Release: Noem Attacks Community Leaders who Endorsed Jackley

Pat Powers

Noem Attacks Community Leaders who Endorsed Jackley

SIOUX FALLS, SD: On Thursday, Attorney General Marty Jackley received the endorsement of more than 20 Sioux Falls area community leaders who are uniting behind his conservative message:

  • Former Sioux Falls Mayor Dave Munson
  • Former Sioux Falls Mayor Gary Hanson
  • Senate Majority Leader Blake Curd
  • Sen. Jack Kolbeck
  • Rep. Greg Jamison
  • Rep. Mike Stevens
  • Former House Majority Leader Bill Peterson
  • Former Senate Majority Leader Russ Olson
  • Former Rep. Joel Dykstra
  • Former Sen. David Omdahl
  • Former Assistant Attorney General Paige Wilbur Bock
  • Former Watertown Police Chief Jo Vitek
  • Lincoln County State’s Attorney Tom Wollman
  • Retired State Sergeant Major Les Cummings
  • Marine Veteran and Business Leader Gary Van Regenmorter
  • Crooks Mayor Jamie Rounds
  • Heartland Director of Economic Development Casey Crabtree
  • Russ Janklow, Johnson Janklow Abdallah, LLP
  • Todd Meierhenry, Meierhenry Sargent LLP

Despite Congresswoman Noem’s dismissal of these individuals as “Pierre politicians,” both in a written statement and in her debate remarks, Jackley is standing beside their service.

Noem said at the debate, “I knew all the people that were there supporting him at the press conference—they were all lawyers, lobbyists, politicians, people from Pierre.”

In fact, none of the supporters are from Pierre, although some are citizen legislators who serve their constituents in the state capital.

Their honorable biographies speak louder than her attacks.

Gary Van Regenmorter is a United States Marine who served his country in Vietnam.

Les Cummings is a former State Sergeant Major who trained our South Dakota National Guard members for war.

Former Watertown Police Chief Jo Vitek is a selfless public servant who worked every day to keep the people of her community safe.

These are the good, honorable people who lead by example every day in South Dakota.

Watch the full endorsement video here.

56 thoughts on “Release: Noem Attacks Community Leaders who Endorsed Jackley”

    1. I get so tired of “community leaders” who manipulate the power of government to enrich themselves and lord authority over others and then boast about how they’ve dedicated their lives to “public service.”

      These people are exactly the kind of establishment cronies and insiders who’ll control the executive branch of South Dakota government if Jackley gets elected. People with power (like Bryan Gortmaker and Gene Abdallah) will thrive, and people without power (like Laura Kaiser and Tiffany Campbell) will be defamed and crushed under the grinding wheels of the system.

      This was the most effective, memorable point Kristi Noem made in Thursday’s debate, and Jackley is doing us all a favor by drawing attention to it.

    2. exactly that is why I am not voting for ANY establishment candidates

      Time to clean house

  2. David Omdahl was one of Kristi’s best volunteers when she ran for Congress the first time. That guy put out dozens of signs. I miss my good friend and Senator from SF.

    She’s treating people like crap.

    He has put in a lot of sweat equity for her. Just because Marty is a better candidate doesn’t give her the right to trash him and the rest of those people who have probably carried water for her in the past and would in the future.

    What a jerk move.

    3. Obviously she was addressing the collective, and what she said wholly applies to him. She’s just being honest and ya’ll are being offended little snowflakes. It’s not hard to see Kristi is closer to Trump than Jackley. Seriously, Kristi is going to call out Jackley on his long list of shit and I don’t blame her. You can be an offended sweet tart if you want or you can overcome your cognitive dissonance and start sorting through the facts. Facts don’t care about your feelings and neither does Kristi.

  3. Nothing says “Pierre insider, status quo candidate” like this press conference. Yeesh.

  4. That’s one heck of a group and it’s disheartening to see a major candidate dismiss and denigrate so many people who have dedicated large portions of their life to public service.

    Kristi knows as well as anybody the sacrifices you make as a public servant- especially when it comes to family- and I just really can’t explain how disappointed I am in her and her comments.

    1. She didn’t say anything even slightly heinous, she just pointed out the contrast between the people supporting her and the people supporting Jackley. Politicians and Lawyers. Which is 100% true fact. So how is that even close to slander?? She was standing with friends, family, and staff. Ranchers, farmers, workers etc. You all just need to get your panties out of a wad.

      1. No he said he had 52 states attorneys endorsing him I see ONE on that list

        Better to Remain Silent and Be Thought a Fool than to Speak and Remove All Doubt–President Lincoln

        1. To quote Kristi regarding her failure on the farm bill.. “OH ITS COMING”

          1. Failure on the farm bill? that is one of her achievements what on earth are you talking about?

            I just want to see a list …he has never produced a list of sheriffs either …one thing to say you have the number but if no one knows who they are…how does that help you and not make you look like you are hiding something?

            1. The list of Sheriffs is publicly available, I’ve seen it. Stop waiting for everyone to do your work for you and do a little research yourself. You’re starting to sound like a Democrat.

            2. A quick search on SDWC…
              Yankton County Sheriff, Jim Vlahakis
              Butte County Sheriff, Fred Lamphere
              Corson County Sheriff, Keith Gall
              Faulk County Sheriff, Kurt Hall
              Hughes County Sheriff, Mike Leifholt

              Brown County AG – Chris White
              Lincoln County AG – Tom Wollman

              Literally that took me minutes to find. If you want the others I suggest you do a longer search, but I doubt you really care that much.

              1. Km, I’m not the original asker but now that it’s been brought up I’m curious also where is the list I only find those few names also… I thought it would be on his website but it’s not

                honestly asking thank you

  7. This is the best Marty has? Honestly, he is SUPER overplaying this victim card.

    1. FINALLY. Kristi states a plain fact and Glodt’s first response is to play the victim. They’re hypocrites. Their first campaign move was to try to get Kristi to sign a clean campaign pledge like honestly. You’re basically either saying “We can’t find any dirt on you so please dont hurt us” or “We have a ton of dirt on us that we really don’t want you to bring up” So obviously when Kristi declines, they start the victim campaign and break their campaign pledge repeatedly. They don’t even talk about it anymore because they know they can’t say they’ve upheld it. When Kristi releases an “attack” ad, its a testimonial or verifiable facts being cited, when it’s Jackley doing the attacking, its menial little crap like this thats just misconstrued to try to make her look bad. She literally was just pointing out the contrast between the collective endorsing JAckley vs her own supporters and she was absolutely correct, they’re all lawyers and politicians. boo f****ing hoo. Or when they say she doesn’t support Trump and use a bunch of quotes from before the primary when she was supporting Rubio like any other Republican with a brain. It’s not hard to see who’s running the better campaign and who’s grasping for straws.

  8. Huh, don’t know about everyone, but to list Paige Wilbur and then say NONE of these supporters are from Pierre doesn’t do much for credibility. Nothing against Paige, but on what planet is she not from Pierre establishment?

    1. Jason Glodt must be a moron. I’m pretty sure when Kristi said “..from pierre” He took it as people who literally reside in Pierre. I think a 9 year old could’ve made that distinction, but somehow Jackley’s campaign manager doesn’t? Complete moron, no other answer.

  9. i wrote a post here earlier this week expressing preference for noem, and i am officially disavowing every word of it and regretting that i wrote it. vote for marty.

  10. 17 men and 2 women, huh?…. I guess the Jackley camp hasn’t seen that one ad yet….

  11. Jackley’s strategy is pathetic. Not only does he constantly play victim, he puts his own spin on Kristie’s words and makes everyone else out to be a victim as well including attorneys, police officers, and other politicians.

    1. Exactly. She never stated anything bad about anyone. All she did was point out the contrast between Jackley’s supporters and her own and what she said was 100% factual. This is straight up dirty campaigning and trying to twist words. At least when Kristi does an attack it’s verifiably fact or a personal testimonial rather than subjective menial nonsense.

    1. I agree…the news conference wont last in the news cycle very long…those commercials will

  13. Attack community leaders? Last night she made it sound like she is running for the Governor of Illinois or New Jersey.

    I travel for work to the states like she describes. I let honk she had confused DC for SD.

  14. Blake Curd looks ridiculous in that shirt, and that sport coat, and those boots. God awful.

  15. There have been comments from others about how there’s “Greater Sioux Falls” and “the rest of South Dakota.”

    1. Of course, the Liberals will always find themselves superior. They’re constantly reaffirming themselves and eachother. Sioux Falls will not run South Dakota and Kristi will take everything west river outside of Rapid City and probably Sturgis.

  16. These people have proven track records that support the people do South Dakota! To me, someone that has done my research and found out the truth about Kristi Noem and her lies (and the fact that she personally insulted half of South Dakota last night during the debate…IHS, law enforcement, and basically said that nobody wants to come to South Dakota because we have such a big drug problem really nice of someone who wants to be a leader), the fact that these people support Marty is an awesome thing! DO YOUR RESEARCH PEOPLE DONT JUST BELIEVE WHAT YOU SEE ON TV!!!

    2. What? IHS is government-run single-payer healthcare and it’s terrible, people want out. Which is typical of all government-run single-payer healthcare. The veterans want to get out of the VA, the Canadians come to the US and pay cash, everybody is running away from it.
      How does that insult half of SD?

  17. If Kristi wanted to parade ‘her’ supporters in a press conference, the people up front would blow these guys away. However, she doesn’t beg and plead to get them to parade embarrassingly to the front for an awkward press conference to make her look good. She doesn’t tout the number of law enforcement she has supporting her, she doesn’t tout that she has MORE children than MJ growing up & going to school in SD, or that she’s lived here all her life, and ‘really did’ grow up on a farm. I was actually embarrassed for Marty & Glodt’s line up of ‘good ol’ boys’. If he needs that to feel significant, well….. Kristi doesn’t. Stop whining ‘snowflakes’. I’ve got 2 negative mailers from Jackley about Kristi, No negatives from her. You can DISH IT OUT BUT YOU CAN’T TAKE IT.

    1. wrong. Kristi couldn’t put together a halfway decent group because the only people who want her to be governor are Teddy Hustead, Steve Kirby, and Larry Rhoden. Teddy and Steve know she’ll do whatever they say, and Larry wants to be her Lt. Gov.

      Prove me wrong.

          1. … and restrict our access to the ballot. Larry Rhoden would be a much better choice.

            1. Hell, Larry Rhoden should’ve ran for Governor. I’d take him over Jackley at least. At least then we’d have an actual ‘good-ol-boy’ in the race.

  18. I wish both of them would stop talking about each other and start talking about Sutton.

    Sutton is out there promising free pre-K, higher teacher pay, free college tuition, and rainbow-colored unicorns, all paid for by cuts to existing programs.

    1. He’ll be running on the socialist platform then?

      Whether Noem or Jackley win, Sutton will be beat.

      Free = someone else pays for it.

      1. Nothing is for free except maybe Sunshine but what if overall he is able to save South Dakotans money & grow the state’s economy and tax base in the grand scheme of things? Be an independent thinker.

        1. How exactly do you think he can save SDakotans’ money and grow the state’s economy and tax base? By increasing the working classes’ taxes to give out more “free” things? Don’t be a socialist/communist/Democrat.

          “socialism sounds great. It has always sounded great. And it will probably always continue to sound great. It is only when you go beyond rhetoric, and start looking at hard facts, that socialism turns out to be a big disappointment, if not a disaster.” – Dr. Thomas Sowell.

          1. privatize fire and police departments? Military? Water, sewer & libraries? Roads? There is a degree of socialism but if you want to privatize it all than say so.

    2. maybe the feeling is that sutton is his own best counter-argument, kind of like our own bernie sanders.

  19. LMAO. I love this. She says “people from Pierre” and they respond with “Although none of these men are from Pierre” Did you idiots really think that’s what she was implying??? That Jason Glodt has his head so far up his butt he can’t tell a fart from a summer breeze.

    1. I wholeheartedly agree with you anonymous! If there’s anything we’ve learned from Kristi Noem, it’s that nobody should take anything she says literally or seriously. Her words mean absolutely nothing. For example, she ran as a tea-party outsider and ended up carrying Paul Ryan’s briefcase for 8 years. She was the best paid staffer in D.C.!

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