Kristi Noem takes a break from bitching about drag queens to whine about “woke” ice cream instead
longtime ally of the LGBTQ+ and other marginalized communities, called for the return of “stolen Indigenous land” in its Fourth of July message then suggested we start with Mount Rushmore.“This 4th of July, it’s high time we recognize that the US exists on stolen Indigenous land and commit to returning it.
Learn more and take action now,” the company tweeted, along with a link with more information about how the federal government seized the Black Hills, where Mount Rushmore is located, from the Great Sioux Nation after gold was discovered there in 1877 in a direct violation of the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868.This 4th of July, it's high time we recognize that the US exists on stolen Indigenous land and commit to returning it.
Learn more and take action now: https://t.co/45smaBmORH pic.twitter.com/a6qp7LXUAEWell, this didn’t sit so well with Noem.The gay-hating governor, who recently called for the banning of drag shows on college campuses, immediately ran to Fox News, where she said she’s not gonna listen to “a bunch of liberal Vermont businessmen who think they know everything about this country and haven’t studied our history.” She went on to call Mount Rushmore “the greatest symbol of our freedom” in the country’s history, ignoring the fact that in 1980 the Supreme Court actually ruled that the land was, indeed, stolen and awarded the tribes financial compensation.
