Kristi Noem: “We can’t trust our government anymore.” Bash: “You are the government.” Noem: “Yes, that’s what I’m saying.”
She’s really saying: “The government is broken, and even though I’m part of it, I’m the one trying to fix it.” Kristi Noem is in the government, but she talks as if she’s not, because that helps her appeal to voters who distrust Washington. A lot of politicians use this trick: They run the system …