The South Dakota Republican governor told RedState the energy she feels as she travels the country campaigning for President Donald J. Trump and other GOP candidates reminds her of the 2010 Tea Party wave that swept her and 62 other freshmen congressmen into the Capitol.
“I’ve been in states across the entire country – we definitely have the energy and the momentum right now,” said Governor Kristi L. Noem, who is termed out after her second term in January 2027.
“The Tea Party has grown into the America-First movement, and the energy is similar, but also unique in a few key ways,” said the married mother of three. “The biggest difference between now and 2010, when I was first elected, is we have a leader in Donald Trump who is proven – he has a track record.”
Noem said that as big as the Tea Party movement became, it never had a president in…
