Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas was in New Hampshire late final month, Senator Rick Scott of Florida is angling to take over the Senate Republican marketing campaign arm to domesticate donors, and Consultant Liz Cheney of Wyoming is defending Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the federal government’s main professional on infectious illness, whereas separating herself from Mr. Trump on some nationwide safety points.
On the similar time, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is making an attempt to shore up his conservative credentials by pushing a tough line on China, and Senators Ted Cruz of Texas and Rand Paul of Kentucky are trying to reclaim their standing as fiscal hawks by loudly opposing further spending on coronavirus aid.
Drawing much less consideration, however working equally onerous to burnish her nationwide profile, is Ms. Noem. The governor, 48, has put in a TV studio in her state capitol, grow to be a Fox Information common and began taking recommendation from Mr. Trump’s former 2016 marketing campaign supervisor, Corey Lewandowski, who nonetheless has the president’s ear.
Subsequent month, she’ll tackle a county Republican dinner in Iowa.
“There looks like there is likely to be some curiosity on her half — it actually will get seen,” Jon Hansen, a Republican state consultant in South Dakota, stated of Ms. Noem’s positioning for nationwide workplace.
Her efforts have paid off, as evidenced by the news-driving celebration at Mount Rushmore. But Ms. Noem’s makes an attempt to boost her profile haven’t been with out problems. And so they illustrate the dangers in political maneuvering with a president who has little restraint on the subject of confidentiality, and a White Home that shares his obsession about, and antenna for, palace intrigue.
To the shock of a few of her personal advisers, Ms. Noem flew with Mr. Trump to Washington on Air Power One late within the night after his Mount Rushmore speech. Joined by Mr. Lewandowski, she and the president spoke for over an hour privately in the course of the flight — a undeniable fact that Mr. Trump and a few of his aides quickly shared with different Republicans, in line with officers aware of his disclosure.
An aide to Ms. Noem, Maggie Seidel, stated she didn’t elevate the vice presidency with Mr. Trump. Mr. Lewandowski, who’s a paid adviser to the Pence-aligned Nice America PAC, additionally denied that he or the governor ever raised the topic of changing Mr. Pence on the ticket.