Thorman Woods referring to a video Noem tweeted last week touting the governor’s “consistent conservative leadership,” which “doesn’t make headlines. “

“It gets results,” the narrator added, before pointing to Noem’s recent bill restricting collegiate and K-12 participation to the gender known on an athlete’s birth certificate. The announcement also claims that Noem “has been a protector of the women’s game for years and has never subsidized. “

KRISTI NOEM INTRODUCING WOMEN’S SPORT BILL LIMITING PARTICIPATION BY GENDER ON BIRTH CERTIFICATE

Announced last year, Noem’s bill fulfilled a promise he kept when he controversially vetoed a bill in the state legislature. He also raised questions about his past objection to the state legislature’s restrictions on school-level participation.

In an interview with Fox News, Noem’s director of communications, Ian Fury, described Thorman Woods as a “disgruntled former staff member”.

“This editorial is full of incorrect information and blatant lies. He comes from a disgruntled former member who moved to SD [South Dakota] from D. C. and only painted briefly in the governor’s office,” Fury said. “This editorial reflects more paintings than he has done in his seven short career here. Her DC program did not reflect SD’s values, and we were pleased to see her go. “

When asked to explain which component of the editorial contained incorrect information or outright lies, Fury said there was “too much incorrect information to start listing. “

Thorman Woods has gone through the turbulent history of Noem’s resolution to reject the legislature’s bill, which earned him some complaints from Conservatives like Matt Walsh.

In response to Fury, Thorman Woods told Fox News, “The non-public attacks came here because Noem can’t get to the back of my article; it’s all been widely covered and it’s real. Once again, we are all satisfied that she has arrived here. by our side, but revisionist history is an insult to the other people of South Dakota. “

“She broke the promises she made to her constituents, and now she is disappointed when a South Dakota resident, who moved to her wonderful state to fight for conservative values, calls her out for betraying the other people who elected her. To reiterate, this is why I wrote the op-ed. Noem apologized after making several blatant political mistakes. It was granted not only to South Dakota voters, but also through much of the conservative movement. Then make the decision to have an interaction in what amounts to a propaganda campaign. , pretending that she didn’t make mistakes in the first place. The other people of South Dakota are not stupid or suffer from collective memory loss. His act was an abuse of goodwill that should be highlighted.

After supporting the bill, Noem controversially returned a tasteful and formal veto to the legislature with a multitude of demands, adding the removal of a provision to protect school sports. The Republican-led legislature ultimately failed to override its veto and the governor attempted to update the bill with executive orders. On the day of his veto, he signed an executive order to protect K-12 sports.

“After breaking his word, he drew the ire of conservatives nationally and nationally,” Thorman Woods wrote.

KRISTI NOEM’S DECISION TO REJECT THE GIRLS’ SPORTS PROJECT IS UNDER RENEWED STUDY AMID QUESTIONS ABOUT THE INFLUENCE OF LOBBYISTS

Echoing other criticisms, the former councilwoman said: “Trying to avoid her direct mistake with her base, Governor Noem proposed a ‘veto on taste and form’ to the legislature. This procedure allows a governor to correct typographical errors such as erroneous code. Instead, their ‘taste’ reviews have hollowed out protections for female school athletes in order to appease corporate interests. “

He concluded by writing, “My father told me growing up that ‘you are like your word. ‘Well, Governor Noem is like his. “

Noem had argued that, unlike primary and secondary school regulations, school constraints would create an unworkable mosaic for sports organizations operating at the national level. However, he signed an executive order at the time stating that the board of directors “should” limit participation. in women’s sports, omitting the kind of binding language he used for the state’s education branch.

His new bill would go beyond the executive order by imposing, rather than simply defending, restrictions on participation in college sports.

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In an interview with Fox News, Fury had indicated in the past that moves from other states had made the collegiate measure more viable. Prior to Noem’s veto, idaho’s governor had signed a similar ban. Since his veto, the governors of Florida, Alabama, West Virginia and other states have signed similar laws.

“Given the problematic provisions of HB 1217, there was a higher threat that the full bill would be banned if South Dakota was sued through the NCAA. If this had happened, no woman in South Dakota would have been (at K-12 or school level),” she said. Now that other states have tied up their arms, as Governor Noem called for at the time, she is thrilled to protect women’s sports at the K-12 and school levels, just as she did with her executive orders. “

Sam Dorman is a reporter for Fox News. You can tweet it @DormanInDC or Facebook at SamDormanFoxNews.