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00:00:00>> BEST IDEAS AND BEST PRACTICES. >> CAN BE FOUND ANYWHERE.
00:00:03>> WE HAVE TO LISTEN SO WE CAN GOVERN BETTER. >> DEMOCRACY DEPENDS ON HEAVY
00:00:07DOSES OF CIVILITY. >> YOU CAN FIGHT AND STILL BE
00:00:12FRIENDLY. >> BRIDGING THE DIVIDE IN AMERICAN POLITICS. >> YOU KNOW, YOU MAY NOT AGREE WITH THE DEMOCRAT ON EVERYTHING,
00:00:15BUT YOU CAN FIND AREAS WHERE YOU AGREE. >> HE'S PRETTY LIKABLE GUY AS WELL.
00:00:18>> CHRIS AND I ARE ACTUALLY FRIENDS. HE VOTES WRONG ALL THE TIME, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY
00:00:22FRIENDS. >> THE HORRIBLE SECRET THAT SCOTT AND I HAVE IS THAT WE
00:00:25ACTUALLY RESPECT EACH OTHER. >> WE ALL DON'T HATE EACH OTHER. >> YOU TWO ACTUALLY KIND OF LIKE
00:00:29EACH OTHER. THESE ARE THE KINDS OF SECRETS WE LIKE TO EXPOSE. >> IT'S NICE TO BE WITH A
00:00:33MEMBER WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. >> YOU GUYS DID AGREE TO THE
00:00:36CIVILITY. ALL RIGHT.
00:00:37>> HE OWES MY SON $10 FROM A BET
00:00:40>> I'VE NEVER PAID. FORK IT OVER. >> THAT'S FIGHTING WORDS. >> RIGHT THERE.
00:00:44>> I'M NOT IN CHARGE OF IT. >> I'M THRILLED TO BE ON THE SHOW WITH HIM.
00:00:47>> THEY'RE NOT SHOWS LIKE THIS, RIGHT? INCENTIVIZING THAT
00:00:51RELATIONSHIP
00:00:52>> CEASE FIRE. FRIDAY NIGHTS ON
00:00:57C-SPAN.
00:00:57>> [MUSIC]
00:01:02>> FORMER HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY KRISTI NOEM DELIVERED
00:01:04REMARKS AT A CEREMONY UNVEILING A BRONZE STATUE COMMEMORATING
00:01:07HER TIME AS SOUTH DAKOTA'S GOVERNOR. SHE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS THE 33rd GOVERNOR OF THE
00:01:11STATE, AND WAS THE FIRST FEMALE
00:01:13TO HOLD THAT OFFICE. THE STATUE IS PART OF THE TRAIL OF
00:01:16GOVERNORS, A DISPLAY OF LIFE
00:01:19SIZED BRONZE STATUES SHOWCASING FORMER SOUTH DAKOTA GOVERNORS IN A TRAIL LEADING FROM THE STATE
00:01:23CAPITOL TO DOWNTOWN PIERRE,
00:01:24SOUTH DAKOTA.
00:01:45>> [APPLAUSE]
00:02:05>> WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TODAY. I WILL ADMIT THAT
00:02:08I THOUGHT WITH EVERYBODY'S BUSY SCHEDULES AND EVERYTHING, THERE WAS THIS LITTLE THING IN THE
00:02:12BACK OF MY HEAD WONDERING IF ANYBODY WOULD COME TO THIS
00:02:16CELEBRATION. AND I JUST SO APPRECIATE LOOKING ACROSS THIS
00:02:20CROWD OF FACES TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT I DEARLY LOVE, SO
00:02:23MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE WALKED ALONGSIDE OUR FAMILIES OVER THE
00:02:27YEARS HAVE HELD OUR CHILDREN,
00:02:29AND HAVE GONE TO CAMPAIGN EVENTS
00:02:31WITH US, HAVE RODEOED WITH US, HAVE JUST DONE LIFE TOGETHER.
00:02:35AND I THINK THAT REALLY, TRULY IS A TESTIMONY OF WHAT SOUTH
00:02:38DAKOTA IS, IS THAT WE AREN'T JUST CITIZENS OF THE SAME STATE,
00:02:42THAT WE'RE ALL MEMBERS OF THE SAME FAMILY. I WANT TO THANK
00:02:45GOVERNOR LARRY RODEN AND FIRST LADY SANDY FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP.
00:02:48THEY HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLE PEOPLE
00:02:51OF INTEGRITY TO LEAD SOUTH DAKOTA. AFTER I HAVE LEFT THE
00:02:55STATE AND GONE TO SERVE WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS ADMINISTRATION. I'VE BEEN
00:02:59GRATEFUL FOR THEM AND ALL THAT THEY HAVE DONE. AND EVEN LAST
00:03:01NIGHT, IN ALL GRACIOUSNESS, THEY
00:03:04OFFERED TO HOST OUR FAMILY FOR DINNER AT THE GOVERNOR'S
00:03:08MANSION. AND SO THE KIDS AND I WENT OVER THERE AND ALL THE
00:03:12GRANDKIDS, AND WE WERE RUNNING
00:03:14AROUND CHASING RABBITS AND PICKING TOMATOES WITHOUT
00:03:17PERMISSION AND GETTING DIRTY. AND MOM WAS THERE WITH ME, TOO.
00:03:21AND LAST NIGHT, WHEN MOM WAS GETTING INTO BED, YOU WERE KIND
00:03:24ENOUGH TO LET HER STAY IN HER OLD ROOM THAT SHE USED TO STAY
00:03:27IN. WHEN? WHEN WE LIVED IN THE GOVERNOR'S RESIDENCE. AND I
00:03:31WENT IN THERE AND I WAS TUCKING
00:03:34MOM INTO BED, AND WE WERE TALKING A LITTLE BIT, AND I SAID
00:03:36TO HER, IT WAS ABOUT 1030 AT NIGHT. AND I SAID, MOM, THANK
00:03:39YOU FOR COMING. I KNOW THAT THIS
00:03:41IS A LOT. AND SHE SAID, LOOK AT ME. I'M LAYING IN THE
00:03:45GOVERNOR'S RESIDENCE, GETTING TUCKED INTO BED. WHAT'S HARD
00:03:47ABOUT THIS? SO. SHE LOVED IT.
00:03:54BUT WE HAVE JUST SO APPRECIATED
00:03:57LARRY AND SANDY AND THEIR FRIENDSHIP OVER THE YEARS, AND ALL THAT THEY HAVE DONE TO WALK
00:04:01ALONGSIDE OF OUR FAMILY. YOU KNOW, YOU ALL KNOW OUR FAMILY,
00:04:04AND BRIAN AND THE KIDS HAVE DONE EVERYTHING WITH ME AS I'VE
00:04:08SERVED IN WHATEVER ROLE THAT I WAS IN, AND WE'VE DONE IT AS A FAMILY, LOVING EACH OTHER AND
00:04:12GETTING THROUGH THEM TOGETHER. THEY'RE MY BEEN, MY GREATEST
00:04:16ENCOURAGERS OVER THE YEARS, AND WE ALL JUST SO DEARLY LOVE EACH OTHER. I KNOW THAT BRIAN AND
00:04:19BOOKER DON'T GET THE CHANCE TO BE WITH US TODAY. BOOKER, IN
00:04:23FACT, IS SERVING AS A MISSIONARY IN THE MIDDLE EAST. SO I WOULD CONTINUE TO ASK YOU TO LIFT HIM
00:04:28UP IN PRAYER THAT GOD KEEPS PROTECTION OVER HIM. AS HE TELLS
00:04:31PEOPLE ABOUT JESUS ALL OVER THE WORLD, IN THE DARKEST PLACES
00:04:34THAT NEED TO HEAR ABOUT HIM. BUT WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOU AND
00:04:38EVERYONE IN OUR FAMILY WANTS TO LET YOU KNOW HOW MUCH WE LOVE YOU, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU. AND
00:04:42THANK YOU FOR OPENING UP YOUR
00:04:44HOMES AND YOUR HEARTS TO US AS WE CONTINUE TO WALK. YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT SOUTH
00:04:48DAKOTA WAS A SMALL STATE, BUT THAT MADE US SPECIAL. THAT MADE
00:04:52US A SMALL STATE THAT COULD BE NIMBLE, THAT COULD DO THINGS
00:04:55THAT OTHER STATES COULDN'T DO. WE COULD ALMOST BE A PILOT
00:04:58PROJECT FOR WHAT WE WANTED AMERICA TO BE LIKE, AND PUT IN
00:05:02PLACE REFORMS. AND WE ALL DID THAT TOGETHER. AND I THINK
00:05:04THAT'S WHY SOUTH DAKOTA CONTINUES TO LEAD THE NATION IN
00:05:08THE EXAMPLE THAT IT SETS. IT'S A
00:05:10CITY ON A HILL, A SHINING EXAMPLE OF WHAT FREEDOM LOOKS
00:05:13LIKE, AND WILL STILL CONTINUE TO BE THAT WAY FOR MANY GENERATIONS
00:05:16TO COME. THE TRAIL OF GOVERNORS. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK
00:05:19THAT YOU DO, FOR THE HISTORY THAT YOU'RE DEDICATED TO, TO
00:05:23TELLING OUR KIDS AND GRANDCHILDREN ABOUT PAST LEADERS. I KNOW I'VE
00:05:26APPRECIATED ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE IN EDUCATING US AND OUR FAMILY
00:05:30ABOUT SOUTH DAKOTA, OUR BEGINNINGS, THOSE WHO STEPPED UP
00:05:33AND SERVED, AND THE FACT THAT YOU WORKED WITH US SO MUCH ON
00:05:37THIS STATUE. FOR ME, WHEN THEY FIRST CAME TO ME AND SAID THEY WANTED TO DO THE STATUE, I SAID,
00:05:41WELL, SHOULDN'T I BE DEAD? FIRST? AND THEY SAID, NO, WE'VE
00:05:44DONE A FEW OF THEM WHERE THE. AND I SAID, I WOULD APPRECIATE
00:05:47IT IF WE COULD WAIT UNTIL THEN, BECAUSE IT JUST SEEMS STRANGE TO
00:05:50TO DO A STATUE WHEN YOU'RE STILL ALIVE. AND, AND I SAID, WELL, THEN, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO
00:05:54WHAT I REALLY WANT MY HORSE TO
00:05:58BE IN IT. AND. AND THAT MADE THINGS COMPLICATED. UM, ICE MAN
00:06:01IS A VERY, VERY SPECIAL HORSE.
00:06:03UH, HE, UH, IS JUST A SORREL
00:06:05GELDING. REGISTERED. HIS REGISTERED NAME IS ASHWOOD
00:06:09EISMAN, BUT HE, UM, HE SOLID.
00:06:13HE'S STEADY. HE NEVER GAVE ME A SINGLE FIT OR A BAD ATTITUDE.
00:06:16THERE WAS ONE PARADE WHERE HE WASN'T SO KIND TO LARRY, BUT I
00:06:20WAS KIND OF OKAY WITH THAT JUST
00:06:24KIND OF PROVED THAT HE WAS MY HORSE. UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU
00:06:27TAKE A HORSE AND PUT HIM IN A BUFFALO ROUNDUP WHEN THEY
00:06:31HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED IT BEFORE, AND IT CAN GET PRETTY DANGEROUS.
00:06:32AND HE WAS JUST A ROCK STAR, NO
00:06:35MATTER WHAT SITUATION I PUT HIM IN, WE EVEN, HE WAS THE VERY
00:06:38FIRST HORSE TO CARRY AN AMERICAN FLAG AT A PROFESSIONAL BULL
00:06:42RIDING EVENT, WHERE THEY
00:06:45ACTUALLY DROPPED FIREWORKS ON HIS HEAD AND LIT THE ARENA FLOOR
00:06:48ON FIRE. AND HE WALKED OUT THERE AND STOOD PROUDLY WITH THE
00:06:50AMERICAN FLAG. SO HE'S STILL
00:06:52WITH ME. HE'S GOT A LITTLE ARTHRITIS IN HIS KNEES BECAUSE
00:06:55OF ALL THE THINGS THAT WE PUT HIM THROUGH, BUT HE'S VERY, VERY SPECIAL. AND THE FACT THAT
00:06:59YOU ALLOWED US TO HAVE ICE MAN
00:07:02IN THE PORTRAIT AND IN THE
00:07:04STATUE IS, IS VERY SPECIAL TO ME AND TO MY FAMILY. YOU KNOW, MY
00:07:07DAD WAS A COWBOY, AND EVERY DAY
00:07:09I STILL MISS HIM. UH, HE DIED
00:07:11WHEN HE WAS 49 YEARS OLD IN AN ACCIDENT. BUT MOST PEOPLE DON'T
00:07:14REALIZE THIS. WHEN I GREW UP, MY HORSE PASTURE GATE HAD A SIGN
00:07:18THAT HUNG OVER IT, AND IT HAD THIS SIGN THAT HUNG OVER IT THAT
00:07:22HAD A QUOTE THAT DAD HAD HAD
00:07:26MADE AND PUT THERE FOR US TO READ. EVERY TIME I WENT OUT TO CATCH MY HORSES AND IT SAID,
00:07:30THERE'S NOTHING SO GOOD FOR THE INSIDE OF A MAN AS THE OUTSIDE
00:07:33OF A GOOD HORSE. AND I READ THAT
00:07:36ALL THE TIME, AND I TRULY
00:07:39THOUGHT IT WAS TRUE. I DIDN'T REALIZE UNTIL I GOT TO CONGRESS THAT THAT WAS A RONALD REAGAN
00:07:42QUOTE. MY DAD WASN'T A POLITICAL
00:07:45GUY. THE FACT THAT HE HUNG A RONALD REAGAN QUOTE OVER MY HORSE PASTURE GATE IS PRETTY
00:07:49REMARKABLE. AND THEN I GOT ELECTED TO BE THE 33rd GOVERNOR
00:07:53OF SOUTH DAKOTA, AND RONALD
00:07:55REAGAN WAS THE 33rd GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA. AND IT JUST ALL IS
00:07:59INCREDIBLY SPECIAL. AND RIGHT NOW, I'VE GOT THREE COWBOYS AT
00:08:02OUR RANCH HANGING THAT VERY SAME
00:08:06SIGN ABOVE OUR HORSE PASTURE GATE THAT WE JUST BUILT. BRAND
00:08:09NEW TO CONTINUE TO, NOT JUST TO REMEMBER MY DAD AND ALL THAT HE
00:08:12INSTILLED IN US KIDS WHEN WE WERE LITTLE, AND THE VALUES THAT
00:08:15HE GAVE US, BUT ALSO OUR LEADERS
00:08:18AND OUR PRESIDENTS AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE LED THIS NATION THROUGH
00:08:21CHALLENGING TIMES, BUT DID SO WITH A SMILE AND A SPARKLE IN
00:08:24THEIR EYES, LIKE PRESIDENT
00:08:26REAGAN DID. YOU KNOW, I WANT TO
00:08:28THANK AS WELL, JOHN LOPEZ. I'VE
00:08:31LOVED HIM EVER SINCE I FIRST SAW HIM. I THINK YOU CAN TELL A GOOD
00:08:35HEART ON SOMEONE WHEN YOU MEET
00:08:37THEM. AND HE'S JUST ALWAYS BEEN SPECIAL. I THINK I FIRST PAID
00:08:40ATTENTION TO YOU, JOHN, BECAUSE
00:08:42MY MOM THOUGHT YOU WERE CUTE.
00:08:46AND SHE MADE US DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO LEMMON TO MEET THIS
00:08:49COWBOY. THAT WAS CUTE. AND WE
00:08:51FOUND OUT WHAT A GOOD ARTIST YOU WERE. AND SHE'D ALWAYS ADMIRED
00:08:55YOU. SO THANK YOU FOR FOR DOING THIS. UM, THIS MEANS A LOT TO
00:08:58ME. I KNOW HOW BUSY YOU ARE. YOU'RE TRAVELING AROUND THE WORLD, GRACING PEOPLE WITH YOUR
00:09:01GIFTS AND TALENTS THAT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU. THE FACT THAT YOU PUT
00:09:04THIS MUCH TIME AND EFFORT INTO,
00:09:09INTO THIS SCULPTURE MEANS THE WORLD TO ME, AND WILL, HOPEFULLY TO MY CHILDREN AND TO MY
00:09:13GRANDCHILDREN AS WELL. AND THEN
00:09:15I FIRST MET DAVID EWELL, WHEN I
00:09:17THINK HE REACHED OUT TO BETH AND SAID THAT HE HAD TAKEN A PICTURE
00:09:20OFF OF A CELL PHONE AT THE BUFFALO ROUNDUP, THAT HE HAD PAINTED A PORTRAIT OF, AND HE
00:09:24WANTED TO GIVE IT TO ME. AND, UH, GOSH, NOBODY LOVES AMERICA
00:09:28LIKE DAVID EWELL. HE'S THE
00:09:30GREATEST PATRIOT THAT I KNOW.
00:09:34HE'S BEEN THE MAIN ARTIST FOR HARLEY-DAVIDSON FOR MANY, MANY
00:09:36YEARS. HE'S TRAVELED THE WORLD,
00:09:38BEEN AN EXAMPLE. UH, BUT HE
00:09:41DEARLY LOVES HIS FREEDOM AND NOT FROM SOUTH DAKOTA, BUT I THINK
00:09:45HE SECRETLY WISHES HE WAS, UM,
00:09:47BUT THAT PICTURE THAT HE PAINTED OFF OF THAT CELL PHONE STILL
00:09:51HANGS IN MY OFFICE AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT TODAY. IT HUNG IN THE
00:09:54GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. I TOOK IT TO
00:09:56WASHINGTON, D.C., AND IT HUNG AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
00:09:59SECURITY. AND THEN I MOVED IT OVER TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT FOR THE SHIELD OF AMERICAS. WHEN I
00:10:02MOVED THERE TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP TO HELP
00:10:05OTHER COUNTRIES SECURE THEIR
00:10:07BORDERS, DEAL WITH MIGRATION, TO BRING SAFETY TO THEIR
00:10:11COMMUNITIES AND THEIR HOMELANDS, SO THEY CAN BE BETTER ALLIES OF
00:10:13THE UNITED STATES. THANK YOU, DAVID, FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND
00:10:17FOR WHO YOU ARE AND FOR YOUR HEART. I'LL ALWAYS STRIVE TO BE
00:10:19MORE LIKE YOU.
00:10:27>> [APPLAUSE] >> WITH THAT, I DO WANT TO GIVE
00:10:29A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO BETH, WHO
00:10:33HAS HELPED FACILITATE ALL OF THIS WITH TONY. I KNOW THEY SPENT MANY, MANY PHONE CALLS
00:10:36ORGANIZING THINGS, SAYING, WELL, SHE REALLY WOULD LIKE THE HORSE
00:10:39IN THERE. AND REALLY BEING MY
00:10:42ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF JUST REALLY MAKING SURE THAT TODAY
00:10:46WENT WELL. AND I KNOW, BETH, YOU SPENT A LOT OF TIME DOING THIS. THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS WALKING
00:10:50ALONGSIDE. HOW MANY OF YOU IN THE CROWD KNOW BETH? BECAUSE SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN WITH ME. I
00:10:53PRAY I NEVER HAVE TO SPEND A DAY WHERE BETH ISN'T ONE OF MY BEST
00:10:57FRIENDS. HER AND LESLIE ARE
00:10:59REMARKABLE, BUT I WANT TO THANK
00:11:02MY KIDS, CASSIDY AND KENNEDY AND KYLE AND TANNER ARE HERE
00:11:05TONIGHT. WHY DON'T YOU GUYS STAND UP WITH THE GRANDKIDS REAL
00:11:08QUICK? CASS AND KYLE, YOU STAND UP. THEY HAVE MISS ADDIE. MISS
00:11:11ADDIE, DO YOU WANT TO >> [APPLAUSE]
00:11:14>> STAND UP? MISS ADDIE'S FIVE.
00:11:19AND THEN WE'VE GOT BRANCH, WHO IS THREE. RIGHT. BIG, STRONG
00:11:23BRANCH. AND THEN LENNY. LOU IS
00:11:25TWO. AND THEN KENNEDY AND TANNER
00:11:28HAVE NOAH, AND I'M NOT SURE WHERE NOAH WENT. SHE'S A YEAR
00:11:31AND A HALF. SHE WAS TALKING A
00:11:33LOT. SO. BUT THE BEST JOB I'VE
00:11:37EVER HAD IN MY LIFE IS BEING A
00:11:40GRANDMOTHER. AND THEN BEHIND THAT WAS BEING A MOM. AND THEN IT WAS BEING GOVERNOR OF SOUTH
00:11:44DAKOTA. MIKE ROUNDS USED TO SAY THAT ALL THE TIME, BEING GOVERNOR WAS THE BEST JOB HE
00:11:47EVER HAD. IT TRULY IS AN AMAZING JOB. I LOVED WORKING FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP. I WAS TELLING
00:11:51HIM A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, I SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE THE FIRST PERSON REALLY THAT I'VE
00:11:55WORKED FOR IN OVER 30 YEARS, EVER SINCE MY DAD PASSED AWAY, I
00:11:58ALWAYS WAS ABLE TO WORK FOR MYSELF OR WORK FOR THE PEOPLE OF
00:12:02SOUTH DAKOTA. AND HE SAID,
00:12:04CHRISTIE, IT WAS SO EASY WORKING
00:12:08FOR ME. YES, SIR. YES, YOU'RE RIGHT. IT'S SO EASY WORKING FOR
00:12:12YOU. BUT HE WISHES YOU ALL WELL,
00:12:13AND HE LOVES THIS STATE, TOO. HE
00:12:16CAME BACK TO SOUTH DAKOTA FOR
00:12:20THE FIREWORKS BECAUSE OF HIS RESPECT FOR THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH DAKOTA AND WHAT YOU ALL HAVE
00:12:22DONE TOGETHER. I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU ONE STORY BEFORE I'M
00:12:25DONE. YOU DON'T NEED TO HEAR
00:12:26ANY MORE FROM ME. BUT WHEN I
00:12:30FIRST GOT ELECTED TO CONGRESS, I WAS MISERABLE, DUSTY PROBABLY
00:12:34KNOWS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS. IT'S A HUGE ADJUSTMENT. YOU GET
00:12:37TO WASHINGTON, D.C., AND YOU'RE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
00:12:40IT'S CHAOTIC. YOU'RE GIVING SPEECHES, GOING TO MEETINGS, AND
00:12:43THEN ABOUT YEAR TWO, YOU REALIZE YOU'RE HAVING THE SAME MEETINGS
00:12:46YOU HAD BEFORE. THINGS AREN'T
00:12:49GETTING FIXED. YOU FEEL LIKE ALL YOU'RE DOING IS TALKING. AND I WAS AWAY FROM MY FAMILY, AWAY
00:12:53FROM MY HUSBAND AND MY RANCH,
00:12:56AND EVERYBODY THAT I LOVED AND COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT I WAS
00:12:59DOING THERE. I JUST THOUGHT,
00:13:01WHAT DID GOD DO? WHY AM I IN THIS CITY? AND EVERYTHING THAT I
00:13:05LOVE IS BACK IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
00:13:07AND THEN I WAS ON THE HOUSE FLOOR, AND I WALKED OFF THE
00:13:10HOUSE FLOOR, AND ONE OF THE FLOOR STAFF WAS HAVING AN
00:13:13ARGUMENT ON THE PHONE WITH
00:13:15SOMEONE, AND HE HUNG UP. AND IT WAS AN ARGUMENT WITH HIS
00:13:19BROTHER. AND HE LOOKED FRUSTRATED. AND I ASKED HIM IF HE WAS OKAY. AND WE HAD A
00:13:22CONVERSATION. AND THROUGH THAT CONVERSATION, WE TALKED ABOUT
00:13:25OUR FAITH AND ABOUT GOD AND HOW HE WALKS ALONGSIDE YOU. AND I
00:13:28HAD THE CHANCE TO SHARE JESUS WITH HIM. JUST A DAY OR TWO
00:13:31LATER, I WAS IN MY OFFICE. MOST PEOPLE PROBABLY KNOW THIS BY
00:13:35NOW, BUT I DID. WE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH MONEY, SO I LIVED IN MY
00:13:37OFFICE. I SLEPT ON THE COUCH,
00:13:40AND SO I WAS ALWAYS THERE AT NIGHT, WORKING LATE, AND THE CLEANING LADY CAME IN AT ABOUT
00:13:4411:00 AT NIGHT TO EMPTY THE GARBAGE CANS AND STUFF. AND I
00:13:48HADN'T MET HER BEFORE. AND SO I STARTED TALKING TO HER AND ASKED HER IF SHE WANTED TO HAVE A CUP
00:13:51OF COFFEE, AND IF WE COULD VISIT. AND SHE DID. SHE SAID,
00:13:55WELL, THAT'D BE NICE. AND WE SAT DOWN AND TALKED FOR ABOUT AN
00:13:57HOUR AND DRANK COFFEE. WE ENDED
00:14:00UP TALKING ABOUT OUR FAMILIES
00:14:03AND TALKED ABOUT OUR FAITH, AND SHE GOT UP TO LEAVE. WHEN SHE WENT BACK TO WORK AND SHE SAID,
00:14:06YOU KNOW, I'VE WORKED HERE FOR
00:14:0830 YEARS, AND I'VE NEVER HAD A MEMBER OF CONGRESS TALK TO ME,
00:14:11MUCH LESS SIT DOWN AND HAVE A
00:14:13CUP OF COFFEE WITH ME. AND I
00:14:16THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY SPECIAL. SHE LEFT THAT NIGHT, AND THE
00:14:19VERY NEXT DAY, I WALKED INTO THE
00:14:21BATHROOM IN MY OFFICE BUILDING, AND ONE OF THE LADIES IN THERE
00:14:25THAT WAS CLEANING THE BATHROOMS WAS SOBBING, AND I ASKED HER WHAT WAS WRONG, AND SHE SAID HER
00:14:2914 YEAR OLD SON HAD JUST BEEN ARRESTED FOR STEALING. HE'D
00:14:33GOTTEN INVOLVED WITH SOME GANG MEMBERS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. SHE
00:14:37DIDN'T KNOW WHAT SHE WAS GOING TO DO, AND I JUST TOOK HER
00:14:40HANDS. AND WE PRAYED FOR HER SON. AND I HUGGED HER, GAVE HER
00:14:44MY PHONE NUMBER, AND WHEN I LEFT THE BATHROOM, I STARTED WALKING DOWN THE HALLWAY TO GO TO A
00:14:48COMMITTEE MEETING. AND ALL OF A
00:14:50SUDDEN, IT JUST HIT ME, AND I
00:14:52THOUGHT, HERE I THOUGHT GOD HAD
00:14:54SENT ME TO WASHINGTON, D.C., TO
00:14:58PASS BILLS TO FIX LEGISLATION,
00:15:00TO GIVE SPEECHES, AND TO DO
00:15:04THINGS THAT WERE IMPORTANT, WHEN REALLY, WHAT HE HAD SENT ME TO DO WAS JUST TO MINISTER TO
00:15:07PEOPLE THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THERE
00:15:11>> [APPLAUSE]. [APPLAUSE] >> AND SEE, WE GET CAUGHT UP IN
00:15:15THAT ALL THE TIME. WE START THINKING THAT LIFE IS ABOUT
00:15:18ACCOMPLISHMENTS, ABOUT THINGS THAT WE DO, AND THE, THE THINGS
00:15:21THAT WE CAN WRITE DOWN THAT WE DID A GREAT JOB AT, OR EVEN OUR
00:15:25FAILURES WE KEEP TRACK OF, AND WE TRY TO DO BETTER AND STRIVE
00:15:28TO DO BETTER AS WELL. BUT REALLY, WHAT GOD HAS PLACED US
00:15:31HERE TO DO IS TO BE IN RELATIONSHIP WITH PEOPLE, TO
00:15:35MINISTER TO THEM, TO BE THERE
00:15:39FOR THEM. THIS ROLE AS GOVERNOR AND MY ROLE AS SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY HAS ALLOWED ME
00:15:43THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT IN A
00:15:45VERY UNIQUE WAY. I HAD A LEADER NAMED ARTHUR BROOKS TELL ME ONE
00:15:49TIME HE SAID, CHRISTIE, NEVER
00:15:51GET ANGRY ON BEHALF OF YOURSELF. ALWAYS GET ANGRY ON BEHALF OF
00:15:54OTHER PEOPLE. ALWAYS KEEP YOUR FOCUS ON WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR
00:15:57OTHER PEOPLE, AND SERVE PEOPLE AND MINISTER TO THEM. I WOULD
00:16:00JUST LIKE TO ASK ALL OF YOU, AS
00:16:02WE END HERE TODAY, TO REMEMBER
00:16:04THAT OUR LIFE IS WONDERFUL. WE
00:16:07ARE BLESSED. GOD GAVE US INCREDIBLE FAMILIES AND PEOPLE
00:16:10THAT HAVE SURROUNDED US, BUT
00:16:12WE'RE IN THE PEOPLE BUSINESS. I
00:16:15LOVE MY FAMILY. I LOVE THE NOEM FAMILY. I LOVE THE PEOPLE WE'VE
00:16:18ADOPTED INTO OUR FAMILY, AND I
00:16:20ALWAYS WILL. NOTHING WILL EVER CHANGE THAT. BUT WE ALSO ARE
00:16:24CALLED TO LOVE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN OUR LIVES, THAT WE CROSS
00:16:26THE PATHS FOR. I'D ASK YOU ALL JUST TO SLOW DOWN. NOTICE THE
00:16:30PEOPLE AROUND YOU THAT MAY NEED YOU TO SAY A KIND WORD TO THEM,
00:16:32TO REACH OUT TO THEM, BECAUSE THAT, I THINK, IS WHY SOUTH
00:16:36DAKOTA IS SO STRONG. THAT'S WHY
00:16:37I THINK THIS IS A SPECIAL PLACE. GOD HAS HIS HAND ON THIS STATE
00:16:41IN A WAY THAT THAT NO OTHER STATE HAS. THERE'S A SCRIPTURE
00:16:44VERSE THAT THROUGHOUT COVID AND
00:16:47ALL THE CHALLENGES WE HAD, THE BOMB, CYCLONE, THE RATIO, THE
00:16:50THOUSAND YEAR FLOOD, EVERYTHING THAT WE WENT THROUGH WHILE I WAS
00:16:53GOVERNOR WAS IN SECOND. TIMOTHY SAID THAT GOD HAS NOT GIVEN US A
00:16:56SPIRIT OF FEAR, BUT OF POWER AND
00:16:59OF LOVE, AND A SOUND MIND. HE
00:17:03BLESSED US WITH A SOUND MIND TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND WILL DO
00:17:07THAT WHILE WE LOVE EACH OTHER TOO. SO THANK YOU. GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE POWERFUL
00:17:11PRAYER EARLIER AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU AND AND
00:17:14BLESSING ME AND MY HEART AND MY FAMILY TODAY. WE LOVE YOU SO
00:17:17MUCH. HAVE A WONDERFUL >> [APPLAUSE]
00:17:21>> DAY.
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00:17:32>> YOU'RE WATCHING C-SPAN 2
00:17:36DEMOCRACY UNFILTERED.
00:17:39>> [MUSIC]
00:17:42>> YOU LOOK BACK ON WHAT YOU'VE ACHIEVED IN YOUR LIFE. WHAT MAKES YOU THE HAPPIEST OF WHAT
00:17:45YOU'VE ACHIEVED SO FAR? >> THIS INTERVIEW IS THE ABSOLUTE APEX.
00:17:49>> LEADERS SEEM TO LIKE TO WEAR WIGS. HOW COME HE DIDN'T HAVE A
00:17:51WIG? PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID, I MADE A MISTAKE THE FIRST TIME. I
00:17:55SHOULD HAVE GIVEN IT TO YOU THE FIRST TIME. >> THAT ISN'T WHAT HE SAID.
00:17:59>> YOUR FIRST BOOK WAS CALLED A TIME TO KILL. HOW MANY
00:18:02PUBLISHERS TURNED THAT DOWN? >> WELL, ALL OF THEM. >> IT'S VERY RARE TO SEE DONALD TRUMP LAUGH.
00:18:06>> HE DOESN'T LIKE TO SMILE IN PHOTOS. HE HAS WHAT THEY CALL
00:18:09THE STARE. HOW WOULD THE STARE. >> WHEN YOU GO TO THE OSCARS THAT EVERYBODY SAY, OH, THERE'S THE AUTHOR.
00:18:13>> OF ALL THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE GO THIS WAY, AND THEN THEY HAVE ANOTHER LITTLE PATH IN THE
00:18:17OSCARS, WHERE THE PEOPLE LIKE I GO. >> SO YOU WROTE A BOOK ABOUT SOMEBODY WHO LIVED WITH WOLVES.
00:18:20>> I INTERVIEWED A GUY WHO LIVED WITH WOLVES.
00:18:22>> YEAH. AND IS THAT SAFE TO DO THAT?
00:18:26>> ABSOLUTELY NOT. SO I KNOW YOU WERE NOT COMPLAINING. YOU WERE OPINIONATED ABOUT WHY WE LOVE
00:18:30YOU, DAVID.
00:18:32>> [MUSIC]
00:18:41>> OVER THE WEEKEND, CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM CAMPAIGNED
00:18:44FOR A DEMOCRATIC HOUSE. CANDIDATES IN MICHIGAN. IN HIS
00:18:47REMARKS, GOVERNOR NEWSOM, WHO IS WIDELY SEEN AS A POTENTIAL 2028
00:18:51PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF STATE
00:18:53LEGISLATURES. HE ALSO SPOKE ABOUT CALIFORNIA'S DECISION TO
00:18:56TAKE