Kristi Noem: “Our mental health challenges have gone down. Our suicide…”

“Women owned businesses are thriving. We also have the highest birth rate in the nation. People are having babies because they're happy. And in South Dakota, we love babies. Our mental health challenges have gone down. Our suicide rates are declining. And we are the number one state in the country for a decline in overdoses because people have hope. We're growing so fast that we needed more workers to catch up.” (03:52–03:58)

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