From Twitter:
According to reporting from the Washington Post, when the Senate Chambers were being evacuated Wednesday, "Republican Sens. Ben Sasse of Nebraska and Mike Rounds of South Dakota helped parliamentarians grab the election certificates and take them to a secure location."
— Kelly Hertz (@kelly_hertz) January 7, 2021
Today has been a sad day for America.
The violent behavior at the Capitol is inexcusable and disgusting, but we won’t be deterred from our Constitutional duty.
We need to work together to protect our democracy.
Please pray for our country.— Senator John Thune (@SenJohnThune) January 6, 2021
Today has been a sad day for America.
The violent behavior at the Capitol is inexcusable and disgusting, but we won’t be deterred from our Constitutional duty.
We need to work together to protect our democracy.
Please pray for our country.— Senator John Thune (@SenJohnThune) January 6, 2021
From the Argus Leader, Joe Sneve asks, and Governor Kristi Noem is still saying No to being a presidential candidate in 2024:
“No,” the governor said Wednesday afternoon after being asked if she will run for president in 2024, during a trip to Sioux Falls. “I am focused on staying here in South Dakota.”
Up for re-election as governor in 2022, Noem’s remarks Wednesday echo similar responses she’s given in recent months. And last week, she said she’s not interested in challenging Thune for his seat in 2022, calling the Murdo native first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2004 a personal friend, and saying she will seek re-election of her own.
(And I’m sure we’re going to keep hearing this in every other news story from now until then.)
Rounds: Violence and Destruction are Never the Answer
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) made the following statement on today’s attack on the U.S. Capitol:
“As a nation, we should stand together in opposition to the violent acts and lawlessness that occurred at the U.S. Capitol today. Violence and destruction are never the answer. We are better than this, and it’s past time for cooler heads to prevail. I continue to pray for our great country.”
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From Twitter, Vice President Mike Pence has released a letter on what actions he will and will not take as he presides over the Senate today:
— Mike Pence (@Mike_Pence) January 6, 2021
From SDGOP.com, SDGOP Chair Dan Lederman has issued a statement condemning the violence in Washington this afternoon. In part:
Like most South Dakotans, I am shocked and saddened by the violence committed by those smashing windows and breaking into the US Capitol and Congressional buildings. This is a day which will live in all of our minds as a shameful and unacceptable moment which all of us need to condemn.”
“Our American heritage is one of protest and civil action. But when it devolves into violence, looting and property damage it is not an example of citizens taking the high road. It is shameful thuggery. It doesn’t matter whether the protests are at the US Capitol, in our city streets, at the Empire Mall, on the road to Mount Rushmore, or the route of a pipeline. This needs to stop.
NYT: A pipe bomb was discovered at the RNC HQ in DC and detonated by the bomb squad https://t.co/MEfHNIefpn
— Brandon Wall (@Walldo) January 6, 2021
From Twitter:
.@govkristinoem and PREMIER announce $150 million for needs-based scholarships in South Dakota.
First question from the media: “Do you think the President won the election?” @keloland is playing politics. Governor Noem is helping students. pic.twitter.com/uPD8HKyH82
— Ian Fury (@IanTFury) January 6, 2021
From Twitter:
We are all entitled to peacefully protest. Violence is not a part of that. What’s happening in the Capitol right now must stop.
— Governor Kristi Noem (@govkristinoem) January 6, 2021
Too many have sown the seeds of anger and division. This is its tragic harvest. This needs to stop.
— Rep. Dusty Johnson (@RepDustyJohnson) January 6, 2021