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WASHINGTON, March 12, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — At the recent Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Gov. Kristi Noem of South Dakota contrasted the unique success her state had responding to the coronavirus last year — using “common sense and conservative governing principles” — with the disastrous results of places like New York where so-called “mitigation efforts” have “been anything but scientific.”
Noem began by reminding her audience of the great success Donald Trump had as president, prior to the March 2020 shutdowns, in creating “seven million new American jobs,” with “the lowest unemployment rate in over half a century.”
In response to the spread of COVID-19, “Most governors shut down their states. What followed was record unemployment. Businesses closed. Most schools were shuttered. Communities suffered. And the U.S. economy came to an immediate halt,” she described.
Affirming that such extended and devastating shutdowns were clearly avoidable, Noem was candid: “Let me be clear. COVID didn’t crush the economy. Government crushed the economy.”
To great applause, the governor highlighted how the Mount Rushmore State was different. “For those of you who
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