Gov. Kristi Noem’s, R-S.D., chief spokesman set off social media users after he attacked Florida Gov. RonDeSantis’ position on abortion while making a statement about an unrelated topic.
Nate Hochman, National Review staff author, posted the exchange Thursday. He said he had reached to Noem’s team for a comment on alleged connections between South Dakota Republican lawmakers and transgender activist and medical groups. After rejecting “any implication that Governor Noem is overly cozy with” the lobbying groups, chief of communications Ian Fury sent a follow-up email contrasting Noem’s abortion record with DeSantis.
“Governor Noem was the only Governor in America on national television defending the Dobbs decision,” Fury wrote. “Where was Governor DeSantis? Hiding behind a 15-week ban. Does he believe that 14-week-old babies don’t have a right to live?”
Hochman wrote that Fury’s “unprompted diatribe” also included accusing National Review of being “no longer pro-life” because it’s “carrying water for Gov. DeSantis.”
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks during the Family Leadership Summit, July 16, 2021, in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Hochman recounted the story from his Twitter account.
“Kristi Noem’s chief of communications unloaded on Ron DeSantis yesterday, accusing DeSantis of ‘hiding behind’ the 15-week abortion ban he signed in April — and questioning if DeSantis believed ‘that 14-week-old babies don’t have a right to live,’ Hocman wrote.
Twitter users piled on Hochman’s account of these comments, criticizing Fury’s attacks while speculating on Noem’s 2024 presidential aspirations.
American Commitment president Phil Kerpen tweeted, “15 weeks is politically sustainable. This is a nonsense attack.”
“Absolute clown car performance by @IanTFury. Why is @govkristinoemTeam so wildly insecure?” Josh Hammer, Newsweek’s opinion editor, asked.
Philip Klein, National Review editor wrote that “Lost” in Trump v DeSantis’ focus of 2024 had been the open hostility Kristi NoemDeSantis has been a subject of interest to’s team. @njhochman contacted Noem’s spoxHe was talking about an unrelated story, and he just unloaded DeSantis’s record regarding abortion.”
Varad Metha, historian, joked “Someone is desperate that her 2024 chance are already evaporating.”
Both Kristi Noem RonIn a CPAC straw poll, DeSantis were viewed as possible 2024 presidential candidates.
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Independent Women’s Forum senior policy analyst Inez Stepman commented, “The most transparent deflection I’ve maybe ever seen from a Gov’s press shop. ‘What comment do you have, we are reporting on your obvious corruption and capitulation to woke business interests’ ‘RON DESANTIS HATES BABIES’Shame on all those involved.
“In 2024 news…” NBC News political reporter Allan Smith tweeted.
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Later, the dispute continued when Fury replied to the National Review report via a lengthy Twitter thread in which he reiterated his attacks againstDeSantis claims Hochman “long ago exposed himself as someone with a unhealthy bias against @KristiNoem. When his narrative is proven false, he doesn’t let facts get in the way of his efforts to take her down. Here are some examples of his most outrageous reporting.
“Nate’s comments regarding his motivations got some attention. I’ll be more blunt here. Nate is a shill for Gov. DeSantis. He attacks Gov. NoemFury used the National Review’s once-proud masthead because he considers her a threat. “Here are my comments to Nate,” Fury wrote his 11th tweet of 12.
“Respectfully. I don’t believe anyone sees.” Kristi NoemHochman responded that DeSantis is not a serious threat anymore. “Pretty much all of Ian’s claims are false. But the strangest one is his double-down on the notion that my criticisms of NoemThey are identical to ‘shilling’ for DeSantis—a politician that I never mentioned in either the piece itself or my correspondence with Ian.
“The claim is based on the fact that I have written nice things about DeSantis before. Problem is, I have written nice things about many different politicians that I like. It’s not clear how one can get from point A to B.
Florida Gov. RonAfter being sworn-in to his second term, DeSantis addresses the crowd outside the Old Capitol in Tallahassee on Tuesday, January 3, 2023.
(AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
DeSantis signed an original bill restricting abortion access after 15 week in April. This was months before the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. The bill resembled the 2018 Mississippi law that led to the Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case that was part of the Supreme Court decision.
According to straw polls conducted at the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2021, both DeSantis (and) were outperformed by other candidates. NoemThey were viewed as potential presidential candidates for 2024, following former President Donald Trump. DeSantis topped the poll at 43% after Trump was eliminated as an option. NoemAt 11%, it was second.
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DeSantis won a poll of GOP primary voters conducted by the Wall Street Journal in December.
Lindsay Kornick works as an associate editor forFox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to [email protected] and on Twitter: @lmkornick.
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