Noem Spends Multiple Days in Georgia, Out of State More Often Than Predecessors

Governor Kristi Noem spent the whole weekend in warmer climes, returning to Georgia to boost her own brand under the guise of campaigning for Senator Kelly Loeffler, who stands in Georgia’s double-run-off tomorrow. Noem was also in Georgia last week Wednesday campaigning.

While Noem was away, South Dakota reported its 100,000th case of coronavirus. Let’s hope Noem’s incessant interstate travel to maskless, indoor events don’t bring more cases to our state or to Georgia or whatever states she visits next.

If you think Noem’s frequent absence from the state she’s supposed to be governing is unusual, you’re right. In a report on Noem’s gamble on letting coronavirus run its course, Jeremy Fugleberg tallies Noem’s absences in October and finds them unprecedented:

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Janklow, Mickelson, Miller, Rounds, Daugaard—for the most part, they hung around the Second Floor and did their jobs. Kristi Noem’s priorities are clearly different from those of her predecessors.

Read more: http://dakotafreepress.com/2021/01/04/noem-spends-multiple-days-in-georgia-out-of-state-more-often-than-predecessors/

Kristi Noem is the Sarah Palin of the Great Plains. Look at me!