Matt Walsh today went after Kristi Noem for being a weak Republican and suggested the only reason people originally saw her as a contender in 2024 was because she was hot:
Daily Wire host: "The hype and everything that [Kristi Noem's] gotten from conservative media is entirely based on the fact that she's an extremely attractive woman…You put 50 pounds on her and another 20 years, I don't think she gets any of the hype" pic.twitter.com/t8mYVbsUHe
— Jason Campbell (@JasonSCampbell) August 25, 2021
Noem responded to this, highlighting how Walsh attacked her for her looks:
Hey @benshapiro tell @MattWalshBlog I was roping bulls ( maybe he’s a steer?) bigger than him when I was in in my teens. He couldn’t walk a day in my shoes. pic.twitter.com/NvRxzPWvIz
— Kristi Noem (@KristiNoem) August 25, 2021
Walsh hit back:
No surprise that milquetoast Kristi Noem trots out the lame “misogyny” line. Exactly what I’d expect, and proving the point I was making about her.
Don’t worry though, governor. I know my opinion doesn’t matter to you. I don’t work for the Chamber of Commerce. https://t.co/HRPL7ukvLn
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) August 26, 2021
Lol now she’s telling on me to my boss https://t.co/rdLnL7ttHT
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) August 26, 2021
Honestly, I wouldn’t have gone there. I mean she is attractive to be sure, but that’s not why I thought in the past that she could be a contender in 2024. I honestly believed she was a strong conservative, even up to the point where she said she would sign that bill in her state banning biological males in female sports. But then, under pressure from the NCAA she completely balked and showed us how weak she really is, and that’s when I knew she wasn’t 2024 material. It had nothing to do with her looks at all, but her seeming strength and then obvious lack of strength and will. That’s what I would have said, but Walsh obviously chose a different route.
Let me just be clear that I don’t think Matt Walsh is a misogynist and I don’t disagree with this overall point about Noem being feckless. I just disagree with the point he made about why she was considered a 2024 contender.
Walsh has spent the evening defending himself on his timeline:
Kristi Noem is angrily tweeting about me because I criticized her. Meanwhile she bows to the Chamber of Commerce, corporate interests, and the LGBT lobby. She’d rather fight with a right wing podcast host. Tells you everything you need to know about her.
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) August 26, 2021
These are the kinds of people Kristi Noem was trying to impress by calling me a misogynist. Looks like it didn’t work. Who could have predicted this? https://t.co/Ux9Rq3sLo8
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) August 26, 2021
One other note here: Kristi pulled this clip from Media Matters. She is using Media Matters to hit conservatives. Also, she cropped the clip to leave out the part where I explain why I’m criticizing her. https://t.co/HRPL7ukvLn
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) August 26, 2021