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 COVERAGERecent 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 …