Meet the Press, South Dakota’s gay-hating governor said she hasn’t been formally vetted to be Trump’s #2, all but assuring she won’t be his pick despite spending the past year campaigning for the gig, often by engaging in culture wars and fanning the flames of LGBTQ+ hate.Asked whether she’s received any vetting paperwork, the 52-year-old replied, “The only person who knows who the vice president’s going to be is Donald Trump.”Stay woke with our briefing while staying informed on all things LGBTQ+ entertainment, life, and more!“I haven’t received any paperwork,” she added. “I’ve had conversations with the president, and I know that he is the only one who will be making the decisions on who will be his vice president.”Meanwhile, during a campaign stop in Philadelphia over the weekend, Trump told NBC News he’s decided on a running mate “in my mind, yeah.” He added that “nobody knows” who his choice is, but he will “most likely” announce their name at CNN’s presidential debate in Atlanta on Thursday, the first of two scheduled debates against President Joe Biden.“They’ll be there,” the 78-year-old, convicted ex-president said. “I think we have a lot of people coming.”“I don’t care.
I love my job in South Dakota,” Noem told CNN.Noem had been auditioning to be Trump’s #2 for the better part of a year before she released her memoir No Going Back last month, in which she wrote in graphic detail about the time she shot a 14-month-old puppy in a gravel pit because it was “less than worthless” and she “hated” it.The shocking confession horrified pretty much everyone–Democrats and Republicans alike–and all but guaranteed she could, would, and should never be Trump’s VP pick.“Trump isn’t a dog person necessarily, but I think he understands that you can’t choose a puppy killer as your pick, for blatantly obvious reasons,” a campaign insider told the New York Post shortly after the story broke.It also killed her approval rating in her home state.A South Dakota News Watch poll.