WILL: BRING IN TERM LIMITS.
PETE: I’M SURPRISED THEY HAVEN’T
CALLED TO DEFUND IT.
WILL: SOUTH DAKOTA GOVERNOR,
KRISTI NOEM LATEST REACTION TO
THIS.
SHE HAS A BOOK, NOT MY FIRST
RODEO, LESSONS FROM THE
HEARTLAND.
ON SALE THIS TUESDAY.
GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON THE PROGRAM
THIS MORNING.
>> GREAT TO BE WITH YOU.
IT HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL WEEK.
WHY IT SURE HAS.
IT SURE HAS.
GOVERNOR, YOU’VE BEEN ON THE
FOREFRONT FOR THIS ISSUE,
PERSONALLY FOR ME AS WELL WHEN
YOU PASSED THE LEGISLATION TO
BAN ABORTION BASED ON THE
DIAGNOSIS OF DOWN SYNDROME.
I THINK THIS IS VERY
INTERESTING.
WE SAW ON CNN THIS WEEKEND, ANA
NAVARRO ONE OF THE CONTRIBUTORS
ACTUALLY SAID OUT LOUD WHAT SOME
OF US HAVE THOUGHT THAT THEY
MEANT WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT
ABORTION.
SHE SAID SHE MENTIONED A BUNCH
OF FAMILY MEMBERS OF HERS THAT
HAVE DOWN SYNDROME, PHYSICAL
DISABILITIES.
SHE MENTIONED AUTISM, A PRETTY
LARGE POPULATION THESE DAYS.
SO MY QUESTION TO YOU, WHAT DID
YOU MAKE OF THAT AND IS THAT
EUGENICS?
>> IT IS, ABSOLUTELY.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THIS
COUNTRY RECOGNIZES THAT EVERY
SINGLE LIFE IS PRECIOUS.
THE DECISION THAT WE HAD THIS
WEEKS WITH ONE THAT PASSES NOW
THIS AUTHORITY DOWN TO THE
STATES WHERE ELECTED OFFICIALS
WILL MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.
IN SOUTH DAKOTA, WE HAD A
TRIGGER LAW IN PLACE ALREADY.
SO AS OF TODAY ABORTIONS ARE
ILLEGAL IN OUR STATE.
AND THEY’RE ONLY ALLOWED TO SAVE
THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER.
I THINK IT IS ENTIRELY
APPROPRIATE NOW WE FOCUS ON
TAKING CARE OF WOMEN IN CRISIS,
THAT HAVE UNPLANNED PREGNANCY,
SEE WHAT WE DO TO SUPPORT THEM.
MAYBE SURE BABIES END UP IN
HOMES THAT ARE GOOD, LOVING
ADOPTIVE HOMES AND LET THE
PARENTS BE PARENTS.
WILL: GOVERNOR YOU MENTIONED THE
TRIGGER LAW.
YOU’RE THE PERFECT PERSON TO ASK
THIS.
YESTERDAY WE HAD THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL OF LOUISIANA ON.
TELL US HOW THAT WORKS.
WE KNOW IT TAKES EFFECT
IMMEDIATELY.
WE TAKE THE CONCEPT OF A TRIGGER
LAW.
WHAT HAPPENS TO ABORTION
PROVIDERS IN SOUTH DAKOTA AS OF
THIS MOMENT?
HOW DO YOU ENFORCE THE LAW AS OF
THIS MOMENT?
WHAT IS THE LAY OF THE LAND IN
SOUTH DAKOTA TODAY?
>> PLANNED PARENT HOOD ALREADY
STOPPED ABORTIONS IN STATE OF
SOUTH DAKOTA A MONTH OR TWO AGO.
THAT WAS GOOD NEWS.
WE HAD A STATE STATUTE ON THE
BOOKS IF ROE V. WADE WAS EVER
OVERTURNED AT THE SUPREME COURT,
IMMEDIATELY ABORTION WAS BE
ILLEGAL IN OUR STATE EXCEPT TO
SAVE THE LIFE OF A MOTHER.
SO THAT WENT INTO EFFECT.
WHAT WE WILL DO CONTINUE TO
FOCUS ON NOT PUNISHING MOTHERS
OR WOMEN.
WE’LL FOCUS ON THE DOCTORS WHO
KNOWINGLY BREAK THE LAW TO
PERFORM ABORTIONS IN THE STATE
OF SOUTH DAKOTA.
PETE: GOVERNOR, WHAT IS YOUR
MESSAGE TO THE NEXT GENERATION?
THE DEBATE FOR ROE HAS GONE ON OVER 50 YEARS.
OVER 50 YEARS.
A WHOLE NEW DROP OF YOUNG PEOPLE
TECHNOLOGY, IT WAS AM DECK I CAN
IS NOT THE RIGHT WORD BUT ABOUT
RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES.
WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO ALL
WOMEN AS WE MOVE INTO THE NEXT
CHAPTER?
>> IT IS ABOUT RIGHTS AND
LIBERTIES.
EVERY SINGLE LIFE HAVING RIGHT
TO LIVE.
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED, SCIENCE
REVEALED MORE AND MORE WHAT IS
GOING ON IN THE WOMB.
WE KNOW MORE TODAY THAN WE DID 5
OR 20 YEARS AGO.
I THINK IT IS INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE EVERY
LIFE IS PRESSURES.
IT DESERVES TO BE PROTECTED
UNDER THE UNITED STATES
CONSTITUTION.
THIS WILL PASS, RACHEL.
WHAT I THINK IS INTERESTING WHEN
I WATCH ALL THE PUNDITS ON TV ON
THE LIBERAL MEDIA, TALKING ABOUT
THIS A SCARE TACTIC AS THOUGH
THE SUPREME COURT MADE A
LEGISLATIVE DECISION.
WHAT THIS DID WITH THIS DECISION
THAT CAME OUT THIS WEEK IT GAVE
AUTHORITY TO THE STATES.
IT IS GOING TO ALLOW US AT THE
STATE LEVEL TO MAKE THE BEST
DECISION FOR OUR PEOPLE.
SO EVERY STATE WILL MAKE
DIFFERENT DECISIONS.
SOUTH DAKOTA WE’RE STANDING FOR
LIFE.
I HOPE EVERY SINGLE STATE
FOLLOWS OUR EXAMPLE.
RACHEL: YOU’RE RIGHT.
THE PUNDITS OUT THERE ARE
DEFINITELY AND DEMOCRAT
LAWMAKERS ARE TRYING TO SCARE
WOMEN AND CREATE FEAR BUT IT IS
ALSO EXPOSED A LOT OF IGNORANCE
ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION AND
CIVICS, HOW THIS ALL WORKS.
THIS IS REALLY INTERESTING.
>> IT IS.
WHAT IS INTERESTING ABOUT HOW
THE DECISION WAS WRITTEN WAS
THAT SPECIFICALLY PEOPLE DON’T
HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO
AN ABORTION.
THAT EVERY LIFE HAS VALUE, THAT
EVERY LIFE SHOULD BE PROTECTED.
THAT THIS WILL GO TO ELECTED
REPRESENTATIVES BY THE PEOPLE TO
MAKE THE DECISIONS AT THE STATE
LEVEL.
WILL: GOVERNOR, AS WE MENTIONED
YOU HAVE A BOOK COMING OUT ON
TUESDAY, NOT MY FIRST RODEO,
LESSONS "FROM THE HEARTLAND." IT
IS ON SALE TUESDAY.
WHEN WAS YOUR FIRST RODEO?
>> MY GOODNESS, I DON’T
REMEMBER.
I WAS PROBABLY SEVEN OR
EIGHT YEARS OLD.
THIS IS A BOOK NOT NECESSARILY
ABOUT POLITICS.
IT IS ABOUT MY LIFE LIVED SO FAR
BUT IT HAS SOME POLITICAL
STORIES IN IT, THINGS PEOPLE
DEFINITELY DO NOT KNOW ABOUT ME,
MY BACKGROUND OR LIFE BUT
LESSONS.
I LOVE THE WAY I GREW UP.
I LOVE MY FAMILY.
I THINK PEOPLE WILL ENJOY IT.
RACHEL: I KNOW A BIT ABOUT YOUR
LIFE STORY.
IT IS FASCINATING.
I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO READ THIS
BOOK.
IF YOU DIDN’T KNOW WILL WAS A
RANCH HAND.
WILL: SHE IS A REAL COWGIRL.
LET’S BE CAREFUL.
I’M ALL HAT THAN CATTLE.
RACHEL: COME DOWN TO FOX
STUDIOS, A LASSO CONTEST.
WILL: NOPE, NOPE.
RACHEL: WE GO TO THE RANCH TO
SEE YOU?
>> WE CAN DO THAT, WILL.
WILL, I’VE GOT A COWBOY HAT WITH
YOUR NAME ON IT.
WILL: OH, SWEET.
>> WE HAVE A HORSE READY.
WE HAVE A WHOLE SERIES OF RANCH
RODEO EVENTS.
WILL: I’VE BEEN AROUND BUFFALO.
SEEN YOU AROUND A BUFFALO
ROUNDUP.
PETE: YOU ROUNDED UP BUFFALO
TOO?
WILL: I TRAILED, I HAD A TRAILER
BABY BUFFALO I HIRED FROM,
SORRY, NORTH DAKOTA, TO WESTERN
MONTANA.
LET ME TELL YOU THEY’RE WILD
ANIMALS.
THEY’RE NOT DOMESTIC COWS.
THEY ARE WILD ANIMAL.
>> WILL, I LIKE YOU MORE AND
MORE EVERY DAY.
PETE: WORKING ON IT.
RACHEL: I’M BETTING ON YOU,
GOVERNOR.
PETE: FOR SURE.
WE’LL DO THAT NEXT YEAR WE DO
THE 4TH OF JULY FROM MOUNT
RUSHMORE WITH YOU.
HOW ABOUT THAT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
IT’S A DATE.
PETE: THE BOOK IS "NOT MY FIRST