Kristi Noem: “Governors have the opportunity every single day to make…”

“But when I was in Congress, I was thankful to have the chance to work on big policies. But I also realized when I looked that governors are CEOs. Governors have the opportunity every single day to make decisions and immediately put them into place that impact families. And so I decided that I wanted to run for governor. I ran for governor based on the fact that we could do things like build strong families and that we could be an example to the nation.” (12:10–12:17)

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