South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) said Thursday that “of course” she’d consider being Donald Trump’s vice presidential running mate.
The former president holds a commanding lead in the Republican race for 2024, but that may change as he goes on trial for four criminal indictments.
The 91 criminal charges against him ― many for orchestrating a plot to stay in power despite his 2020 defeat ― didn’t seem to deter Noem at all from her rosy view of running as Trump’s veep.
“If President Trump is going to be back in the White House, I’d do all I can to help him be successful,” she said.
Many of Noem’s causes hew close to Trump’s.
She recently bragged at an NRA convention that her 2-year-old granddaughter already owns two guns. Her state bans all abortions except to save the life of a pregnant person. She has threatened to prosecute pharmacists who dispense abortion pills online through expanded FDA-approved access.
Noem’s name was floated previously as a potential presidential candidate, which she noted in her conversation with Hannity.
But she seemed receptive to a Trump-supporting role, which might pit her against conservative firebrands such as election-denying former governor candidate Kari Lake of Arizona and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.).
Critics on Twitter, now X, had plenty to say about Noem’s comments.