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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem says her state stands ready to help repel the invading horde of illegal aliens. “If Greg Abbott needs more razor wire, I’ll load it into a pickup myself,” she told Fox News. Watch the video below.

At least no one can say that the January 6 committee didn’t have an impact! Greg Abbott, Kristi Noem, Henry McMaster, and their families will have to guard against identity theft for the rest of their lives, thanks to the committee’s work in exposing their Social Security numbers. How many numbers got exposed? “Around 1900” of them, according to the Washington Post, which came from White House visitor logs supplied to the committee. The J6 committee failed to redact those from a spreadsheet released to the public as part of its final report on the riot. Ben Carson, a Trump...

In September, an invitation by Governor Noem of [Sou]th Dakota, followed by a response from Governor Newsome of California, illustrates how people use numbers to lie with statistics.The Governor of South Dakota, Kristi Noem, invited more gun manufacturers and gun owners to come to South Dakota and take up residence.From contracosta.news:PIERRE, S.D. – Governor Kristi Noem invited California gun manufacturers and law-abiding gun owners to move to South Dakota to escape California’s gun and ammunition tax , which Governor Gavin Newsom signed as the first such tax in the country.“Why would anyone want to live in a state where your...

Kentucky must hold Democrat Gov. Andy Beshear accountable for his response to the coronavirus pandemic, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) said as Republican Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron hopes to unseat the Democrat incumbent in Tuesday’s highly anticipated election. “KY must hold Andy Beshear accountable for his pandemic response. He forced your kids to wear masks in school. He labeled your business ‘non-essential.’ And he took away your Freedom of religion by locking down your churches,” Noem said on election eve.

desantis supporters have been attacking Gov. Noem based on unsubstantiated allegations of having an affair with Lewandowski... Noem certainly has been getting talk, about being a possible V.P. choice.... So, what if this allegation being spread now, is another disinformation operation of jeff roe? We certainly know he was behind the text that said Carson was dropping out of the iowa race. And recently roe said he was behind a disinformation campaign against ramaswamy. People may want to believe the allegations are true... But what if they had already been dismissed.... in 2021?

A rising Republican star tipped by many to be Donald Trump's running mate should he win the presidential nomination has been involved in a clandestine affair for years, multiple sources tell DailyMail.com. Married South Dakota governor Kristi Noem, 51 – who stresses her belief in 'family values' – and Trump advisor Corey Lewandowski, who is also married, began carrying on in 2019, if not before. Now news of the relationship threatens to wreck Noem's chances of joining Trump's ticket in a potential rematch with President Joe Biden. Neither denied the affair when asked by DailyMail.com. The Governor issued a statement...

Gov. Kristi Noem Wednesday denied allegations from a conservative media outlet that she is having an extramarital affair with former Trump adviser Corey Lewandowski. "These rumors are total garbage and a disgusting lie," the South Dakota Republican tweeted. "These old, tired attacks on conservative women are based on a falsehood that we can't achieve anything without a man's help. I love Bryon. I'm proud of the God-fearing family we've raised together. Now I'm getting back to work." Noem was responding to a report from American Greatness, which cited multiple unnamed sources who claimed she is romantically involved with Lewandowski, who...

DailyMail.com uncovered evidence of Lewandowski and Noem's fling: Dozens of trips that mixed business with pleasure, private flights and luxury resort stays The pair met up Friday for a Trump campaign rally in Rapid City, South Dakota, but were careful to have no public interaction – despite being close for years The two were first suspected of being romantically involved in 2021, but Noem scornfully dismissed the story as 'total garbage and a disgusting lie' at the time A rising Republican star tipped by many to be Donald Trump's running mate should he win the presidential nomination has been involved...

Republican South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem endorsed former President Donald Trump’s 2024 White House bid on Friday, calling him “the fighter that our country needs.” Noem’s endorsement came during a South Dakota GOP rally headlined by the 77-year-old, intensifying speculation that the 51-year-old governor may be at the top of Trump’s list of potential 2024 running mates. “You made America great again once, let’s do it again,” Noem said as she introduced Trump at the Rapid City rally. “He has my full and complete endorsement for president of the United States of America. I will do everything I can to...

“This was originally set up to be a South Dakota GOP fundraising event, and they invited Trump, when he accepted that changed everything,” said Craig Baltzer, executive director of The Monument. When the event sold out the first time workers at the arena were able to shift things around to accommodate more people. Those additional 900 seats also sold out. Meaning, that more than 6,000 tickets have been sold.

In a video released to social media, Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) praised Jason Aldean's song "Try That In A Small Town," and slammed the negative reception it's gotten.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has hit out at Target for funding a woke organization that wants to close Mount Rushmore, which it sees as a 'symbol of white supremacy.' In an interview with FOX News host Steve Doocy on Fox and Friends Wednesday, Noem said that while she and other Americans loved shopping at Target 'we just can't anymore' because the company is 'fundamentally tearing down this country.' Target has come under fire in recent weeks for its Pride display featuring 'tuck-friendly' swimsuits for women. It was later revealed that its nonprofit organization has donated millions to a pro-LGBTQ...

Austin Goss, who has been fired from his position at Dakota News Now, reportedly used software to make prank calls to former South Dakota GOP chairman Dan Lederman appear as though they came from Gov. Kristi Noem's personal cellphone number. Goss could face up to a year in jail and $2,000 in fines for a misdemeanor charge of making threatening, harassing, or misleading contacts. The pre-recorded call Lederman received used the voice of a mafia member accusing him of stealing boxes of vaccines, using lines like "You telling me you didn't tell Vito that you were gonna try to move...

Republican governors including Kristi Noem of South Dakota are coming out strong against the Chinese Communist Party and its attempts to buy land in the United States. Appearing on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures, the governor explained that she is being proactive in preventing the Chinese government from buying up valuable farmland in strategically important South Dakota locations. According to Noem, after the Chinese spy balloon debacle and the White House’s inaction, South Dakota has had to be very aggressive. “They’re purchasing our land so they can have a foothold right here in the center of the United States of...

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) said on Monday that her personal cell phone number “has been hacked and used to make hoax calls.” Noem said her phone was hacked following the release of her and her family’s personal information, including her social security number, by the House Jan. 6 committee. “Callous mishandling of personal information has real world consequences,” Noem said in a statement. “If you get such a phone call from my number, know that I had no involvement.” Noem said she has asked U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and Congress to investigate the leak. Earlier this month,...

Even the frigid temperatures couldn’t keep angry South Dakotans away. Despite the blistering, nine-degree cold, as many as 150 people gathered in the snow outside the 2023 Midwest Gender Identity Summit in Sioux Falls Friday morning to protest Sanford Health’s unwelcome presence in their state. Standing by snow drifts, with a long convoy of cars heading to join them, organizer Adam Broin insisted, “This is NOT South Dakota!” But according to a bombshell report by NRO reporter Nate Hochman, it may already be South Dakota, thanks to the transgender movement’s unlikely ally: Republican Governor Kristi Noem. For Noem, who’s been...

South Dakota governor talks Right, but keeps selling out to gender revolutionaries -- and knifing conservatives who call her on itI wish I could bring myself to care about the big GOP fight in the House of Representatives over the speakership. I know it's important, but I don't really take the Washington party to be serious about the issues that move me the most. I think it's probably the case that more Washington Republicans are serious than I realize, but in general, I vote Republican not because I expect them to do much, but because they do less harm than...

This isn’t Kristi Noem’s first rodeo, and if the powerful Sanford Health has a say, it won’t be her last.It’s curious that in one of the reddest states in the nation, which boasts both a Republican governor and a whopping 90 percent GOP majority legislature, the child-mutilation business would be allowed not only to exist but to flourish. But thanks to Gov. Kristi Noem’s repeated failures to cut ties with radical gender ideology and its proponents, next week two of South Dakota’s government contractors will host a “Midwest Gender Identity Summit” in the Mount Rushmore State.The event — hosted by...

In a letter to the Board of Directors for Family Heritage Alliance, Noem asks for Executive Director Norman Woods to be replaced because of his public calls for her to take action on “kid-friendly” drag shows.

The second-term governor is no stranger to firing off public broadsides against her critics.Last month, South Dakota State University (SDSU) sparked fierce criticism from conservatives after allowing a "kid-friendly" drag show to be hosted on campus. Among those critics was Norman Woods, director of the state-based social-conservative advocacy group Family Heritage Alliance (FHA), who penned an open letter to Governor Kristi Noem urging her to take action: "Innocent children should not be exposed to drag shows. Full stop," Woods wrote. "Considering you have the power to hold the South Dakota Board of Regents accountable and fire at will, I am...