In response to Neal Tapio’s call for Congressional Candidate Shantel Krebs to announce where she stands on a proposed Muslim registry, Krebs came out in favor, and announced her support:
In a phone call Wednesday evening, Krebs said she supported Kobach’s proposal to set up a registry for people from areas where terror threats are detected.
“It’s not based on religion, it’s based on migrants that are believed to pose a threat,” Krebs said.
Um…. I think this stupendously awful idea of a registry whether it is based on being a Muslim or because a person is from a “region” goes past a line that should not be crossed.
It’s an idea that has already been vetted. By History.
During an appearance on Fox News on Wednesday night, pro-Trump advocate Carl Higbie drew a shocked reaction from host Megyn Kelly during a discussion of the possibility that President-elect Donald Trump might support making Muslim immigrants to the U.S. “register.” In an apparent attempt to portray the idea as unsurprising, Higbie noted that there was precedent for the U.S. government registering residents according to factors like race, religion and region.
“We did it during during World War II with the Japanese, which, call it what you will—,” he began, before Kelly interrupted him.
And…
In 1988, President Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act, which offered an official apology and provided restitution of $20,000 to every survivor. “No payment can make up for those lost years,” Reagan said during his remarks about the bill. “Here, we admit a wrong.”
A registry is a step towards rounding identified people up.
Last I checked, this still is America, isn’t it? Land of the Free, and all….
I hope there’s a protest at this event. Hate should not be tolerated. This only perpetuates the racial divide we have in Rapid City. I’m asking Mayor Allender to denounce Shantel Krebs and her hatred towards minority groups.
Why do you keep using the term “minority groups”?
This is America, you know Free Speech and all….
How long have you lived in Rapid City? I’m not so sure you are as familiar with this “racial divide” as you’d like to think. Many mixed families of whites and natives, I’ve got two native nephews and my sister-in-law has a long family line of the same thing. Racial divide, huh?
Your “hate” shouldn’t be tolerated. In fact, I’m recommending to Pat Powers your hate speech not be tolerated on this blog any longer.
Hate should not be tolerated. Especially the hate spewed by the people who believe all non-believers are better off dead, Israel should be destroyed and all the Jews exterminated.
Other than that, Islam is a religion of peace.
This has nothing to do with hate. It’s about caution and safety.
http://sibbyonline.blogs.com/sibbyonline/2017/12/taneeza-islam-refused-to-publically-denounce-the-muslim-brotherhood-and-its-support-of-terrorist-gro.html
Nobody is actually proposing a “Muslim Registry,” the idea is incredibly stupid.
The problem Is the State Dept issues visas to immigrants who disappear and don’t go home when they are supposed to.
The State Dept should be tracking ALL of them, even the Canadian Presbyterians.
If anybody in this Congressional race uses the “Muslim Registry”
Term again they should be shunned.
If anyone is using the term they should stop immediately as it draws attention from what is the larger point: if we have people coming here who are on visas or green cards or through some other means-legally-we should be keeping track of the length of stay and make sure they are following OUR laws and not trying to subvert and change OUR culture. If they become a citizen-legally, that is-they would not be subject to any special scrutiny. If they overstay, find them, take away any green card or visa, and send them back to their home country with either a permanent ban on their re-entry into the US or a long period where they cannot re-enter.
I don’t know about Democrats, but I think being an American is a privilege because I believe America is the best country in the world; I know that is an inconceivable concept to the majority of Democrats, but I don’t care.
I could not agree with you more Anne. Changing the name of a proposed initiative to fit a political narrative is what the Drive By Media has taught us. We should be smarter than that.
See one post down. That’s how Neal described it in his release in support of the concept.
http://dakotawarcollege.com/state-senator-neal-tapio-calls-on-south-dakota-secretary-of-state-shantel-krebs-to-take-a-position-on-kobach-muslim-registry-program/
I agree with Anne. Why is Tapio using the lefts talking points? Even according to Cory Heidelberger what he is talking about was implemented after 9/11 and only used on 16 countries that would harm the USA.
Outside of your headline on this blog – I don’t see where Krebs said she supported a Muslim registry.
I am not sure this registry idea is the right approach. Currently we have large numbers of immigrants and their offspring that is being radicalized with the Muslim Brotherhood’s Wahhabi based ideology right here in South Dakota. It will be simply a matter of time before we start seeing the impact on our security. This is a very complicated issue, and we are not going to be able to deal with it if we keep believing the propaganda from people like Anonymous at 7:25, which is designed to silence any sort of discussion.
Last I checked, this still is America, isn’t it? Land of the Free, and all….
The America where you’re innocent until proven guilty?
The America where FGM performed on little girls is a crime?
The America where honor killings and murder is a crime?
The America where the Constitution is the law of the land?
The America where grown men are not allowed in women’s bathrooms?
The America where illegal aliens are not allowed to receive free health care, abortions, food, housing, phones, but given a one-way trip home?
This is not the America you or even I once knew.
The problem Is the State Dept issues visas to immigrants who disappear and don’t go home when they are supposed to. The State Dept should be tracking ALL of them, even the Canadian Presbyterians – I couldn’t agree more. We see just the opposite happening: #SanctuaryCities.
Sad that we are letting people use the Constitution only to destroy it. Nobody has the religious right to destroy the Constitution, only to replace it with Sharia Law. And not all Muslims are part of that agenda. The Muslim Brotherhood is the problem, not Muslims. I stated that on my web site this morning via an email I sent Cory Heidelberger in June.
What we all need to understand is that the State Department is protecting the Muslim Brotherhood in order to stay in the good graces with the Saudis due to oil and gas resources for America and Europe. This is filtering down into South Dakota via the Chamber of Commerce and their “workforce shortage” mantra. One has to question why we are using taxpayers’ dollars to create jobs in order to justify the Muslim Brotherhood’s invasion of South Dakota?
So we should not be surprised that conservatives like Tapio will receive attacks form the Establishments of both South Dakota political parties on this issue. I am not saying that I support the “Muslim Registry”. We should be vetting all immigrants, regardless of origin.
Innocent until proven guilty, ONLY if you are white, preferably male, and wealthy. Then you are innocent period.
Tell that to the Duke lacrosse team who were falsely accused.
Tell that to the boy who was falsely accused of raping “Mattress Girl”.
Tell that to the boy who were falsely accused and then Rolling Stone ran with the story anyway.
From my point of view, it’s if you’re an illegal alien, then you are innocent period.
#KateSteinle
Tapio’s point isn’t about the value of the registry so much as it is about the fact that Shantel is ONLY cozying up to Trump for political reasons. She IS NOT a true believer. SAD.
Dusty Johnson is sitting back saying thank you. Tapio and Krebs will drive voters away.
PROFILE PROFILE PROFILE. Krebs has finally come forward to lead as a person who will be elected to serve South DAKOTANS who get called every name in the book if they do not embrace PC interpretation of diversity etc. (Ie. Trump voters who were majority last election) Registrey should not scare anyone unless they have something to hide. If you enter or stay in a foreign country you MUST give a lot of information about yourself to country AND local officials in order that they may keep tabs on you. If we think LSS or social agencies in SD who profit per head per every refuvee/ immigrant per head is keeping track of the people brought in, we are worse than the ostrich. This is not ‘hate dpeech” this IS a safety security issue. BTW: Tapio spoke out (undecared) because he actually believes he is Islamic expert in SD and Shantel beat him to his game (sore loser) media has everything to win on this as it appears a juicy story which is not PC when media are the most ivnorant of ‘all as to the attitude of people who are coming or have been in America (even born here) but HATE us. They tell us everyday …we just refuse to hear them. Godspeed Shantel. YOU are headed down correct path to serve South DAKOTANS.
I hope you say that applies to a gun owner registry. In terms of terror attacks, the greatest danger to America is white guys with guns. (Virginia Tech, Fort Hood, Columbine, Las Vegas, Sandy Hook, etc)
Can you tell us what happens to your name when you purchase a gun and a background check is run? Do you think your name goes on a list? I bet you think it just disappears. Do you feel the same about the No-Fly list?
Fort Hood, huh? Virginia Tech, huh? Better do a little more research on those, are you sure those were “white guys”.
Did you hear new information on the Las Vegas shooter? I heard ISIS claimed that one.
Your statement should probably go something more like this…
the greatest danger to America is people like you spreading lies and fake news. Why you got to be so racist?
Tapio and Trump are racist bigots. They are unAmerican.
Do you support a national registry of gun owners. No, just buying a gun does not put you on a registry. You apparently didn’t know that.
Where in my statement does it say…just buying a gun does not put you on a registry? You apparently haven’t ever legally purchased a gun before.
Trump is a racist bigot, he proved it when he kept those 3 black boys from rotting in a Chinese jail for 10 years.
MAGA!! Merry Christmas!!!
It’s my understanding there is NO proposal for a “Muslim Registry.” The Argus misleadingly uses the term, but Shantel explicitly stated: “It’s not based on religion, it’s based on migrants that are believed to pose a threat.”
If I’m correct, what Korbach proposes is simply reinstating a database of all immigrants (Muslim and Non-Muslim alike) from countries considered at “high risk” of terrorism — something the federal government did from 2002 to 2011, designated the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System, or NSEERS. Most people probably didn’t know about NSEERS when it was in effect. In 2011, the Obama administration removed all 25 countries from the “special registration” list — suspending the program.
Under NSEERS, certain “foreign citizens and nationals” in the US had to come into immigration offices for fingerprinting, photos, and interviews — and then had to check in again at designated intervals.
Immigrants who didn’t comply with NSEERS (by, for example, not showing up to follow-up appointments) could be deported. But people registering with NSEERS, and giving their information to the government, made it easier to deport someone who then overstayed his visa than it would have been to deport him if he’d refused to register at all.
By July 2003, less than a year after NSEERS went into effect, the government had registered 83,000 men in the database — and had put 13,000 of them in court proceedings for deportation. In the first two months of NSEERS, 1,000 registrants were detained, and all but 15 of them were detained for civil violations.
Most of these men had violated the terms of their visas at some point while living in the US.
The US government still doesn’t have a reliable way to track visa overstays. By requiring check-ins for “special registration” subjects, the government had an easy way to apprehend someone who had overstayed a visa.
I see that Tapio told the Argus that he’s the front-runner in the race. Hate it when I spit out my cheerios!!
Krebs is the Roy Moore of SD if she wins the nomination we lose the race.
So given all of this, how does everyone think that Dusty will fair against the Judge?
Shantel Krebs has disgraced South Dakota today. She has no appreciation for the Constitution and individual rights.
Hate Speech, we do not tolerate hate speech. You must not know America’s Constitution as well as you think you do. I’m reporting you.
I think this stunt of Tapio’s is right up there with Jackley’s pledge stunt.
I wasn’t going to endorse anybody in the primary but this crap really pisses me off.
We have a deep bench. The practice of our players trying to trip each other whenever one of them gets up is disgraceful.
Then who might you be that someone would want your endorsement?
Some observations…
Has Tapio even declared?, I have not heard that he has yet.
Tapio did get Krebs to react to his inquiry, thus giving Tapio credibility by the acknowledgement.
Where does Dusty stand on the issue?
Dusty is in with the Deep State Globalists, so he has to support the Muslim Brotherhood agenda in order to fulfill America’s partnership with Saudi Arabia.
Apparently, you missed the link to the original article.
“The former public utilities commissioner and chief of staff to Gov. Dennis Daugaard said he supported Trump’s travel ban and opposed a proposal to establish a federal Muslim registry.”
Very disappointing to see such bright woman fall for something so stupid. Tapio set the bait and she bit.
Memo to Shantel and Dusty: when approached by a reporter who starts a question with “Neal Tapio says…” they should interrupt, and say “stop right there. I don’t care what Neal Tapio says.”
Tell that to thousands of South Dakotans.
Tapio should support Shantel.
What? No, instead Shantel should support Tapio. He is the true supporter of the President’s policies. She’s just playing that way for political reasons. She’s a phony.
Tapio and Trump are racist bigots. They are unAmerican.
Can you give an example?
I am stunned Shantel supports this. She has no business being in this race. This mess just made Dusty even more of a front runner than he already was, and I hope he wins. This is karma for her claiming Jason Gant was crooked several years after he was out of office. She continued to kick him when there was no need to do so.
Shantel just made a tough decision easy for me and my wife. No tolerance for bigots. Team Dusty now.
I really thought Krebs was smarter than this, just let Dusty say thank you ,Unbelievable she would do this.
I’m in the airport and I just read that only three in ten Americans believe we’re headed in the right direction under President Trump’s leadership but seven in ten South Dakotans do. What do we know that nobody else does?