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Looking to 2024, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem gets caught in GOP culture war over transgender athletes


Looking to 2024, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem gets caught in GOP culture war over transgender athletes
A major fault-line within the Republican coalition over transgender student athletes has opened up, and one potential White House hopeful, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, has found herself caught in the middle.
After saying earlier this month she was “excited” to sign a bill preventing transgender ​students from competing in ​same-gender sports, Noem effectively killed the legislation last week that had been passed by Republican majorities in the state House and Senate citing concerns the bill as-is would invite lawsuits.
On ​Monday, however, she followed up by issuing two executive orders that implemented a ban on people assigned ​male on their ​original birth certificates from participating in women’s sports in public high schools and colleges. That predictably sparked opposition from ​trans rights advocates who say the orders are unconstitutiona ....

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