South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem says Trump choosing a woman VP would help him win

• South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, once a strong contender to be Donald Trump's VP pick, suggested that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee should choose a woman running mate.
• Polls have found that Trump's support from female voters has dropped over the past several months.
• Noem has reportedly been excluded from Trump's VP shortlist after she got wrapped up in controversy for an anecdote in her new memoir about shooting and killing her 14-month-old puppy.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, once a strong contender to be former President Donald Trump's vice presidential pick, suggested on Sunday that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee should choose a woman running mate.

"Having a woman that is helping him campaign makes a difference. Listen, I could be home in bed or feeding my horses or rocking my grandbabies," Noem said on CNN's "State of the Union." "But I'm in Wisconsin because I believe President Trump needs to win."

Noem added that women voters tend to prioritize small business policy, along with child care and health care, an issue that Trump has lagged President Joe Biden, according to polling in recent months.

In March, a Quinnipiac University poll found that Trump's support from female voters had dropped by 5% in the wake of the civil lawsuit filed by E. Jean Carroll related to sexual assault and defamation claims.

Since then, the former president has also been convicted on 34 felony counts in a New York trial about a hush money payment he made to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election.

Trump's support from women also posed a threat to his election chances in 2016, especially after the leaked "Access Hollywood" tape that caught the GOP candidate making crude remarks about