Tuesday, June 24, 2025

The Melanias leave behind a sketchy legacy in South Dakota


Headline:  South Dakota Searchlight, 6/23/2024

 Joshua Haiar reports:
After the press conference, Noem flew to a political fundraiser in Tennessee, which is where she was when the flood surge hit McCook Lake and sent people fleeing. During the aftermath, Noem refused to deploy the National Guard to help clean up the area, after she’d sent Guard troops multiple times to help Texas secure its border with Mexico.

Apparently, the Melanias left their playbook with South Dakota's current governor.
Noem later resigned to become secretary of the federal Department of Homeland Security, which includes oversight of FEMA. New Gov. Larry Rhoden recently visited North Sioux City as part of his “Open for Opportunity Tour.” 
“Our new governor went to a business in town and called it a success story,” Hansen said. “He didn’t come to see the disaster zone. It’s like we don’t exist. We were sacrificed to protect those businesses.”

Related reading:
The Trumpification of Kristi Noem.  New York Times, 3/20/2024

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