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I get the feeling there was a lack of follow up after writing that letter.

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Despite writing a letter to our federal delegation over their insistence that there must be some sort of issue with the November election, a couple of our State Representatives seemed a bit behind yesterday after the chaos at the US Capitol:

On Wednesday, reached by Forum News Service, the letter’s lead author, Rep. Elizabeth May of Kyle, said she condemned the mob violence in Washington, D.C. Pushed whether Congress should certify the Electoral College results today, something lawmakers say they intend to do, May demurred.

“Well, I’m not up-to-date,” May said. “I can’t make a comment on that. But the process needs to work its way through.”

South Dakota’s outgoing Speaker of the House Steven Haugaard, a Sioux Falls Republican who signed the letter and attended a protest airing election falsehoods in Sioux Falls over the weekend, was also reached by Forum News Service but declined any comment.

“I really haven’t followed the news enough to know what’s going on there,” Haugaard said. “I heard something about some issue in Washington. But not enough to make a comment.”

Read the entire story here in the Mitchell Republic.

Governor Noem still saying no to President in 2024

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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.

Read it here at the Argus.

(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

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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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SDGOP Chair releases statement condemning violence in Washington DC

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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.

Read it all here.