The answer is slippery as it doesn’t address the question. The question wasn’t “is what you said correct”, it was “why did you say it so soon” with a “how could you know it to be true” twist. Noem is essentially saying (from her perspective) “I made a guess, and that’s ok because I happened to be correct”. And now we debate wether or not she is correct instead of debating wether or not she should have said anything at all, or even more problematic, if her statement and when she made it constiutes an ethical crisis as it indicates a clear bias or even a motive.