Asked if she could help deliver Trump a win against President Joe Biden in the 2024 race as his running mate, she instinctively responded, “Oh, I know I could.”

In an interview with the Washington Examiner following her Friday speech at the American Conservative Union’s 2024 Conservative Political Action Conference, Noem cited her “experience running businesses, being a governor, serving in Congress, but most of all, being a mom” as evidence of this.

Noem explained being a mother means “I have the ability to always get up every day and think about what kind of a country am I leaving my kids,” noting she also has “two grandbabies.”