Kristi Noem Fact Check Gnomes recap the Gubernatorial Debate

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Well… I think there’s one way to sum up our fact check of the KELOLAND Debate: Billie Sutton says one thing, but his record shows something completely different.

Billie Sutton Says One Thing: “I am pro-life.”
But Does Another:

  • Held fundraiser with Planned Parenthood’s leadership
  • First hire was a pro-choice Lt. Governor
  • Opposed stricter penalties on those performing abortions on pain-capable unborn babies

Billie Says One Thing: “I did not support legislation legalizing marijuana.”
But Does Another:

  • Sponsored a bill that would make it legal for someone to have marijuana in their system
  • Sponsored a bill to allow people from out of state to legally possess and use small amounts of marijuana if they hold a medical cannabis card from another state

Billie Says One Thing: “My opponent says I support a state income tax.”
But Does Another: Nope… It was Billie Sutton who proposed a state income tax.

Billie Says One Thing: “We need to make sure we have an … accountable government.”
But Does Another: But when Billie had the chance to provide oversight over GEAR UP, he didn’t ask the tough questions. Instead, he took $11,000 in campaign contributions from the defense attorneys.

Here are some of the things Kristi talked about:

-The Fact Check Gnomes

59 thoughts on “Kristi Noem Fact Check Gnomes recap the Gubernatorial Debate”

  1. So, I think she really blew it at the end when she more or less said that she would not live in the Governor’s mansion. But when you are a congresswoman who uses her Capitol Hill office as her apartment, then I guess we should already know that she is really not keen on being a full-time public official….

    #PartTimeKristi

        1. You could tell that that was a question she was not prepared for and she failed the test….

          #PartTimeKristi

          1. She answered it well. She has a son still in school and her husband’s business back home. The idea of opening up the Governor’s mansion to the public is an AWESOME idea! Billie said the same answer but with no ideas for the building in the future. Any logical person knows the amount of time you spend in a mansion isn’t going to deter your efficiency as Governor. And the idea that she didn’t do her job in congress is a blatant and utter myth. She’s done more than maybe 12 other individuals in her time in congress. She truly gave South Dakota a voice and did big things from allowing states to defund PP to passing the Farm Bill. Billie on the other hand, has done nothing but stew in Pierre watching more corruption in his 8 years than we’ve ever seen while Kristi was in DC draining the swamp. Kristi is not only the better candidate than Billie, she’s a better candidate for Governor than we’ve seen in 20 years. Billie on the other hand would be the WORST choice we’ve made in 40 years.

            1. There’s a reason we are ranked the most corrupt state in the country. Kristi was Rounds lap dog when she was in state legislator. EB 5 was rounds baby and the genesis of gear up was under him. She did nothing to prevent any of this. They ran the state off the rails, then tried to close all are small schools down to pay for it. Then came up with our idiotic property tax system, that is breaking our farmers. The farm bill that she takes credit for, she only showed up for 4 hearings out of 21. The only thing she was concerned about was the crop insurance scam, which benefited her husband because he sells it. Crop insurance is socialism at it best, taxpayers subsidize the premium and claims. The draining swamp term is laughable she is the swamp. She’s drowning in corporate money.

  2. Well, it was pretty obvious who will best fill the role of our next governor. Who was stronger, wiser, the biggest visionary, the one with a plan, the most experienced and has and will utilize the most resources to lead and improve our state? Obviously, Kristi Noem. Governor Noem.

    1. Let’s look back at 2016. You have an educated women from within the political establishment with a plan who in that race was “the most experienced and has and will utilize the most resources to improve our..” country. The Republicans voted for a guy who can barely talk in coherent sentences for more than two minutes without a teleprompter. You’re posting on why to vote for Noem does not make sense a Republicans totally went against those arguments in 2016.
      That being said I had a different perception of how she came across and it’s not what you stated. I just am noting the hypocrisy in your post.

      1. Republicans did not vote for a guy “who can barely talk in coherent sentences for more than two minutes without a teleprompter”. That was President Obama. You have your talkers mixed up. As for that “educated woman”, I am thinking your are talking about Hillary who was nothing until she married Bill Clinton and has no real accomplishments short of getting a US ambassador killed.

        1. No Im talking about our current President. He is incredibly incoherent at times.

          As for Hillary. Yes I was talking about her. Yale Law? First student ever to give a commencement speech at her undergrad, published in the Harvard Education Review, worked in Washington all prior to marrying Bill. There are people, myself included, that believe by putting her ambitions aside for Bills it cost her a step back rather then a step ahead.

          1. Just because you have trouble understanding, that does not necessarily imply that the messenger is incoherent. Maybe you’re just not good and understanding certain issues?

            There are people, myself included, that believe by putting her ambitions aside for Bills it cost her a step back rather then a step ahead

            a) Case in point, or
            b) I believe the marijuana discussion is a little further down the page

            1. Try to read transcripts of his speeches. They are incoherent babbling.
              Case in point what? That women can’t have careers before finding a husband and sometimes they put those ambitions on hold for their husband?
              Are you implying that because I don’t think like you I have to be on drugs? There goes Republicans and their safe spaces again. How dare anyone think differently than I do.

          2. I forgot just how eloquent President Obama is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I4Jsf9IwoQ
            Hillary was probably one of the worst candidates to ever be nominated. Her list of accomplishments included a failed health care launch, the chief bimbo eruption destroyer of life of otherwise innocent women, 1 ambassador and three others killed, but at this point what difference does it make?, and a foundation steeped in corruption.

            1. Republicans had to run a life-long pro abortion New York Democrat to win an election. 4 bankruptcies, 3 divorces, numerous affairs, several sexual harassment lawsuits. Unprotected sex with a pornstar(a true sign of wisdom and judgement). I guess there’s a reason we never hear about family values anymore. But hey him and kristi are best friends! Oh ya I forgot draft Dodger, those damn bunions.

              1. Republicans did not run this guy. He ran as a Republican and won the nomination. Last I saw, NO Republican wanted him as the nominee. And if the guy is as terrible as you paint him, that says A LOT about the lady (I use that term loosely) who ran against him, spent more money and coughed herself to the finish line.

                1. I’m not painting him as anything just stating facts. I didn’t support Hillary Clinton either. Left it blank because it’s illegal to write in candidate for president in sd.

                  1. It also says a lot about the Republican party in this state. If bin laden ran as a Republican would you vote for him also?

                    1. I did not vote for Trump because he was a Republican. I voted for him because he was the best choice among several other choices. It turns out I was right.

                  2. But you are implying the Republicans are behind him. The fact of the matter is they are not. They do not like that he is trying to move the power to the people instead of Washington. Paul Ryan is nowhere to be seen. Other Republicans denounce him every chance they get. Yet his “lies” turn out to be true.

  3. Typical negative and catty Noem debate. So instead of the expected Hillary jab,she chose the Bernie jab. She was frothing at the mouth to start the attacks.
    It is clear who wins on decency.

    1. They were both going negative. Kristi just had way more to work with. You can vote for Billie out of sympathy, I’ll vote for Kristi because she has literally everything else. Intelligence, experience, achievements, background. Billie got paralyzed by a horse and wears a hat…. that’s about it

      1. Yes, his supporters are definitely using the victim card.
        Can’t use the race card – he’s white.
        Can’t use the gender card – he’s a man.
        Can’t use the class card – he’s rich.
        Can’t use sexual orientation – he’s straight.

        So, they use his handicap to their advantage. Claiming victim status is what Democrats do best.

        1. The AP article Sutton mentioned highlights his handicap in the second sentence. The second sentence; Sutton should be ashamed they are using his accident to further the campaign.

  4. Yeah- Kristi looked kind of pathetic for being the “front runner”. There was no Midwest nice in her or really any class at all. He took the high road and disagreed without being disagreeable.

    She’s no Thune by any means.

    1. well Thune wasn’t the greatest public speaker at the beginning either, now he’s came along, although I wish he’d frickin’ stand up to some of these pigs in washington, especially the delusional senate leader.

  5. 1. Billy ‘was’ serious when he asked ‘why aren’t we talking about an income tax.’ The people who responded were the ones joking about it, not Billy. 2. He did a poll to try to get support for an income tax. 3. He’s the democrat LEADER (of 6 people) in the senate and it’s in the DEMOCRAT’s PLATFORM. 4. He said he Likes Bernie’s ‘policies’…. and Bernie said he ‘will’ raise taxes. 5. Billy says it ‘dangerous’ to make any pledge. So he took a pledge when he was sworn into the Senate, didn’t he? Stop trying to defend Billy the Kid on this issue. He’s playing hide & seek and she keeps finding him. She wants people to know the truth, so he loses by not admitting that he seriously has considered an income tax. Tired of Billy’s story time trying to portray himself as an honest country boy. Kristi went through tough times as well, is a ranch girl through & through, was in rodeo herself, a 4-H leader, Sunday School teacher and so much more. She’s as honest as the day is long and makes no bones about anything. Kristi has the honesty and integrity we need in our next governor. A vote for Billy Sutton is a vote for his liberal wife running our state. Now, that’s dangerous!

    1. Kristi noem is a show poney, when delmont had their tornado she showed up and the first question she asked was “were are the TV crews” did two interviews never stayed for town meeting. John thune was there most of the day. Hard for her to have any creditability on taxes and balanced budgets when she was just part of a 760 billion dollar defict.

      1. exactly, she will sign off on any tax proposed by her Republican controlled house and senate.

    2. The very first piece of campaign literature I received from Kristi Noem was a highly dishonest smear of Rep. Herseth. It inflated spending numbers and double-counted spending with debt ceiling votes. She has not gotten better since. To call her ‘as honest as the day is long’ is highly inaccurate.

  6. Who fact checked her? Currently and over the span of her “government” service? Billie is the most middle road politician we’ve seen in a long time. Why are you unwilling to meet halfway?

    1. Look, I served with Billie for a number of years. When he’s started talking about all the laws he passed or pushed it puzzled me because I had no recollection of any of them so I went back through his list of bills sponsored in the years he served and found same as nothing.
      The only person that is distorting Billies voting record is Billie.

      1. Kristi flat out lied about not taking any corporate money. She took 500,000 from the GOP governors association. Go to their website and look at their current donor list. Big oil, tobacco, insurance, pharma, koch brothers, Walmart ect….

    2. Who fact checks you, RJ? Wasn’t it you who said the GOP is racist and homophobic? How is it that you’re able to handle the conflict encountered when you find out an immigrant, POC and/or a LGBT person supports the GOP? Must be tough.

  7. Did you just get here? I noticed you skipped right over the article too.

    You do know what it means when someone sponsors a bill, right? In Sutton’s own words and voting record and yet you still deny, deny, deny. You followed Jenny right over the cliff, well done.

    1. I cant figure out how Billie can sit there and tell her “thats not true” when anyone with some computer knowledge can look at his voting record and see for thenselves where he stands! The liar isnt Noem.. its him and his cowboy hat. Unreal. He is playing everyone for fools.

      1. Ya so it’s pretty laughable when kristi tries to blame gear up on billie. She was in the legislature during the eb 5 debacle and did nothing. She was to busy voting to close our small schools down supporting rounds idiotic law. She brags about the farm bill the only thing she did in the last farm bill is make sure the crop insurance scam continues, because her husband sells crop insurance. If you want to talk about Bernie Sanders socialism let’s talk about tax payer funded crop insurance.

  8. So he mentioned an income tax once During a political meeting, so that means he forever supports one? good grief.

    1. Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. And he paid personally for a questionnaire sent to citizens to see if it would fly. AND it’s part of the SD democrat’s platform and IF elected, he’d try and uphold that, of course.

    2. Use your brain. No Pro Lifer is EVER going to say “Why no discussion about legalizing abortion.” No pro-2A person is going to say “Why no discussion about banning guns?” No ‘Fiscal Conservative’ is going to say “Why no discussion about a personal income tax?” WAKE UP. You don’t become the minority leader over the Democrats by having Conservative values, quite the opposite rather.

  9. what is so bad about marijuana?! i don’t understand the R’s position on this…. Its like they want to control every aspect of my life. Oh wait they always have! Thanks you wankers! Don’t tread on me! Vote 3rd party!

    1. If you do not like the R’s position you are really not going to like a new political party forming. The Puritan Party of South Dakota. Regaining control of a country that has lost it’s way bringing God, Government, fear and control into your living room and bedrooms. It will be the opposite of the Libertarian Party.

  10. Why don’t you liberals go post on your own blog? Kristi dominated this debate and yes Billie is a nice guy … just not the person to run SD!

    1. Post on our own blog? I didn’t know Republicans in this state were so big on safe spaces? I’m here to debate the issues and if you can’t defend your stances that says something.

    2. Because there is not a liberal blog that anybody reads. The only one that gets ANY attention is the one that says something dumb and then gets linked to it by this one.

  11. After Kristi’s response of saying she doesn’t like discrimination yet would over turn marriage rulings if given the chance I think it would be VERY hard to find an lgbt individual who would support her. “Nasty women” Trump’s words not mine.

    1. Cause our lgbt community is so huge here in sd? Im glad she said that. Finally, someone who wont bend to the self appointed “special” group status that forces people to cater to them or else! Whether you believe in the traditional family or not.. she does. And she will defend that. Im sick of hearing about how discriminatory it is to believe in the traditional family cornerstone and how awful we are for not thinking two men should be married or vice versa.. they want that, then move to a state that lets you do that.

  12. You do realize that lgbt individuals do have friends, families, coworkers, neighbors, etc so the effects have what she said does have multiplers? Its not a your gay or your not and if your not then you think gay is bad situation. Also, many people who live her know individuals that have moved to more accepting areas. Just because the lgbt community is not as large as say Minneapolis dont be fooled into thinking other people didn’t take not of what she said.
    Why should they leave the state? Again this goes back to people on this blog wanting a safe space for themselves. Lgbt individuals are born here, have South Dakota values, have friends and family here. They should not have to move to guarentee the same rights and protections for the person they love.

  13. Kristi runs in a pretty LGBT friendly crowd when she’s in DC or fundraising out of state.

    1. Yes, and they don’t hate her or think she hates them because she has a definition of marriage that’s different from theirs. The majority of the LGBT community does not hate people because they don’t have the same beliefs as them. It’s only a minority of extremists who try to push the narrative she’s hateful.

      1. Do you even know any lgbt people? The moment she said that she wants to deny them their ability to marry the person they love I guarantee their blood boiled

        1. I strongly doubt their “blood boiled”.. thats the denocrats for you tho. They have been using the lgbt crowd as their political pawns. Hence why the #walkaway movement is happening.

        2. You are a liar.

          She never said she wanted to deny anyone their ability to marry the person they love.

          1. Anyone who watched the debate or watched Kelo’s clips, knows she didn’t say that. Would @9:26’s comment be considered libel? Smart choice posting as Anonymous.

      1. There is nothing that proves the majority of LGBT communities are hateful. Yes, there are some who want to force people to use certain pronouns, bake cakes, arrange flower bouquets… you get my point.

        Brandon Straka, the gay former progressive who started the #WalkAway movement said Conservatives have “warmly embraced” him since he’s told his story. It’s the left who are intolerant and bully him.

        There are people in the LGBT community who support Kristi, they just don’t need to announce it to everyone. Republicans don’t separate people into victim groups and use them, that’s what Democrats do.

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