South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (Photo courtesy Gov. Kristi Noem/Twitter) On Wednesday, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem pledged not to mandate the COVID-19 vaccine for children. Her pledge came after the CDC's advisory committee on immunization practices recommended the COVID-19 vaccine's inclusion in the vaccines for children program. Noem, who was running for reelection, accused her Democratic opponent of supporting mandatory vaccination for children wishing to attend public school. Recent polling from South Dakota State University shows Noem in an unexpectedly close race with a lead of just a few points. A conservative rising star and possible Dark Horse 2024 Republican Presidential Contender Gnome has touted her COVID-19 record in her campaign, including her opposition to lockdowns and vaccine mandates.
Photo credit: Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0, via Flickr In a video released to her social media account, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) slammed Democrats' actions on the omnibus bill. Rep. MTG blasts House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: 'You Would Not Believe What Happened Last Night'. In her video she said: Hey everyone this is Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. I want to tell you how corrupt congress is. Now you would not believe what happened last night as a matter of fact I'm still shocked about it and the rest of the republicans we're all shocked about it. So you've been hearing probably about the omnibus bill that has been going through the appropriations committee. This is a 1.5 trillion dollar omnibus bill that none of us got to see anything in the bill text, we had no idea what was in it until this morning. When we found out that the rules committee which is a democrat controlled committee and put out their alert on their website, they did not email any o...