“In reality, what happened was the Chinese Communist Party and its takeover, its communist matrix. . . We’ve brought this to this country and states have instituted this same exercise of governmental force that, frankly, in this country deserves to alarm us. “Noem said, “We saw that in the states, it was very similar to what China was implementing. It was a communist approach to take from the government. “
The South Dakota Republican lamented the amount of freedom other people in the United States lost at the height of the pandemic and the ease with which it happened. People gave up their freedom of assembly. “
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“They just turned around and gave up,” he said. Similarly, he recalled, the passing government disfavored other people in their freedom of faith by saying they may not simply go to church.
South Dakota imposed a state of emergency over COVID-19, but that didn’t come with state lockdowns or mask orders. At first, businesses were required to allow no more than 10 people to enter indoors if there was no area for social distancing. The state Department of Health also covered the face with cloth at one point, but it was not mandatory.
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“People want to know that there’s a state like South Dakota where it’s different,” Noem said. “People want to hear the story that there was a position that did it differently, and we thrived because of that. “
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The state’s emergency order was extended several times, even though it all ended on June 30, 2021.
Ronn Blitzer is a reporter for Fox News Digital, breaking news and politics.