Kristi Noem Banned From More Native American Land Because She Still Sucks
Too bad, so sad, bye-bye.
The count of Native tribes in South Dakota that have banned Governor Kristi “Fido’s Nightmare” Noem from their land has now reached six. At this rate she might not be allowed anywhere in the state but her famous gravel pit by the end of her term.
The Yankton Sioux voted on Friday to ban Noem from their reservation, in solidarity with the five other tribes that have also banned her from their reservations, over the governor’s continued insistence on being incredibly dickish towards the Native Americans and their leaders. If incredible dickishness is the standard, Noem should also be banned from the rest of America immediately.
The banishment is part of Noem’s long-running feud with Native leaders over the issue of Mexican drug cartels operating on reservations. Now, to be fair, Mexican drug cartels really are operating on some Native reservations, which tend to be geographically enormous, underpopulated, and lightly policed hotbeds of poverty and despair. Very fertile ground for recruiting both addicts and dealers.
The problem is a real one. But Noem has been an aggressive demagogue in addressing it, accusing tribal leaders of profiting off the cartel activity. The words “Mexican drug cartels infiltrating America” probably tickle her g-spot even more than puppy murder:
“Tribals leaders should take action to ban the cartels from their lands and accept my offer to help them restore law and order to their communities while protecting their sovereignty,” Noem said. “We can only do this through partnerships because the Biden Administration is failing to do their job.”
Boy, she’s so mad at those tribal leaders, you’d think they ate her neighbor’s chickens after ruining a pheasant hunt.
The federal government actually does have lots of resources devoted to fighting drug activity in the United States, as it has had under every presidential administration for decades upon decades. Noem could probably get a few of those resources for South Dakota if she asked.
PREVIOUSLY!
But her shot at being Donald Trump’s vice president depends on her pretending Joe Biden is at fault for every ill in America from drug abuse to the continuing popularity of IPAs to eczema. Hence the cheap shots.
Anyway, Noem can now not set foot in almost 20 percent of the land in her state. And it will be more than that if the last three South Dakota tribes that haven’t yet banned her get in on the act. Even the Army’s 19th Century cavalry divisions couldn’t touch those numbers.
Your donations will not go towards buying Kristi Noem a new puppy.
- enter ranting
You want to know what would help reservations? More resources. And I am not talking about flooding them with law enforcement. I am talking about directing massive influxes of cash towards clinics, schools, other infrastructure, and getting them set up as autonomous clean energy providers, etc.
Why are the cartels there? Abject poverty and neglect make fertile ground for exploitation.
It’s not about “borders!” and insofar as Biden is responsible it’s about failure in getting resources into the hands of people who have been criminally neglected for a fucking century+ not some bullshit about lawlessness and invasion.
-end rant
I present the following numbers for a sense of scale:
- Population of USA, about 335 million
- Population of South Dakota, 910,000
- Native American population in South Dakota, 71,000
- Number of Bison in South Dakota, about 33,000
- Population of Buffalo, South Dakota, 344 people
- Number of Governors in South Dakota, 1
- Number of US Vice Presidents named Kristi Noem, 0