This is not exactly the story I expected to read this morning.
According to the Secretary of State’s campaign finance website, Ravnsborg recently formed a new state political action committee (PAC) he’s calling “$99 for Freedom.”
And..
No other paperwork has been filed with the Secretary of State’s office for Ravnsborg’s PAC, but the primary interest of the committee provided by Ravnsborg was to “elect conservative candidates.”
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Apparently he created this PAC back in February, and people are only now noticing. It will be interesting to see how much he raises to influence South Dakota elections.
Wow. Talk about the guy who keeps cutting conservatives out at the knees. Go away. You are not needed. Have legislators in House learned nothing?
Wiped out from every leadership position.
Run. Run as fast as you can. Send his money back.
He’s unemployable. Please move.
Reason 1. 2. And 3. Why Hansen isn’t speaker.
They followed him off the cliff. Hansen is not a leader. He’s lead.
Mr. Hansen appears to be living rent free is some people’s heads…
Not sure how Hansen is on topic in a post on Jason Ravnsborg.
Wasn’t Hanson one of the leaders not to impeach? Every one of the Representatives who voted no should have been primaried out of office.
So was Rep. Mike Stevens, Kent Peterson, and many others.
The difference from Hansen and those listed above is no one believes they were tied in with the Haugaard insurrection at convention. Hansen has never publicly distanced himself and was often times seen as encouraging the effort to keep Jackley out and oppose Rhoden.
Ravnsborg could give someone $50k and it would hurt a candidate more than help a candidate.
The current population of South Dakota is estimated at 858,469, which shows an increase from the 2010 Census.
Only ONE can not ever hold public office again, and now he has a pac!
Not entirely true. Several are age-ineligible, term limited, residency ineligible, and/or criminally ineligible.
Ravensburg can read a room about as well as Hellen Keller could see a hippo. Guy needs to take a hike.
I was told Ravnsborg didn’t even kill a guy, that was “fake news”. The guy who sold me my air fryer said so, I think I’ll believe him over the courts, family, legislature, and general public. Nice try, Deep State!
None of this two years of widespread misery, running through the impeachment trial and now on to this clueless PAC, would have been necessary had Ravnsborg been properly prosecuted for vehicular manslaughter, as Janklow was.
Hyde county would have convicted him, he would have done a bit of jail; game over.
Shame on the “prosecutors” who dodged their duties. “Prose-clueless.”
So that forced the legislature to do the extraction. Well done to all those who voted to impeach and convict.
Unfortunately, as per SDCL 22-16-41, vehicular homicide can only be charged if the driver’s intoxicated. Considering the Hyde county sheriff failed to check at the scene and it seems like Ravnsborg simply wasn’t paying attention to the road (gross negligence) or was on his phone he couldn’t have been charged.
It’d be nice to see the legislature close that loophole, but I’m guessing there are too many in the House who are either Ravnsborg’s supporters or think that being sober, but dangerously incompetent behind the wheel shouldn’t be a criminal offense.
Ravnsborg was proven by GPS cell data to have walked by the body lying six feet off the shoulder of the highway twice with a light shining down. He then drove home leaving the body in the ditch after saying he had not seen anything. He should never have been driving an automobile in the first place if he didn’t see the body because he is blind. The pictures were not easy to look at but they immediately make Ravnsborg a liar.
One simple acceptance of guilt and a public apology is all anyone ever asks of a public official who makes a mistake. In this case lying about hitting a human being, leaving the body uncovered overnight and acting innocent sealed his fate.
Thank goodness there was one over even who voted to impeach in the House.
Ravnsborg showed his true character. He has none.