Back to Noem, perhaps she just made a mistake? It happens.
Perhaps the axiom, "Don't attribute to malice what can be attributed to stupidity" applies here.
“Back to Noem, perhaps she just made a mistake? It happens.”
Yes, people do make mistakes... however, in this particular case it’s impossible to say whoops, I didn’t know better.
SHE herself was the one who decide to make this an issue and to publicly advocate for it.. so her caving when it was time to put up doesn’t come across as the “mistake” to me.
She had no downside when it came time to sign. The NCAA isn’t going to make or break South Dakota and the electorate of SD overwhelmingly supported it... She could have signed it without any real blowback other than the national left punditry waling, and who would care in SD?
What comes across as the mistake here, is that she didn’t truly believe what she was selling and when put in position to back it up, failed utterly.
This is like saying I an anti-abortion in all cases, and using that as a platform to power.. then when I have the power and I am handed a bill banning abortion, I veto it.
That isn’t a mistake that I didn’t sign it, it shows that I never really was 100% anti-abortion in all cases, but only said it as a means to self promote.
As I said, I wish her no ill will, but if she ever runs for national office, I know she doesn’t stand for things she professes to publicly.