Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) implored former President Donald Trump to consider the appeal of a woman vice president , a crafty attempt at boosting her profile after multiple scandals hurt her stock as a running mate. “All the polls tell him in swing states that a woman on the ticket helps him win; the polls just say that,” Noem told CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday.
"One in four Republican women haven’t made up their minds because they want to have a woman talking to them about the issues they care about, and women aren’t monolithic," Noem continued. "They don’t care about just one issue.” ELECTION 2024: FOLLOW LATEST COVERAGE Recent reports suggest Noem has not made Trump's narrowed-down list of possible running mates, which includes Sens.
Tim Scott (R-SC), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and J.D. Vance (R-OH); Reps.
Byron Donalds (R-FL) and Elise Stefanik (R-NY); Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND); and former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson. Political strategists had long claimed that Noem's gaffes this year would likely nix her from Trump's list of running mates due to unpleasant media attention.
Noem faced national outcry in April after her most recent book revealed she killed her family's 14-month-old puppy Cricket, whom she “hated.” In her book, No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward, Noem explained that after Cricket attacked a local family’s chickens during a pheasant hunting trip, Noem led the dog to .