PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem obtained a sizzling Christmas present from her employees — actually.
Noem’s employees gave her a Pulsefire LRT flamethrower with an engraved plate of the state motto “Beneath God, the individuals rule,” the Sioux Falls Argus Chief reported Tuesday.
A video posted to Twitter on Sunday exhibits Noem, decked out in camouflage, utilizing the flamethrower to torching a pile of cardboard bins on a snowy farm. She shoots a last spray of flames into the bins, raises her arm with a flourish and says “Growth, excellent.”
Based on Tennessee-based ammunitions firm MidSouth Shooters, a Pulsefire LRT prices about $650. Noem spokesperson Ian Fury mentioned no tax dollars went towards the acquisition.
The present comes after a photograph on Twitter displaying Noem holding a flamethrower with the caption, “Is it too late so as to add one thing to my Christmas listing?” went viral in 2020.
Some critics on social media have complained that whereas Noem was burning the bins, media reviews surfaced that 1000's of American Indians on the Rosebud and Pine Ridge reservations have been trapped with out warmth throughout a fierce winter storm. Pine Ridge residents needed to burn garments after propane deliveries stopped and there was no firewood.
At the very least one individual, a 12-year-old Rosebud Sioux lady, died, as a result of she was unable to obtain medical remedy.
Fury famous that the state Division of Public Security cleared roads on each reservations, coordinated transport for dozens of dialysis sufferers to Speedy Metropolis, helped stranded drivers and delivered meals, firewood and propane to communities. Noem additionally declared a state of emergency and activated the Nationwide Guard to ship firewood to the Rosebud and Oglala Sioux tribes.
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