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Kristi Noem: “States are much more powerful than the federal government.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 12:32

If you've got your priorities right, you've got your foundation right. If you love this country and you recognize that the power is not with the federal government, in fact, States are much more powerful than the federal government. The real power granted to us by our Constitution is to the people, and it's given from God. That's where it comes from. So we've got a very weak president in the White House right now. (12:32–12:35)

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Asserts that states hold more power than the federal government according to the Constitution.

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