Minnehaha GOP vice chair now working to get independent on the ballot against Republican congressman

Pat Powers

Wasn’t it just a couple of days ago when Minnehaha county vice chair Jennifer Foss was going off on me, remarking ‘Pat you wouldn’t know what a real Republican looked like if hit you in the face..’. Guess what?

Remember when being an official in the Republican party meant that you worked to elect Republicans?

Minnehaha County Vice Chair Jennifer Foss must have inhaled some fumes while bleaching her hair, because she’s taken to her anti-Republican group trying to recruit petition carriers to assist in running an independent for office. AGAINST our Republican candidate.

In a Facebook post which appears to be made by Foss last night:

Endorsing an Independent or a Democrat candidate is literally unheard of from a Republican County Party official, and in the past would have triggered that person’s immediate removal by the executive board, as happened when one endorsed Tom Daschle in one race a number of years ago.

Now here we have the vice-chair of the Republican organization for our state’s largest county actively and openly recruiting petition carriers to run an independent candidate against our set Republican candidate.

Apparently there’s no need for Republicans to worry about Democrats beating our candidates in a race. Because there are Republicans who hate the party that much that they want to beat ourselves.

Real Republican? Sorry, Jennifer. You have certainly shown the world and the Republican party that you don’t know the definition.

23 thoughts on “Minnehaha GOP vice chair now working to get independent on the ballot against Republican congressman”

  1. What is her beef with Dusty? Dusty is the hardest working member of our delegation. He uses common sense and reaches across the aisle to get things done. Look at his record. He has passed an amazing number of bills in short order. He has a great family. He spends tons of time interfacing with South Dakotans instead of miring in the swamp. We need to quit infighting as Republicans.

    1. the REAL republicans hold the cherished belief that if you don’t utterly oppose democrats with every molecule you have, you are a rino.
      if you want to actually do the activities and behaviors that denote the two-party self-rule that makes america unique in the world, negotiation and compromise on bills, you are a rino.
      if you don’t listen to her as she teaches the horrible sdgop about what REAL republicans ought to think and do, you are a rino.
      whoever planted this philosophy in the gop devised the greatest destruction of two-party government that could have ever been devised.

    2. Remember, she is one of those wacky people that if you vote with her 99 times out of a hundred, she will forever hate you for the 1 time you didn’t and will call you a RINO.

  2. Young lady, grudznick served with real Republicans. grudznick knows real Republicans. Real Republicans are friends of grudznick. Young lady, you are no real Republican.

  3. I do believe that’s a violation of Wiik’s Code of Conduct that he gave out at the last central committee meeting…..

  4. if she refuses to support the election of Republican candidates, she should resign her position as a leader in the Republican party.

    1. I agree. Primary is one thing. Working to defeat Republicans as a party leader is entirely another.

      Minnehaha gop needs to call a meeting to remove her. Stalzer would be a good chair.

  5. If she doesn’t like Dusty or want to vote for him that is fine but recruiting an independent means it’s time to resign. I really don’t have a problem with her supporting Taffy Howard or another Republican but once you get into supporting independents and dems you enter into an entirely different realm.

    SD GOP executive board needs to act and she also needs to be taken to task for her county recording sd gop meetings.

  6. Can there be a recall election or firing?

    None of this surprises me at all. Seen it happen elsewhere in other BPOUs pushing their fellow tin foil hat candidates.

  7. Erica Douglas does not run Citizens for Liberty in Spearfish. Citizens for Liberty does not have a chapter in Spearfish. CFL has only one chapter in Rapid City. GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!!

  8. If you would check before you write something, you would know that Justin McNeil is a registered Republican. I was not aware of any Citizens for Liberty chapters in South Dakota besides the one in Rapid City. Former Senator Ewing had a terrible voting record, he would make a lousy county commissioner. It is great that Ms. Douglas is running against him.

    1. You can’t run as an Independent unless you are registered as an Independent. Get your facts straight.

      1. You are wrong registered Republicans can run as an independent. You better get YOUR facts straight!

  9. other people have done this and to the best of my recollection, they flushed their political careers down the toilet in the process. If Mr McNeal is serious about pursuing a political career, he needs to abandon this idea ASAP, or else he will go the way of Jason Bjorkland, Lora Hubbel, Terry LaFleur and others, who, having lost a Republican Primary, jumped off the nearest cliff..

    Has this ever worked for anyone?

  10. Looking at the picture, Pat Powers, I don’t think her hair is bleached. I think it is a tin foil hat.

  11. Anonomous this came from the SD SOS webpage. Wake up and look up facts before
    posting! Home > Elections & Voting > 2024 Election Information > Election Information > Independent Candidate Information
    Independent Candidate Information
    Please note: Independent is not a political party in South Dakota.

    Independent candidates do not have to be registered as an Independent. A candidate may be registered with a political party and run as an Independent candidate by submitting an Independent Nominating petition.
    You will find the petition form for an independent candidate 05:02:08:05.
    Independent candidates are automatically put on the General Election ballot and do not have a Primary Election.
    Independent candidates CANNOT circulate petitions until on or after January 1, 2024.
    You will find signature requirements for independent candidates here. Independent candidates may collect signatures from any registered voter in the jurisdiction the candidate is running in.
    The deadline to submit an independent candidate nominating petition is April 30, 2024.

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