Posted on 03/29/2021 1:31:12 PM PDT by Gopher Broke
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Earlier today, the South Dakota House of Representatives by an overwhelming vote of 67 -- 2 soundly rejected Governor Noem's "style and form" veto of HB 1217, the Fairness in Women's Sports Act. Governor Noem quickly responded today by again refusing to sign HB 1217, effectively killing the bill. Despite Governor Noem's veto of this bill and refusal to take a strong stand for women's sports, the House's nearly unanimous vote is a strong rebuke of the NCAA and the tentacles of Big Business that pressured Governor Noem to retreat from her earlier support of the bill in the first place.
Family Research Council President Tony Perkins said:
"The South Dakota House of Representatives today soundly rejected Governor Noem's 'style and form' veto of the Fairness in Women's Sports Act. Governor Noem had another opportunity to sign this bill and stand with the citizens of South Dakota and the legislature. Instead she failed to listen to South Dakotans and is siding with big business, the NCAA, and the rest of the woke mob on the Left.
"Far from standing alone as Governor Noem has suggested, signing HB 1217 would have put South Dakota in the company of Idaho, Mississippi, and Arkansas, which have already enacted similar bills into law, with other states poised to follow.
"Despite Governor Noem's refusal to stand up for common sense, Family Research Council will continue to support efforts in other states pushing back against destructive gender ideologies that threaten our young people, our families, and our freedom," concluded Perkins.
Is the next step that they try to override her veto?
I thought she was going to present her own version of this bill. I didn’t read that she did so.
With those numbers why can't they override her veto?
Very disappointed in her sell out to the homosexual agenda, she lost my support for any Presidential run.
To post an email to her:
https://iqconnect.lmhostediq.com/iqextranet/EForm.aspx?__cid=FSL_SD_GOV&__fid=2100060
I believe the senate vote was much closer, so no override.
Can’t they over-ride her vetoes ?
In before her harpy apologists try to explain why Noam can’t get this done (I’ll get sued by basketball players!) while many other governors are doing it as we speak.
As an agitprop, I seriously doubt you intended to vote for Kristi anyway. Take your stealth defeatism elsewhere and your ‘family council’ with you.
Try to imagine what it would be like to be in a room with the Governor and the idiot adviser who convinced her to veto that bill. It doesn’t take much to scuttle a political career if you claim to be a conservative.
Same here. Very disappointed.
+1
What is her reason? Is it legislative procedural where she thinks the bill as written will be declared unconstitutional? Her veto seems so out of character to her
Sorry ladies — get used to wrestling that 200 lb, 6 foot tall “girl” with shoulders wider than a Buick!
It is all fair, ya know.
Frankly this is all popcorn city for me! Ever since Title IX was used to kill men’s programs that did not generate evenue I have been waiting for retribution.
Soon the only born females in sports will be in diving. If that, given that guy that won the beauty contest the other day.
I have been told men can do all the women’s gymnastics equipment and much, much better.
The only sport you will not be able to tell the difference is “women’s” basketball as they all look like guys already.
Only a few days ago she was the Next Big Deal. Now she is undone, and it self inflicted.
I was paying attention to her from Texas, now as far as I am concerned she is toast. Just another GOPe RINO.
True, but still any above average high school player is better than the best of "women's" basketball ...
If SD were the only state in the country who enacted a bill like this, Noem might have a case the NCAA would file a lawsuit against SD and punish college teams by suspending them from post season play.....
Now that it appears quite a few states are going to enact the same type of legislation, she really doesn’t have a leg stand on...
SD is a small state, if their team were suspended from post season play no one outside of SD would care, but if FL, GA, SC, TX, etc...all pass similar legislation, the NCAA would back off, there is strength in numbers but Noem decided to sit this one out...
“I seriously doubt you intended to vote for Kristi anyway.”
Why wouldn’t Gopher Broke have voted for Kristi? I would have ... until she did this. It’s not “stealth defeatism”; it’s logic.
“Sorry ladies — get used to wrestling that 200 lb, 6 foot tall “girl” with shoulders wider than a Buick!”
Women can do anything a man can do! Girl power. /s
All,of this was explained on Tucker Carlson’s show a week ago. Wouldn’t it be refreshing if people heard HER side of the story? Instead, we treat her like the democrats treat Trump,,, make unfounded accusations and assumptions.
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