Faction of the SDGOP trying to turn party into promoter of what they read on facebook versus group concerned with winning elections

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This evening I had more than one State GOP Central Committee member shoot me over a copy of the packet they received regarding the State GOP’s upcoming Central Committee Meeting on February 10th in Pierre at the Ramkota.  The usual things are in there, including the agenda, prior meeting minutes, proxy forms, and possible bylaw amendments.

And there are a pile of resolutions. Unfortunately.

The reason I say unfortunately, is that it looks like your crazy uncle who you can’t invite to Thanksgiving anymore is a member of the state central committee, and they’ve been sending in a pile of memos that they want the Republican State Central Committee front as if everyone believes them. Reading them, it seems every time someone scrolled through Facebook, they sent out an e-mail to all of their friends saying they’re mad about the damn gubmint and we need to do something. Reality notwithstanding.

In case you want to read a sampling of what this ‘axis of boobs’ is going to try to embarrass the GOP with on Feb 10th:

Proposed SDGOP Crackpot Resolutions by Pat Powers on Scribd

“WHEREAS of the four (4) defendants in the Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping case, two (2) were acquitted and the other two (2) were not found guilty after revelations that they were essentially entrapped by the FBI; and

WHEREAS the FBI has targeted concerned parents who have been outspoken at school board meetings for surveillance;”

WHEREAS the Democrat Party has weaponized the Dept of Justice to violate the Sixth Amendment right of Americans to a speedy trial for their unarmed protesting the outcome of the 2020 election, and many of whom were guilty of nothing more serious than the misdemeanor of criminal trespass of the US Capitol;

WHEREAS the grassroots activists of the Republican Party of South Dakota have made it abundantly clear that electronic election procedures are not to be trusted, including further complications of modern systems that complicate, belabor, and slow down our election processes;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the South Dakota Republican Party State Central Committee members applaud counties that are willing and able to implement voting procedures that do not require the use of machines.

Seriously?  They want the SDGOP to be the vehicle of facebook crazy trying to claim that people trying to kidnap a Governor were entrapped by the FBI, and are also monitoring people for speaking at school boards (Skipping the part where in the Whitmer case 2 took a deal and pled guilty, Two other men were later found guilty of kidnapping conspiracy and conspiracy to possess weapons of mass destruction, and in state court three other men were later convicted of felony counts of gang membership, providing material support to terrorism, and illegal weapons possession.).  

And the January 6th attack on the US Capitol where they had to move Congresspeople to secure facilities was just “a protest,” AND we’re all supposed to go back to hand counting of ballots, because the machines cannot be trusted?

They also threw one in there how CO2 pipelines are going to suffocate us, and create rivers filled with “carbonic acid.” …nevermind it hasn’t happened in 50 years of Co2 pipelines.

WHAT DO THESE PEOPLE HAVE AGAINST WINNING ELECTIONS that they feel the other 90% of Republicans who associate with the party need to get behind this embarrassing nonsense?

I must not get it. Am I supposed to understand that Republicans are supposed to capitulate to an effort to convert the SDGOP from an organization that helps candidates win elections into one that loses them? Because I can’t see any other purpose to this silliness.

The SDGOP has had an unparalleled run of electoral success in South Dakota, by electing candidates whose beliefs and values we all share as Republicans for the common betterment of us all.

And now we have those who believe that the party should be getting behind anything they read on-line (whether it’s disinformation or just nuts) and the party should be there to reinforce their  beliefs, and to blazes with anyone who disagrees with them. Nevermind those of us who believe the party’s job is actually electing candidates. 

Seriously – before they decide to embarrass us all and try to force the South Dakota Republican Party to front this silliness, why don’t the people who truly believe this go ahead and run in a primary election themselves on these views and see how they do? I would LOVE for them to go and test the message on their own to prove their point.  Vote for me! The Whitmer kidnappers were entrapped! January 6 was just a prayer circle! Paper ballots only!  Please. Go try that message with voters and tell the group how you were received.

If they win, they can come back and tell me “I told you so,” and I’ll be happy to shut my mouth on how they’re embarrassing the other 270,000 Republicans in the state.

But until then, make sure you reach out to your local Republican elected officials and Central Committee members, tell them to show up at the meeting at 9am at the Ramkota in Pierre on January 10th so we can continue having an organization who gets people elected instead of preventing it.

44 thoughts on “Faction of the SDGOP trying to turn party into promoter of what they read on facebook versus group concerned with winning elections”

  1. don’t forget, this is the same bunch who killed a resolution celebrating the party’s origins in the abolitionist movement, and before that voted for a resolution calling for the impeachment of President Obama, without cause..
    In 2022, they tried to stop the SDGOP from endorsing their own candidates.

    In spite of all their efforts, June 19th became a holiday, Obama wasn’t impeached, and the Republican candidates at the top of the ticket all won their races.

    The same thing will happen if these resolutions are passed: NOTHING. These resolutions are nothing but scratchy toilet paper.

    1. I heard Betty Otten was the one submitting the FBI deal. She’s supposed to be sane. Her son works for Noem.

      2. I remember when Betty was one of Stace Nelson’s biggest fans.
        She hasn’t been sane for a long, long time.

      3. Can’t speak for Betty or Ernie, but Brad Otten is probably the most sane man in the Capitol on a day-to-day basis. One of the most solid professionals you could hire in this state, in my opinion.

  2. Are Republican legislators eligible to vote, or do they have to be county party leadership to participate?

    1. Only Central Committee Members can vote: County GOP Chairs, Vice-Chairs, State Committeemen, & State Committeewomen.

  3. Please, you spent over two decades villainizing anyone left of Susan Collins and now that you’ve whipped a critical mass of rapid dogs can’t keep them on a leash you’ve got the nerve to pretend you’ve nothing to do mess?

    The SDGOP is imploding by its own hand, and you were instrumental in getting us to this point Pat.

    Congratulations on helping turn the big tent into a full-on circus.

  4. First they will have to get the central committee to agree to consider these resolutions instead of referring them to the Resolutions Committee and given how many they have here, and how little time the Central Committtee has the use of the room, I doubt there’s much chance of that.

    But if they are not voted on, or are voted down at the central committee meeting, they will be reintroduced at the state convention, and the party will waste even more time on them, and the press will pay more attention to them.
    If the Central Committee passes them on the 10th, they will go directly into the members’ paper shredders and be recycled as animal bedding. Which is all resolutions are good for anyway.

    1. actually could they be printed in red ink on biodegradable ochre paper so we can make confetti out of them for Super Bowl watch parties?

  5. Your party invited in the clown (45) and now you’ve got a circus. And, what’s this? You’re trying to elect him a second time? What could go wrong?

    1. this goes back way further than 2016 and has nothing to do with Trump.

      Trumpism is a symptom of a greater problem, which is populism.

          1. No, it didn’t. Many presidents have questioned the results. When confirmed they were accurate, everyone has conceded and wished their opponent well. Trump is the first president who still hasn’t done that. Quit rewriting history to support the orange rapist.

            1. Well here is just two videos in her own words:

              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUqxX0YAafg

              https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?&q=hillary+clinton+claiming+election+was+stolen&qpvt=hillary+clinton+claiming+election+was+stolen&mid=9A274A7FC4F0CD3FCEDE9A274A7FC4F0CD3FCEDE&&FORM=VRDGAR

              I’m not rewriting history, you are. I know you are very frustrated that your septic tank is no longer available for you to play in…seek help nut-job, seek help.

            4. Was Trump not investigated for four years for a crime Hillary had committed dozens of times and was still committing during Trump’s investigation?
              Did four years of leftist riots and hate crimes not make it into your history books? The left screamed bloody murder (literally) at his inauguration and physically prevented people from entering.
              I’m sorry, do you think Conservatives coined the term “not my president”? God forbid YOU are the one who writes our history books.

  6. I wish the SDGOP would focus what it’s supposed to do, elect Republicans. Enough of the crazy resolutions and grandstanding. We win elections because we have the numbers and organization to GOTV. Yahoos like these force the party to take its eyes off the prize- let’s get to work and help candidates get elected.

    1. With the way they act, they would rather have an “ideologically pure” minority than an effective supermajority that has successfully steered the state for decades.

  7. I think this is click bait.

    Pat – could you possibly be that misinformed, or ..

    The FBI, as we all know, is still fully operational.

    Patriots: Don’t go to Eagle Pass.

    Blink once if you’re a hostage.

    Blink twice if you’re being extorted.

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    .
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    Blink 332 times if you’re the victim of public stalking and harassment.

    “The FBI got walloped last week when a Michigan jury concluded that the bureau had entrapped two men accused of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. ”

    Don’t false flag the messenger.

    https://nypost.com/2022/04/13/inside-fbis-probe-and-entrapment-of-a-michigan-militia-crew/

  9. Whatever. More than half of the people who post here won’t even support the Republican candidate for president. You establishment folks are the problem, not us.

    1. Maybe if Trump had actually had a competent term as president and hadn’t cost us control of the Senate by nominating nothing but knuckle-dragging, boot licking morons we’d be more excited about his nomination.

    2. Donald Trump did not cost us the majority in the Senate. The Corporate 1871 Government, the Administration State fought back. Then they acted fast to create a pandemic, so great, it created a panic, and some states cheated by mailing ballots to invalid addresses people began to vote more than once. The fraud is being discovered thanks to Trump. But you leftists are blind to the truth, the facts, the evidence.

      1. Wait, don’t tell me that you think that Hershel Walker was actually a viable candidate? But then again if you’re dumb enough to allude to the Sovereign Citizen Conspiracy theory you just might be that stupid.

      3. you all just wait until trump unleashes all the hidden fraud he has uncovered, that will vindicate MAGA’s faith in his holy name and the rest of us will be really really sorry then boy

        did i leave anything out?

  10. Anything about Chemtrails?
    Doeden Dumpsterfire had one commenter under his recent election denier video that simply posted:

    STOP THE CHEMTRAILS!

    Yep! They have been mainstreamed into the Grand Old Party now TRUMP Party

  11. This “minority group” within the Republican Party now comprises a functional majority of active Party members in many counties and legislative districts. They cannot be allowed to wrest control of the Republican Party through disruption and threats. We are the Party of Law and Order, of a thriving business community, and of personal responsibility. Throw the bums out!

  12. Establishment republicans have failed the country. America first are a significant movement and deserve to be heard. Enabling the federal government to spend too much money is track record of Thune , Rounds, and Johnson. It is time for change.

      1. Best case scenario: the resolutions aren’t even worth discussion or debate, so just approve them and move on. Nobody sane is going to pay any attention to this nonsense, so nobody should waste their time
        this will make the people who wrote them think they have accomplished something, and the people who still want to do the work of the party, getting Republicans elected, can get back to work.

  13. This has SD Canvassing Group written all over it. Which is ultimately the largest collection of conspiracy theorist believers in SD history. I’ve had the nearly forced “opportunity” to review their “proof” and it proves absolutely nothing. It is all un-reviewed opinion pieces. They also keep saying that several counties have agreed to give them old ballots and a hand-counted paper ballot for the primary but won’t tell anyone which counties. For you counties in this unspoken group, you may want to take a better look at the administrative rules for primary ballots as well as how the SD Supreme Court views administrative rules. If you have handed out old ballots, someone should also probably be charged with a class 6 felony.

  14. about paper ballots, I overheard Rick Weibel talking about how he personally bought thousands of sheets of paper, printed up some counterfeit ballots and took them to the Lake County auditor’s office and ran them through a machine, and they were counted.

    The curious thing is he seemed to think this proves the machines are faulty, not how easy it is to print counterfeit paper ballots.

    He did a very curious demonstration of what he thinks will prevent election fraud at a Brookings county commissioners meeting (9/11/23 you can watch the video on youtube) He had one friend on his left scribble on a piece of paper to represent a ballot, hand it to him, he took a photo of it, and then handed it to another friend on his right, who put the piece of paper in a box.
    How that procedure is going to prevent boxes of counterfeit paper ballots from being counted is unclear.

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