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Kristi Noem: “In South Dakota, we never once closed a single business the…”

Featuring: Kristi Noem, Republican | Secretary of Homeland Security, Former Governor of South Dakota | National

Christy Noem's Speech on Leadership and Freedom at Newsmax Event

Published June 5, 2021 | Video Starts at 14:56

That's when we break this country. And I didn't want to be the governor to do that. So, for instance, In South Dakota, we never once closed a single business the entire [pandemic]. In fact, I didn't even define what an essential business was in our state, because I don't believe governors have the authority to tell you that your business is an essential. (14:56–15:07)

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Asserts that South Dakota did not close any businesses during the pandemic.

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“65% of your gas stations didn't have gas.”
Christy Noem's Speech on Leadership and Freedom at Newsmax Event | Uploaded June 5, 2021 | 11:25-11:29
“We never issued a shelter in place, never mandated anything such as masks.”
Christy Noem's Speech on Leadership and Freedom at Newsmax Event | Uploaded June 5, 2021 | 15:22-15:27
“Dr. Fauci told me that I would need 10,000 hospital beds on my worst day. On our very worst day, we had 600 people in the hospital.”
Christy Noem's Speech on Leadership and Freedom at Newsmax Event | Uploaded June 5, 2021 | 16:04-16:16
“South Dakota has the least amount of hours lost by employees of any other state in the entire nation.”
Christy Noem's Speech on Leadership and Freedom at Newsmax Event | Uploaded June 5, 2021 | 16:46-16:54
“We have the lowest unemployment rate in the nation at 2.8% in our state.”
Christy Noem's Speech on Leadership and Freedom at Newsmax Event | Uploaded June 5, 2021 | 17:06-17:13
“South Dakota's [GDP rate] was 9.9%.”
Christy Noem's Speech on Leadership and Freedom at Newsmax Event | Uploaded June 5, 2021 | 18:03-18:07
“My people are happy. And they're happy because they're free. They're free, and their freedoms were protected this last year.”
Christy Noem's Speech on Leadership and Freedom at Newsmax Event | Uploaded June 5, 2021 | 00:33-00:42
“One thing we learned in 2020 is that leadership has consequences.”
Christy Noem's Speech on Leadership and Freedom at Newsmax Event | Uploaded June 5, 2021 | 04:48-04:54
“You look at Republican run states and they did much, much better than Democrat states.”
Christy Noem's Speech on Leadership and Freedom at Newsmax Event | Uploaded June 5, 2021 | 05:04-05:10
“We had land, we had machinery, we had cattle, but we didn't have any money in the bank.”
Christy Noem's Speech on Leadership and Freedom at Newsmax Event | Uploaded June 5, 2021 | 07:14-07:20
“I found out about these hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars that I owed the federal government because we had a tragedy in our…”
Christy Noem's Speech on Leadership and Freedom at Newsmax Event | Uploaded June 5, 2021 | 07:20-07:28
“It took us 10 years to pay off those taxes, and it made it very difficult for us to keep our family business.”
Christy Noem's Speech on Leadership and Freedom at Newsmax Event | Uploaded June 5, 2021 | 08:05-08:11
“I worked on rewriting our property tax system in South Dakota.”
Christy Noem's Speech on Leadership and Freedom at Newsmax Event | Uploaded June 5, 2021 | 09:15-09:28
“I served on the Armed Services Committee, worked on NDAA authorizations.”
Christy Noem's Speech on Leadership and Freedom at Newsmax Event | Uploaded June 5, 2021 | 10:13-10:19
“I worked on farm bills, important policy for the state.”
Christy Noem's Speech on Leadership and Freedom at Newsmax Event | Uploaded June 5, 2021 | 10:18-10:22
“I got the chance to be on the conference committee that put more money into people's pockets and created a fairer tax system in this…”
Christy Noem's Speech on Leadership and Freedom at Newsmax Event | Uploaded June 5, 2021 | 10:24-10:33
“He is destroying this country, absolutely destroying this country by what he's doing at the border, what he is doing with energy policy.”
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“Governors have the opportunity every single day to make decisions and immediately put them into place that impact families.”
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“63 of my 66 counties were declared federal disaster areas.”
Christy Noem's Speech on Leadership and Freedom at Newsmax Event | Uploaded June 5, 2021 | 13:38-13:43
“I didn't even define what an essential business was in our state.”
Christy Noem's Speech on Leadership and Freedom at Newsmax Event | Uploaded June 5, 2021 | 15:07-15:12
“The least amount of wages lost by anybody of any other state in the nation.”
Christy Noem's Speech on Leadership and Freedom at Newsmax Event | Uploaded June 5, 2021 | 16:53-17:00
“We have the lowest amount of businesses that closed during the pandemic out of any other state in the country.”
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“We have the fastest growing GDP rate in the nation now.”
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“I don't have an income tax in South Dakota. I don't have a corporate or personal income tax, no personal property tax.”
Christy Noem's Speech on Leadership and Freedom at Newsmax Event | Uploaded June 5, 2021 | 18:26-18:35
“What funds state government is a four and a half cent sales tax.”
Christy Noem's Speech on Leadership and Freedom at Newsmax Event | Uploaded June 5, 2021 | 18:36-18:41
“Democrat leadership has failed them and never failed them as greatly as it did in 2020.”
Christy Noem's Speech on Leadership and Freedom at Newsmax Event | Uploaded June 5, 2021 | 21:07-21:14
“The media used fear to control people, and the left used fear to promote their agenda.”
Christy Noem's Speech on Leadership and Freedom at Newsmax Event | Uploaded June 5, 2021 | 24:03-24:13
“I watched people across this country just roll over and give up their freedom of assembly.”
Christy Noem's Speech on Leadership and Freedom at Newsmax Event | Uploaded June 5, 2021 | 24:23-24:30
“The government told me I can't meet with anybody anymore.”
Christy Noem's Speech on Leadership and Freedom at Newsmax Event | Uploaded June 5, 2021 | 24:29-24:32
“I watched people say, the government tells me I can't go to church, okay? They took away their freedom of religion.”
Christy Noem's Speech on Leadership and Freedom at Newsmax Event | Uploaded June 5, 2021 | 24:32-24:41
“People gave up their freedom of speech.”
Christy Noem's Speech on Leadership and Freedom at Newsmax Event | Uploaded June 5, 2021 | 24:40-24:43
“We have done a poor job educating people about the protection of these freedoms.”
Christy Noem's Speech on Leadership and Freedom at Newsmax Event | Uploaded June 5, 2021 | 24:43-24:49
“Our founding Fathers were flawed. Absolutely, they were. But they led our country through challenging times.”
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“They gave us the greatest gift that was ever made in the history of mankind, and that is this country and our freedoms.”
Christy Noem's Speech on Leadership and Freedom at Newsmax Event | Uploaded June 5, 2021 | 25:50-25:58
“We need to teach our kids that honest and true history.”
Christy Noem's Speech on Leadership and Freedom at Newsmax Event | Uploaded June 5, 2021 | 25:58-26:01
“We need to make sure that they understand the value of the Constitution and the foundation that it gives us for our way of life.”
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