The Republican Knives Are Out for South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem

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South Dakota Republicans haven’t lost a statewide election since 2008. They have slapped Democrats around in just about every campaign, even running unopposed for a U.S. Senate seat in 2010 and U.S. House seat in 2020.

Now it seems like they’re so desperate for a good fight that they’ve picked several among themselves.

Gov. Kristi Noem, who has been riding high in polls in her state, has never lost an election. She served four terms in Congress before being elected governor in 2018. The South Dakota legislature has supermajorities in both chambers, with Republicans holding 94 of 105 seats. No Democrat holds statewide office.

But Noem has suddenly found plenty of opponents with whom to wage bitter political battles: fellow Republicans.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-republican-knives-are-out-for-south-dakota-gov-kristi-noem/ar-AATwEP9

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1. interesting clips from the story

Policy fights aside, Noem is also under pressure thanks to a pair of investigations into her past conduct—some of which have been set off by members of her own party.

An ongoing Government Accountability Board investigation requested by GOP Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg has two prongs.

One is Noem’s use of state airplanes for multiple trips out of state to appear at conservative political gatherings. For months, the governor has claimed she needed to keep details of her travels private for security reasons. Now the Republican-dominated legislature is interested in digging into those trips.

Noem also has taken heat for her involvement in her daughter Kassidy Peter’s efforts to obtain a real estate appraiser license from the state. That led to a meeting between the governor, the state employee who oversaw the process, that employee’s boss, and other officials—as well as Noem’s daughter—as the Associated Press reported.

driven by personality conflicts as well.

Based on the article, this does not look like a policy difference.

[edhopper]

2. Since when do Republicans

Care about corruption?

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4. My thought too

She probably pissed off some (male) legislators by being too "pushy", so they start looking for excuses to get rid of her

[PlanetBev]

3. Nest, meet vipers

No Dems to kick around so please proceed to consume each other.

[Skittles]

5. LOL, same scenario in Texas

big fight to see who is the biggest conservative asshole