Kristi Noem says Republicans should not get 'overconfident' after Trump shooting

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has a warning for the Republican party: Don't get "overconfident."

The second-term governor shared her thoughts on the November election during a Tuesday interview with FOX and Friends' Brian Kilmeade.

Noem spoke to the FOX host about former President Donald Trump's campaign approach, following the assassination attempt where the Republican presidential nominee's upper right ear was grazed by a bullet, leaving him bloodied but not seriously injured, according to USA Today. One rally attendee was killed in the gunfire and two others were "critically injured," authorities later said.

Noem, who was at one point considered a contender for Trump's VP pick, said "there's a lot of Republicans getting overconfident" in the wake of the shooting.

"They think Nov. 5 is in the bag, and his demeanor is very different. He knows how tough campaigns are," Noem said.

Some Congressional Republicans have said Trump's reaction to the attempt on his life — he raised a fist and mouthed the word "fight" at rallygoers, despite the injury to his ear — ultimately benefited his campaign.

Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., told POLITICO shortly after the Saturday shooting, "This will energize the base more than anything," referring to the images and videos of Trump that circulated from the event, while Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., speculated that "Trump just won the election."

But Noem wouldn't go that far in her interview.

"In the next four months, anything could happen, and I think that's what Americans need to be prepared for," Noem told Kilmeade.

Part of Noem's rationale, based on the Tuesday interview, is that the potential for President Joe Biden to lose the Democratic nomination is still apparent.

Biden has resisted calls from fellow Democrats asking him to drop out of the presidential race ever since he gave a shaky performance during a nationally televised debate with Trump in June. CNN reported several top House Democrats told House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries that President Joe Biden should step aside from the 2024 campaign.

More recently, The New York Times reported Rep. Adam Schiff, a California Democrat running for Senate, told donors at a New York fundraiser Saturday that he would lose to Trump, and that the party would most likely lose the Senate and miss an opportunity to regain control of the Republican-led House.

"I believe that, too," Noem said. "[Rep.] Adam Schiff is not a dummy. I mean, he's certainly, over the years, been wrong on everything, but he reads the political tea leaves pretty well.

She then told Kilmeade she believes "there's a very good chance that Joe Biden's not the nominee."

With Vice President Kamala Harris as a nominee, though, that could be a "gamechanger," Noem said.

"I don't think they skip [Vice President] Kamala Harris," Noem said. "If they make her the nominee, she picks another woman, and you're running against a historic two-woman team."

Noem also addressed changes to the RNC that came after the shooting. She said the RNC planners asked her to lengthen her remarks and to "address the shooting but to give people hope."

Noem added Trump's sudden appearance raised the gravity of the situation.

"It was pretty intense just because the schedule was changing quite a bit," Noem said. "We all knew that [former] President Trump was gonna be visiting and coming, and the crowd was not aware of that. So, behind the stage, we were working to get schedulers and speakers lined up and everything so it rolled smoothly. I think it was great."

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