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Kristi Noem: Trump’s rumoured running mate whose two-year-old granddaughter has a shotgun
Donald Trump has hinted he could make Kristi Noem, the South Dakota governor, his running mate if he wins the Republican presidential nomination next year.
The former US president said he liked the idea of putting a woman on the ticket alongside him and singled out Ms Noem for praise.
The 51-year-old has become a rising Republican star after embracing the party’s culture wars. In Mr Trump’s own words, she is a “warrior for American values”.
She made headlines with a speech at the National Rifle Convention earlier this year in which she revealed her two-year-old granddaughter had multiple guns.
“I wanna reassure you, she already has a shotgun and she already has a rifle and she’s got a little pony named Sparkles too. So the girl is set up,” she said.
Her anti-lockdown stance during the pandemic first won her the attention of the Republican base, along with her fealty to Mr Trump.
She handed Mr Trump a replica of Mount Rushmore with his face included on the monument while he was president in 2020.
A telegenic mother of three, Ms Noem has been adept at cultivating her image as a down-to-earth conservative in contrast with Washington elites, using social media to share images of herself shooting, riding and spending time with her children.
However, Ms Noem has made no secret of her ambitions for higher office. She told the conservative network Newsmax she would agree to be Mr Trump’s running mate “in a heartbeat”.
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