A statement by South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem telling workers who object to vaccine mandates to simply find a new job is leaving some of her conservative supporters dismayed.
On Saturday, the woman touted by many Republicans as a potential presidential candidate for 2024 and beyond tweeted:
“Workers whose employers are mandating a vaccine for continued employment have the power to say no.
“Our robust economy and job market gives them the option to find a new employer that values personal choice and responsibility, and doesn’t force mandates on their employees,” she added.
Workers whose employers are mandating a vaccine for continued employment have the power to say no. Our robust economy and job market gives them the option to find a new employer that values personal choice and responsibility, and doesn’t force mandates on their employees.
— Kristi Noem (@KristiNoem) July 31, 2021
The statement prompted swift, negative reaction from some of her admirers.
“The latest example of embracing Republican Establishment corporatism is abysmal,” said J.D. Rucker at the Liberty Daily. “What’s worse is that she demonstrated her embrace of one of the most hated industries today among MAGA conservatives: Big Pharma.”
“For a potential presidential candidate who had built up a good amount of conservative goodwill, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem is projecting the wrong message to keep her name circulating in the hat,” Rucker noted, adding she “picked the wrong time to unveil her Republican Establishment leanings.”
“There’s a fine line between defending individual rights and supporting the rights of private businesses to run their operations without government intervention. It isn’t always black and white, but the Covid-19 ‘vaccine’ issue is one that steers a good chunk of conservatives away from our standard hands-off approach to business. Forcing vaccine mandates onto employees is a form of discrimination. Even if we set aside the skepticism millions of Americans have when it comes to the so-called ‘vaccines,’ we cannot dismiss the draconian nature of vaccine mandates forcing people to choose between their careers and their healthcare freedoms.”
The Conservative Treehouse took a similar stance, saying, “Noem is at her political core Wall Street (Koch Brothers etc.). Meanwhile, President Trump is at his political core Main Street.
The disconnect is found in the difference between what looks like a good ‘talking point,’ and the reality of workers having to deal with the issue of mandated vaccinations in the workplace. Just quit your job … not so easy in practice.
The SD Governor seems to overlook that entire sectors of the economy are impacted by federal rules, not just individual companies. Hotel workers, restaurants, cooks and cleaners, mechanics, service industry writ large, are subject to forced business owner compliance with regulatory agencies. When the federal government initiates a mandate, all businesses within that sector are hit with the mandate. Switching jobs offers no security or escape from the mandate.
OSHA, the Dept. of Labor, the Dept. of Agriculture, and many other federal agencies create the system. All private sector businesses regulated by those agencies end up forced to adhere to those rules and regulations. Instead of targeting the solution on the employee, which to be fair does have some merit, leading political figures should be constructing their defense of workers by confronting the source of the underlying mandate; not the workers themselves.
Setting aside the reality that forced mandates for vaccination put the most vulnerable employee demographics in a position of agreeing to the jab or potentially losing the roof over their head; what MAGA voters understand better than the elites that fly above them – is their ability to think through consequences, because they have to actually live with them. MAGA people are smart, really smart, and they are pragmatic to the problems they face.
In some ways, pragmatism is on the opposite end of the continuum from ideological decision-making.
It is one thing to say, “defy the system” (ideologically), it is another thing entirely to actually carry through the process of defiance; when your ability to keep your family safe is contingent upon comfortable invisibility inside the same system.
Governor Noem approaches the issues faced from a top-down perspective. Someone like Donald J. Trump has shown he understands the issues we face from a bottom up perspective; and that is entirely why the blue-collar working class has connected to him.
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Apparently she’s getting a kick back on the vaccine profits like Fauci and many others, a vaccine that’s not working, not FDA approved and is killing thousands and leaving thousands with permanent damage.
I’d say she’s just cut her own throat.
She said NO! to vaccine mandate!
People like her are why the Demo RATS are currently getting by with all of their crimes without serving a single day in Jail, she needs to tell Biden you do not dictate what happens in my state only the governor and people in power within the state do! Joe Biden you are just a puppet on a string who holds no authority in my state!
She could do as Greg Abbott of Texas did, just pass a law restricting big Marxist government interference.
The problem with that is all of the people in the Demo RAT crap hole states will be still subject to his absurdity! Everyone knows he is a Hard core cocaine Addict, he has devastated the office of the presidency with his blind disobedience to his Oath of Office! He has threatened both Civil War and Nuclear war over the vaccines, he has totally disregarded the safety of the American People and his Oath of Office to have a secure border! Not to mention the minute he announced that he would run for office China made a direct deposit of $50 Million into Joe Bidens bank account! How on Earth is that not Collusion?
He is dancing to a different tune: Dance Macabre.
He needs to tune his radio to a real channel!!!
Impeach the leech!
True, people need to stand up to this tyranny. But look for another employer. Who would want to work for someone that willing knows this is taking away your rights and endagering our population.
She’s correct. If “woke” employers want to mandate vaccinations or CRT, there are plenty of other jobs/employers out there to go to. It’s an additional step in combating the tyranny. Boycott and don’t work for them either.
Employers may lose good employees. Once this happens then employers may think twice.
I understand where she’s coming from but it’s not what people want to here. People want the Madness to Stop. Elite Democrats ignore mask mandates until it’s time for show so why do the people have to obey the mask rules?
A big “OOPS” moment for her, in OUR AMERICA we must maintain a person’s “FREE CHOICE” …she just lost my POTENTIAL VOTE!
She said NO! to the vaccine mandate. Read again.
Noem is Wall Street and I guess that says it all. Wall Street is still encouraging investment in CCP China investment vehicles. They have no idea or guarantee thet the apparently enormous returns from such investments will ever be allowed to move out of the Chinese sphere of influence.If this is her base raison detre then this person is a potential future threat and possible RINO.
Her response is not the answer,she should be saying it is against the constitution to order anyone to be vaccinated if they don’t want to not find another job,she’ll never get my vote
Am I missing something here. She said NO! NO! To vaccine mandates. READ again. People are piling on like she said yes to mandates. She said to say NO, and then if the employer decided to let you go, you could hopefully find an employer that did not have a mandate for vaccines since there is now more jobs available. I’m sure hoping I’m reading this right.
The employers should be jailed for treason to America
I can’t understand all of the hullabaloo against Governor Noem. She’s actually defending the rights of those who don’t want the vaccine but are being forced to do so by their employers, in which case she’s telling them to go to another employer who is not enforcing. She is defending individual rights.
Have never been a fan. She has done a few other things that made me wonder about her. Maybe the NSA has been monitoring her and other Republicans.
Freedom of Choice! As Important as Freedom of Speech! No Proof of Immunity Guaranteed, even if vaccinated and no proof that masks prevent the spread either to wearer or from the wearer
Get the damn vaccine and all of this will go away. When 99% of the people getting Covid are non-vaccers that should tell you something. These people get the disease then spread it to others. Let them die.
Moron THe vaccine does not work causes more harm than good and will only be certified due to political pressure because if it is emergency certified in September this wil be FDA’s biggest LIE 60% of serious Covid cases in England had 2 vaccine shots. Wake up IDIOT!
People like you will just die off. No loss there.
correction look at Pfizer documents that werre just released at 50,000 pages a day forced by a federal judge who overrode the Libturd judge Vaccinated people get Covid 4 times more and die close to 9 times more but IDIOTS like you can not read and believe MSNBC lies.
Keep believing that garage. You’re saying all of the medical professionals in hospitals who say its nearly all unvaccinated are just liars or uninformed. I’m choosing to believe them.
A bit of a misstep by the Governor … but this Lady does have great potential. PRESIDENT TRUMP appreciates her a great deal. I suspect IF and WHEN he takes back The Oval Office, he will consider offering her an important slot in his administration. Then his next smart move may be to bring Tulsi Gabbard into the fold, and use her skills — since the Democrapic party wants nothing further to do with this young Starlet. TRUMP IN 2024 — IF NOT SOONER !
WELL KAMALA WAS AN ABYSMAL CHOICE AS A TOTAL AS SHOLE FOR VP…. KRISTI SHPULD NOT BE THE GOP EQUAL POOR CHOICE! ENOUGH ALREADY !