House Speaker Ryan finds confidant in S.D.'s Kristi Noem

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http://www.argusleader.com/story/news/politics/2016/05/02/house-speaker-ryan-finds-confidant-sds-kristi-noem/83399026/



WASHINGTON — When Rep. Kristi Noem heads to the House gym on Capitol Hill in the morning, the third-term lawmaker from South Dakota is not only building strength but strengthening her relationship with one of the chamber’s most influential lawmakers: Speaker Paul Ryan.

In between bouts of push-ups and pull-ups, Noem and Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican who was thrust into the role of speaker last October, often discuss agriculture, taxes, national security and a host of other issues important to people in South Dakota and across the country. During her more than five years in Congress, Noem, 44, has become a confidant of Ryan, giving South Dakota’s only House member a front-row seat into her party and potentially placing her in a better position to help her state.

“He’ll say (in between exercises) ‘What’s going on in South Dakota?’” Noem said in an interview in her Washington office. “We see each other there every morning. That’s my chance to bend his ear on things he has had an opinion on and just give another perspective.”

[WhiteTara]

1. I wonder when he'll stop going home every weekend

and spend more time in Washington.

[Gomez163]

2. Oh maaaan

[Firebrand Gary]

3. Isn't she one of those batshit tea party people?

[Gomez163]

5. Whaaaaaa? Oh yeah.

[Firebrand Gary]

6. I could swear that she's in a TV movie about the Tea Party.

Or some series. I remember her, it was like an interview where she's a crater leader of the tea party or something who's fustered by the system and decides to run for congress. She's lame as hell.

[trumad]

4. He's banging her.

[Firebrand Gary]

7. She's Tea Party, maybe she's banging him?

[gratuitous]

8. Oh, how can you say that?

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan would neve--

Okay, I see your point.

[Kingofalldems]

9. Clever article.

[Stinky The Clown]

10. She's one of those who sleep in their offices on a "pullout couch"

She went to Israel with him recently.

They've been "gym buddies" for a while now.

[Gomez163]

11. She's so dreamy.