South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem waves to the crowd during a rally with Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump at the Dayton International Airport on March 16, 2024, in Vandalia, Ohio. The rally was hosted by the Buckeye Values PAC. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
She didn’t really say it in so many words, but it was obvious to anyone who listened to Gov. Kristi Noem’s budget speech . She’s breaking up with us. Maybe she didn’t want to jinx the next chapter of her life, so she never really came out and said she was leaving us. Read between the lines, though, and you can tell that her bags are packed.
It seems like only yesterday we renewed our vows for another four years. Now, suddenly, it’s over.
We always knew that in her role as governor, there was an expiration date on our relationship. Still, we have to wonder why we weren’t good enough, why South Dakota wasn’t good enough to keep her here. It seems the lure of the nation’s capital and a new job as secretary of Homeland Security was just too enticing, even after all we’ve shared.