Kristi for Governor Statement On House Impeachment Committee’s Failures
STATEMENT
March 28, 2022
Kristi for Governor Spokesman Joe Desilets released the following statement in response to the House Impeachment Committee’s recommendation against the impeachment of Attorney General Ravnsborg:
Public Safety Secretary Price summarized the situation in front of the House Select Committee on Impeachment perfectly when he stated “The Attorney General’s actions throughout the investigation, the findings from our review of the crash events, along with the context provided by the pre- and post-crash behaviors draw the conclusion that he is unfit to hold the position as the chief law enforcement officer for the state of South Dakota.”
By not recommending his removal from office, these House members have made it clear that they are more concerned with the protection of one of their own than they are about the conduct of our state’s top law enforcement officer and holding him to account. The people of South Dakota deserve better. The full House will have the opportunity in the coming days to correct the failures of this committee and I hope that they take their duty seriously and do what is right in this matter.
Why does this statement come from her campaign and not from her office? This seems bizarre to me. Does anyone have an answer?
This statement was entirely unnecessary.
Public Safety Director Price was out of line and should be fired. The Governor’s Office is also out of line in commenting on this. The bitterness flowing from that office is out of line.
When has to wonder what the outcome has been if the Governor had just shut the hell up.
Noem can’t be quiet. She has tried to influence the outcome since day one so she could put one of her own persons in as AG.
This is HER state, and we are HER citizens. Don’t act like she works for us, we are graced with her presence, and we must comply with her orders, or she will sue us again to comply.
The whole investigation was tainted from the beginning. Noem should never have been involved and neither should the SDHP who works for her.
She is the one that has lied throughout the process….anyone actually believe she is not behind the billboards and robocalls?
Then she selectively released information. The AG should have a heck of a lawsuit against the state.
Everyone is wrong all the time except Kristi…funny how that works
As a taxpayer and voter, I sure would like to see the evidence the committee had to go on before they arrived at their decision. Knee jerk reaction from me…especially after he apparently was not given a DUI test by the responding sheriff was “now here’s some dad-gummed collusion”! Makes one wonder, “WHO does she want to appoint as AG and WHY?” Mr. Ravnsborg will have to deal with the fact that he killed someone the rest of his life. From what I’ve read and the reactions I’ve seen from him on TV and in person, the event does not appear to have affected his mental psyche and that bothers me. Are there not THREE BRANCHES of government in Pierre??? If so, why is the Executive interfering with the Legislative as they do their job? Her temper tantrums are being disseminated to legislative friends in other states so they see the Governor Noem that the media won’t show.
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believe it or not, testing for DUI is rare for most of us who have been involved in car crashes, even when a fatality occurs. It’s done at the discretion of the law enforcement officer. Both my son and my sister were involved in accidents where a fatality occurred and neither of them were behaving in a way which warranted testing. I have had a few fender-benders and moving violations and never been tested myself.
I suspect there is a segment of the population which is subjected to DUI testing whenever they interact with law enforcement, so they assume everybody is. That’s not how it works.
Joe forgot one line at the end:
“Governor Noem thanks the two Democrats on the committee for voting correctly.”
“I will now take down the billboard disparaging Rep. Smith.”