The Dakota Scout offered a bit of hilarity in the US Senate Race, as they held Dem/Independent/Whatever US Senate candidate Brian Bengs’ feet to the fire for specifics about what he stands for…
Prior to the press conference, the National Republican Senatorial Committee issued a press release noting that Sanders and King still caucus with Senate Democrats. The NRSC, which has accused Bengs, Osborn and Bodnar of being “fake independents,” argues that they would not receive committee assignments, which would deprive their states of representation.
“The fake independent circus is fooling nobody,” said Bernadette Breslin, the NRSC’s national press secretary. “Bengs, Osborn, and Bodnar are Democrats who would caucus with Democrats and fight for the radical left’s agenda if elected to the U.S. Senate.”
and..
Asked if there were any Senate votes they would have broken with Democrats on and voted with Republicans, none could name a recent issue.
“I’m focused on the future here,” Bengs said.
So, Brian Bengs claims to be be an independent spirit… but is suddenly struck mute when asked where he would have broken from Chuck Schumer?
Fake news is a bit clichè at this point. I think Fake Indy is more on target when it comes to Bengs.
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Has anyone pointed out to Brian Bengs that he has a problem with state and federal laws? In that he has no disclaimers on his signs?
I don’t see any “paid for by” here. Especially not in a box, as is required in federal elections. Oops.. Kind of a “no no” at state and federal levels.
12-27-15. Political communications to contain certain language–Exceptions–Violation as misdemeanor. Any printed material or communication made, purchased, paid for, or authorized by a candidate or political committee that disseminates information concerning a candidate, public office holder, ballot question, or political party shall prominently display or clearly speak the statement: “Paid for by (name of candidate or political committee).”
and from the Federal Elections Commission,
Remember that any public communication made by a political committee, including communications that do not expressly advocate the election or defeat of a candidate or solicit a contribution, must display the proper “paid for by” disclaimer. This includes (but is not limited to) billboards, yard signs and media advertising.
As you see Brian violating state disclaimer law violations, those may be reported to your local State’s Attorney. Instructions for reporting his signs’ federal violation to the Federal Elections Commission can be found here.
Bengs should fire his lawyer, er
A vote for Bengs is a vote to make Chuck Schumer the next Senate Majority Leader.
People need to understand that. When Stephanie Herseth was elected to Congress, people who had voted for her asked “who is that Nancy Pelosi and who voted for HER??!” and I would answer “if you voted for Stephanie, you voted for Nancy.”
And that is the crux of the problem; a vote for Brian Bengs is a vote to put Chuck Schumer back in the driver’s seat of the United States Senate.
Anecdotal Anne, its time you grey hairs take a back seat. You created this mess by being so gullible regarding trickle down economics. We are done with you selfish boomers.
It’s time you understood the most dangerous place in Washington is between Chuck Schumer and a camera. If Schumer gets the leadership again, all he’ll do is grandstand for the TV cameras, complaining about Trump. He’ll offer no solutions, he’ll just rant about Trump. These performances are great entertainment for people who hate Trump but you can watch the harpies on The View everyday and hear the same thing. They don’t accomplish anything either.
Trump has yet to offer a solution. More new wars. Didn’t end any he said he would. Healthcare coming in 2 weeks. Lower prices and interest rates….lol
Literally, everything he has accomplished is putting us in a worse position and we are likely headed for another 2008 collapse.
No solutions are better than Trump creating more problems. He has given us higher prices across the board. Higher inflation. More foreign wars. Sending money to communist countries who are killing our soldiers. 2 weeks til a Healthcare plan…lol
Anne, I wonder if you’ve been following what John Thune’s been up to? Any time he is in front of a camera, he’s blaming Democrats for the crisis du jour. What is Thune accomplishing?
This is politics and it’s what the system was designed to do.
what mess did we boomers create? Let me guess: you spent the first four years of your adult life unemployed, living in a college dorm, using credit to pay for servants to clean your bathroom and prepare your meals, earning a worthless liberal arts degree, and now you can’t repay all that money you borrowed?
News flash: complaining about how you can’t afford to repay your student loans is like complaining you can’t afford the payments on your McLaren. You could have spent four years living on a cruise ship. You might have actually learned how to do something.
We boomers, many of whom lived off campus, boiled our own Ramen, scrubbed our own bathrooms, and held down jobs while we got STEM degrees are just shaking our heads at the way the younger generation wants all their needs and wants provided by somebody else. Saying we ruined the world for you because now you have to work for a living and pay off all that debt you incurred is crazy.
What mess did you create? You took the most economically prosperous time in all of US history and you peed it down your leg. You put your wives to work, sent your kids to daycare, embraced trickle down economics and you have literally nothing to show for it. Mounds of debt, failing infrastructure, and an economic outlook where most kids growing up will struggle to own a home.
No, Anne, not a liberal arts degree. I have an engineering degree and a math degree. I started a business out of college and probably had more wealth and success by the time I was 30 than you have had your entire life. I own 7 oil wells in the bakken and I have watched Trump destroy our oil industry. The younger generation doesnt want something provided by someone else. They just want the same opportunities you had, but that is looking worse and worse everyday. Trump and republicans are destroying this country with their worship of the wealthy and elite.
Wow you non-college boomsticks are really self conscious about your lack of degrees. You who DO have them probably got your four years of college for under $15K total. Today’s grads had to pay $15K per semester for the same degree, and this high-inflation grift was created by the banking boomers among you.
Shut up. While the GOP blithely lets billionaires off the hook because of their vast richness, they see vast problems with helping today’s grads off of that loan-scam train so their lives can generate normal consumer wealth, taxable wealth in the economy. We’re not the ones who are bad at math, you boomdogs.
You could work 20 hours a week and pay off tuition. The government guaranteeing loans caused outrageous rent seeking behavior from universities and jacked up prices. College is 4 to 5 times more expensive now, even when controlled for inflation. Maybe you’re less a titan of industry and more of a beneficiary of a vastly different economic situation.
The GOP has expired, yet its members still move and speak as if it lives. Time will tell.
I’m voting for Rounds, but my god your reasoning is brain dead.
I do not think Mike Rounds is anything but a decent person who cares about South Dakota. I will be voting for Bengs because we simply must stop these billionaires from getting even more powerful. Musk is said to be spending over 300 million dollars on this midterm election alone. That would be ten million dollars for each of the top 30 senate and house races! He gave a similar amount during the last election.
It’s no wonder Trump gave DOGE all that power when he came into office. And you can see why Thune and Rounds are trying to cut Elon’s estate taxes by 300 BILLION DOLLARS! (Yes, you saw that right… that’s BILLION, with a “B”.).
This has got to stop.
He’s not so decent, above that of mere men, frail corruptible men. Not so much.
Bangin Bengs has no chance of getting elected!
Wasn’t he an Ethics Advisor for JAG?
Dems have always been sneaky little rats, and are amazing at cover-up. Conservatives ( good or bad ) are more in your face.
RLTW
I have yet to see a ad with Rounds in it. All I see is the stupid ad bashing Bengs by some conservative PAC. I see no ad from a conservative PAC touting any actual accomplishments from Rounds.
Mike Rounds supports buying diesel from Russia who is helping Iran kill our soldiers. The GOP is finished. All they do is start wars and create debt to enrich their wealthy donors. Like they have done the past 30 years, they have destroyed our economy and Democrats will once again have to pick up the pieces.
Looks like SD has 10 Indies running this fall.
I guess maybe they have enough to caucus with each other.
And the penalty for breaking this law is exactly what? Beat them into submission if they dare challenge the establishment.