Dakota News Now notes that the Secretary of State’s office is rather tight lipped about informing a number of staff members that they are no longer employed a week before Christmas:
Warne confirmed the news to Dakota News Now/KOTA Territory in a statement Monday.
and..
Johnson refused to respond to inquiries about Warne leaving the office, and also opted not to respond to rumors that others were also asked to leave the office.
Johnson announced that former Speaker of the House Tom Deadrick would be her Deputy Secretary in November.
I’m sure we’ll continue to hear more about it as the weeks go by, regardless of whether the Secretary of State chooses to comment.
That’s the thing about going in and firing nearly half the office. People will tend to talk.
If you make the decision to fire people, be willing to defend that decision. Or any decision for that matter. I suppose she’s not used to having to answer tough questions. Sad.
I think that this is what a good number of good people feel, but it neglects the gravity of the moment.
If only one side (the deep state and enemies of the republic) are fighting a war, the US won’t be around much longer.
WTF is the ‘deep state and enemies of the republic’?
Anyone who (rightfully) thinks John Dale is an idiot.
She seems to have decided to just never talk to the media.
Given her previous missteps in the media, that’s probably a good choice. You know what Mark Twain said about keeping your mouth closed……
Isn’t she entitled to bring in who she wants? This is Barnett’s fault for bailing before the holidays. He cares about himself and these firings are the end result.
No, it’s not his fault. It’s the party’s fault for nominating this airhead instead.
That would make it his fault. He should have made an effort to get delegates in place well ahead of the convention.
He thought he did until he was blatantly lied to by delegates.
Monae Johnson got 61% of the vote at convention and 64.5% of the vote in the general and then Gov Noem appointed her on top of it all. I don’t have to like all of Johnson’s decisions but she did win by sizable margins and I think most of her supporters voted for her to carry out her vision.
Noem just ousted her Secretary of Health over a policy disagreement. That seems to be the way politics works.
Many Republicans voted for her with their nose plugged.
Monae wouldn’t have gotten 20% of the vote if she ran an actual election against Barnett. It was a stacked convention. She’s a paper pusher that is going to get in way over her head. She will make Gant look like child’s play
Wait until Mr. Barnett rousts the lobbists in union against some of Ms. Johnson’s insanest ideas. I hear that is already happening.
Not friendly with the media…so is noem giving her pointers? When will she get to call reporters liars like noem dud?
She’s treating the SOS office like a crime scene.
Same thing Musk did at Twitter.
You mean run it into the ground? Only difference is that Musk has a personal piggybank in Tesla and Johnson has mouthbreathers at conventions to vote for her.