“Governor, President Biden is negotiating,” the CNN host [Dana Bash] said. “He didn’t want to do any of this. He’s negotiating because this is what Republicans wanted him to do. So, again, why not take the W? Why not take the win?”

Noem responded with a single question that silenced Bash and brought an awkward silence onto CNN’s airwaves.

“What has he done?” the governor asked.

Noem then broke the silence and recounted what Border Patrol officers on the front lines of the border crisis told her last week.

[Noem may be on Trump’s short list for running mate. This is a pretty good audition. — Ed]