As part of a rant about the standoff at the border between Texas authorities and federal agents over razor wire being used to keep immigrants seeking asylum from entering the U.S., Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) urged Texas Republicans to ignore a Supreme Court 5-4 ruling on the matter.
Noem, reported to be on the list of possible Donald Trump running mate candidates, blew off concerns from CNN "State of the Union" host Dana Bash that the razor wire is leading to the needless death of innocents and instead ranted about President Joe Biden.
"You and two dozen other Republican governors wrote a letter expressing solidarity with Texas urging the state to use every tool and strategy, including razor wire fence to secure the border," host Bash prompted. "A lot of people interpreted that to mean you think Texas should defy the Supreme Court and stop federal agents from removing the razor wire. Do you think Texas should do that? Should they defy the Supreme Court?"
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"Texas should stand their ground," expressionless Noem replied. "They should enforce their state law and go back to the constitutional rights that they have been granted to protect their state's sovereignty. That's what so many of us governors are offended by. Democrats were threatening to encourage the president to activate our [national] guards in order to get them to stand down and not protect our states."
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