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Does Corey Lewandowski's dating Kristi Noem likely sink her Veep prospects [1]

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Date: 2023-09-16  

Considering how infidelity works for the GQP, this likely owns the LIVs.

x One year ago. Kristi Noem adamantly denies to Megyn Kelly the rumors that she was having an affair with Trump staffer Corey Lewandowski. pic.twitter.com/RQNLNn2rhx — Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) September 16, 2023

A bombshell report from DailyMail.com alleges that South Dakota's Governor Kristi Noem and Donald Trump adviser Corey Lewandowski have been having an affair since at least 2019.

Noem, 51, who previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives for four terms before leading her state, has been married to Bryon Noem, with whom she has three children, since 1992. Lewandowski, 49, has been married to Alison Hardy, a 9/11 widow he's known since middle school, since 2005; they have four kids.

When approached by the outlet, neither denied an affair. In its Sept. 15 story, DailyMail.com reported that Lewandowski did not respond to a request for comment while the family values-supporting governor -- who's publicly supported "traditional marriage," which she's called "a special, God-given union between one man and one woman" -- issued a statement criticizing the outlet for the timing of the article.

DailyMail.com stated that it believes news of the alleged romance could end Noem's chances of being Trump's pick for vice president on the GOP ticket. "[Lewandowski] may not be very smart, but it takes big b**** to lobby to have your mistress named one of the most powerful people in the country," an unnamed Republican operative told DailyMail.com, which reported that Lewandowski has been advocating for Noem to be Trump's running mate.

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(2021) The move came after a donor to former President Donald J. Trump said that Mr. Lewandowski had made unwanted sexual advances and touched her inappropriately.

Whether Mr. Lewandowski remains permanently banished from Mr. Trump’s orbit remains to be seen. After serving as Mr. Trump’s original campaign manager, he was fired in June 2016 after conflicts with Mr. Trump’s children and a series of incidents that the Trump family worried had cast the candidate in a negative light. But a month later, Mr. Trump began reaching out to Mr. Lewandowski again, and he was soon back in the fold. Aides to Mr. Trump insist this latest incident is different, particularly because it involves a donor to the former president. The donor, Trashelle Odom, made the allegations about Mr. Lewandowski in a statement that was first reported on Wednesday by Politico and that was later provided to The New York Times.

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