses to Noem’s advantage.
American Greatness contacted Noem’s office for comment on Tuesday. No comment had been received at the time of publication.
Noem, a married mother of three, has been eyed as a possible running mate for a Trump presidential bid in 2024. Bloomberg reported in March that Trump’s closest advisors are pushing either for a black or female vice presidential candidate. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Noem have both been named among the favorites by members of Trump’s inner circle.
On March 5, Donald Trump, Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle hosted a fundraiser for Noem at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort and home in Palm Beach. Noem was invited to a second fundraiser there in April. Lewandowski has played a key role in boosting Noem’s clout with Trump.
In a brief interview with the New York Times, Lewandowski praised Noem as having “a huge future in Republican politics.” But these recent revelations, in combination with other challenges, threaten her chances of winning a ticket to the White House.
“There are members of Congress close to Mar-a-Lago who have called the affair ‘an open secret’ and worried that about Noem’s viability as a national candidate and within the movement,” a source familiar with the matter told American Greatness.
The governor has recently been on the defensive against Republicans upset with her handling of issues ranging from transgenderism to corporate vaccine mandates in her state. Critics have described her supposed “conservative principles” as hollow.
Noem has a habit of saying one thing from the saddle of a high horse and doing another.
After South Dakota Republicans brought a bill to Noem’s desk to ban biological males from competing in women’s sports, the governor killed the legislation with a “style and form” veto. Republican Representative Rhonda Milstead denounced the move to local reporter Robert Mercer. “It is overreaching by trying to legislate law as the executive branch,” she said. Noem subsequently issued diluted, face-saving executive orders in lieu of legislation.
Noem attempted to defend herself by making a bizarre and incoherent appeal to Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments Act on “Tucker Carlson Tonight.” But detractors pointed out her connections to interest groups that oppose anti-transgender legislation, namely, Amazon and the Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce.
In April, Noem appointed her chief of staff, Tony Venhuizen, to the South Dakota Board of Regents. He currently sits on the board of directors for the Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce, where Amazon had been planning to build a fulfillment center that lawmakers worried would be axed in response to Noem signing the transgender sports bill.
In August, Noem found herself on the ropes again. This time, for refusing to prevent private companies from imposing vaccine mandates on employees. “You can’t be a constitutional conservative only when it suits you,” she wrote in the Washington Times. “Since when did the Republican Party become the party of big government and social engineering using government power to force behavior?”
Noem’s message to Americans was that her “conservative principles” relegated her to inaction. Further, anyone upset about corporate vaccine mandates could always just quit their job: “Our robust economy and job market gives them the option to find a new employer that values personal choice and responsibility, and doesn’t force mandates on their employees,” she said.
In practice, however, Noem’s fidelity to principle is plastic.
The Associated Press reported this week that after a South Dakota state agency denied her daughter’s application to become a certified real estate appraiser, Noem met with the state employee who ran the agency, the woman’s direct supervisor, the state labor secretary, and her daughter. Four months later, Noem’s daughter received her certification. Shortly after that, the labor secretary demanded the retirement of Sherry Bren, the agency head, according to a complaint reviewed by the Associated Press. South Dakota’s attorney general announced Tuesday that he is looking into the matter.
Noem appears to be fine with being on the side of “big government and social engineering using government power to force behavior” when it comes to landing her daughter a job and advancing corporate interests. The reports of an affair with Lewandowski and strong-arming nepotism represent personal duplicity in a woman who has already proven politically hypocritical.
Noem wears the skin of a principled politician to deflect criticism and thus tarnishes what it actually means to be one. She preaches virtue yet has proven utterly venal. Noem appeals to constitutional fidelity to excuse inaction and graft but has no such fidelity herself. To understand why political cynicism abounds, look to the likes of the governor of the Mount Rushmore State.
LOL! Explain Donald Trump then.
This identifies Noem as one of the left’s most feared GOP possibles. That’s all.
Bill Clinton did.
Donald Trump was "Donald Trump". Because he was already a popular media figure he was already a known quantity who has had several trophy wives. No on else would be able to pull off what he did. Explain who else could get away with the stuff Trump did. It's also why he made such an impact in the 2016 campaign. Other candidates like De Santis would be great as Pres, but they don't have that instant recognition factor Trump had.
Rarely but occasionally the Dems turn on one of their own. Thanks for the example.
Here is one of the left's explanations for the Gary Hart episode :
Tucker has had him on, seems like a straight shooter.
Seems like the story is coming from a former staffer, those are always suspect
I have been reading through Pedro’s work. I see no Jim Hoftisms from him so far. If this is an unsourced made up hit piece, from what I have read so far, it would not be in character for him. That said, this is an attempted assassins mace to the back of her skull. That type of attack is not random.
What decision is more troubling than telling yourself it's ok to commit adultery? PDJT included. If it is true, She and him need to repent and go away.
story is coming from a former staffer, those are always suspect
Good point.
"Now I want to make this perfectly clear. I did not have sex with that man Corey Lewandowski!"
This is a minor partisan media lie considering the events and propaganda about those events of the last couple of years.
Claiming multiple sources is still credible? That’s laughable.
Ugh. I don’t know if it’s true or not, but if she was having an affair couldn’t she pick someone better? Does this mean she’s not straight?
I think you’re looking at the wrong demographic. I’m not sure it is fatal for a female politician, but for a Republican one it might be.
Male politicians can get away with infidelity today. But they can’t get away with their wife’s infidelity that’s fatal. Guliani and his wife discreetly ended their marriage while he was mayor it was fair but remained legally married and both went on to their own activities while they were married. When it was discovered that julianni was seeing a woman he took the hit, but he didn’t want people to find out than Is Donna Hanover had her own boyfriend.
I am no fan of Governor Noem, but I doubt that any serious candidate for the
Presidential or Vice Presidential nominations in the GOP is going to blatantly cheat on her husband. Trump cleaned up his act after marrying a third time, so his playboy days were over years before running for President. As for Clinton, Democratic voters are more tolerant of sexual misbehavior. The MSM was on his side, as they were for Kennedy and Johnson.
Seems like the story is coming from a former staffer, those are always suspect
Interesting. I wonder if it’s the chamber of commerce stooge staffer who gave her terrible advise on the tranny bill. Probably not.
I’d hit that
One more time for you idiots not paying attention. The RINO backed bill violated the SD Constitution in two of it’s four parts. Kristi told them to fix it because it’d lose in court, they told her to get bent, she refused to back their stupidity and used EO’s instead.
You know... like a principled conservative would do.
See the link in post 78.
People are dumb and frequently believe the first thing they are told rather than thinking for themselves and verifying what the hell is really going on.
Retaliation to recent Project Veritas videos, is my guess.
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