Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) introduced her endorsement of former President Donald Trump on Friday evening in Speedy Metropolis, South Dakota, on the South Dakota Republican Social gathering’s (GOP) Monumental Leaders Rally, calling him “the fighter that our nation wants.”
“It’s my honor to current to you the person within the enviornment,” Noem stated of Trump in an ode to President Teddy Roosevelt’s “Citizenship in a Republic” speech. “He’s a person of significance. He’s the chief, the fighter that our nation wants. He has my full and full endorsement for president of the USA of America. I’ll do all the pieces I can to assist him win and save this nation.”
🚨BREAKING: South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem endorses Trump for President.
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) September 9, 2023
A lot anticipation was constructed round Noem’s endorsement and Trump’a look within the Mount Rushmore State on Friday, with hypothesis mounting round her as a possible working mate for the forty fifth president, ought to he win the nomination. Noem famous she has acquired “a whole lot of questions from individuals throughout the nation about tonight’s occasions.”
She defined that South Dakota GOP Chairman John Wiik organized the rally and had invited different candidates to come back, and whereas they turned down invites, Trump pledged to indicate up:
Chairman John Wiik had this implausible concept to carry Republicans in our state collectively to rally us round our shared values and ideas. I beloved the concept and advised him I’d do what I may to assist. We began discussing inviting all of the candidates working to be President of the USA. Tim Scott was requested… and he declined. Vivek Ramaswamy was invited, and he turned the chairman down. Different candidates had been requested, and all advised us that they had higher issues to do. However when President Trump was invited to come back be with you tonight, he stated, “I’ll be there!”
You see, that’s why individuals love President Trump. He doesn’t hearken to consultants, or the media, or the political elite to inform him who’s essential and what his priorities needs to be. To him, each American is value combating for. Nobody is best than anybody else. Nobody deserves to be handled in a different way than anybody else. And he’ll always remember about us, the little individuals within the little states which can be the spine of this nation. He exhibits up for each American and fights for us day by day.
Noem pointed to the disaster on the U.S. Southern border, Trump’s actions to deal with unlawful immigration on the border throughout his time period in workplace, and his requires “peace by energy,” dubbing him the “solely individual within the race that I belief to do what must be completed on these points.”
In response to ready remarks obtained by Breitbart Information, Trump thanked Noem in response.
“I wish to thank one of the vital profitable governors in your complete nation, South Dakota’s personal Kristi Noem. Kristi is a warrior for American values, she’s robust on China, and in contrast to different governors, she NEVER locked South Dakota down,” Trump was set to say.