{"id":1965757,"date":"2023-07-06T15:20:05","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T19:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kristi-noem-calls-mount-rushmore-greatest-symbol-of-freedom-amid-ben-jerrys-crusade\/"},"modified":"2023-07-06T15:20:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T19:20:59","slug":"kristi-noem-calls-mount-rushmore-greatest-symbol-of-freedom-amid-ben-jerrys-crusade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kristi-noem-calls-mount-rushmore-greatest-symbol-of-freedom-amid-ben-jerrys-crusade\/","title":{"rendered":"Kristi Noem hails Mount Rushmore as the ultimate symbol of freedom amidst Ben &#038; Jerry&#8217;s campaign."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkristi-noem-calls-mount-rushmore-greatest-symbol-of-freedom-amid-ben-jerrys-crusade%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1965757&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Gov. Kristi Noem Defends Mount Rushmore as a Symbol of Freedom<\/h2>\n<p>Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) passionately defended Mount Rushmore as the &#8220;greatest symbol of our freedom&#8221; in response to Ben &#038; Jerry&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-biden-officials-keep-lying-about-the-trump-admin-not-having-a-vaccine-plan\/\" title=\"RNC: Biden officials keep lying about the Trump admin. not having a vaccine plan\">controversial remarks<\/a> about the Fourth of July and their call to return the monument to Native Americans.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not going to listen to a bunch of liberal Vermont businessmen who think they know everything about this country and haven&#8217;t studied our history,&#8221; Noem told the crew of Fox &#038; Friends.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>A Powerful Symbol of Freedom<\/h3>\n<p>Noem firmly believes that Mount Rushmore holds immense significance as a symbol of freedom in the history of the United States.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Right now, Mount Rushmore is the greatest symbol of our freedom in the history of the United States of America.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>She also emphasizes that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kristi-noem-calls-mount-rushmore-greatest-symbol-of-freedom-amid-ben-jerrys-crusade\/\" title=\"Kristi Noem hails Mount Rushmore as the ultimate symbol of freedom amidst Ben &#038; Jerry's campaign.\">national memorial serves<\/a> as a valuable learning tool.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We can learn from the men on that mountain. We can do better, but, boy, they led us through some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-releases-statement-following-second-impeachment-acquittal-in-senate-hints-at-future\/\" title=\"Trump Releases Statement Following Second Impeachment Acquittal In Senate, Hints At Future\">challenging times<\/a>,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I think Americans in this country need some inspiration, and we can gain it from a monument like that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Noem firmly stands against the actions of Ben &#038; Jerry&#8217;s and urges Americans to take pride in their country.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We should be proud of America and knock off what Ben &#038; Jerry&#8217;s is doing,&#8221; Noem added. &#8220;They don&#8217;t have any idea what they&#8217;re doing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Noem&#8217;s remarks come in response to Ben &#038; Jerry&#8217;s accusation that &#8220;colonizers&#8221; stole the Black Hills from the Lakota people through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/update-oregon-school-board-shoots-down-blm-pride-flag-requirement-progressive-board-member-goes-on-tirade\/\" title=\"Update: Oregon School Board Shoots Down BLM, Pride Flag Requirement, Progressive Board Member Goes On Tirade\">broken treaties<\/a> and then defaced them with the heads of &#8220;four white men \u2014 two of whom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vandals-topple-grave-markers-at-historic-virginia-cemetery-that-houses-confederates-monuments\/\" title=\"Vandals Topple Grave Markers At Historic Virginia Cemetery That Houses Confederates Monuments\">enslaved people<\/a> and all of whom were hostile to Indigenous people and values.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) defended Mount Rushmore as the &#8220;ultimate emblem of our liberty&#8221; in response to Ben &amp; Jerry&#8217;s criticism of Independence Day and their demand to give the monument back to Native Americans. Dismissing the opinions of Vermont entrepreneurs, she refused to heed their supposed expertise on the matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1965758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1965757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1965757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1965757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1965757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1965758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1965757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1965757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1965757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}