I'd been reading headlines like From sleepwalking to sprinting: Faster start to legislative session is a welcome change--certainly a change I welcomed--when suddenly our wandering governor figures out how to make herself the center of attention in Pierre.
This not long after earning headlines like No word on who paid or if she packed razor wire: Noem travels again to Texas-Mexico border.
From the South Dakota Searchlight staff:
Noem to address Legislature on ‘potential South Dakota response’ to Mexico border situation
Governor Kristi Noem will address a joint session of the South Dakota Legislature at 2 p.m. Central on Wednesday about her recent trip to the Texas-Mexico border.
Noem has repeatedly applied the word “warzone” to the border and did so again in a Monday news release.
In a letter to legislators, Noem wrote, “I will address the joint session of the Legislature on the current situation at the border and the potential South Dakota response. Because of the dire situation, it is pertinent that we have this conversation quickly.”
The news release said the joint session would “make South Dakota the first state in the nation to take the rare step of calling a joint session to support Texas.”
Noem visited the border on Friday. Her office has not responded to South Dakota Searchlight questions about how she got there, how much the trip cost, or who paid for it.
The trip came on the heels of a statement Noem signed earlier last week with 24 other Republican governors. The statement expressed support for actions taken at the border by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
The border has dominated national politics in recent weeks. The federal Border Patrol made 249,785 arrests for illegal border crossings in December, which was an all-time high. Meanwhile, Congress has been attempting to negotiate border policy legislation, and the issue has taken centerstage in the presidential campaign. Noem is widely considered to be a potential running mate for the leading Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump.
Teacher pay? Child care? Transportation? Public safety? Golly, why would the South Dakota legislature devote its time to such concerns when Governor Noem can be at center stage?
Photo: Gov. Kristi Noem tours the Texas-Mexico border on Jan. 26, 2024. (Courtesy of Governor’s Office/ vs South Dakota Searchlight).
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