For someone widely considered to be a frontrunner in the new class of post-Trump Republican leaders, and a potential GOP presidential candidate in the not-too-distant future, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem sure is bad at politics.
To be fair, she’s a very successful politician, who has fought her way to the front of a crowded conservative field thanks in no small part to her willingness to embrace the worst, most undemocratic and punitively cruel policies her party has to offer. But watch this short segment of a press conference she had this week and ask yourself: “Is this someone who is actually good at their job?”
