The Oglala Sioux Tribe, the largest Sioux tribe in South Dakota, banned Republican Governor Kristi Noem from the Pine Ridge Reservation in the southwest portion of the state after Noem told the state legislature she intended to send National Guard troops and razor wire to the southern border in Texas, the Washington Post reports.
It’s the second time in five years the tribe’s leaders have taken such action against Noem, who’s thought to be on the shortlist for the potential vice presidential slot on the GOP ticket with Donald Trump, who has a habit of appointing people based on how they think they’ll play in front of cameras, not for actual experience and capability.
Noem has repeatedly used the term “invasion” to describe the influx of migrants on the southern border, but the tribe noted that the responsibility for protecting the tribe against any such an invasion falls to the federal government, not the state of South Dakota.