SD Gun Owners go after Mark Milbrandt in Brown Co. Sheriff’s race with a postcard that wouldn’t hold up in court.

Pat Powers

The South Dakota Gun Owners were going after a number of people this week, including Brown County Sheriff Mark Milbrandt, this time through their own PAC instead of someone else’s in a fluorescent orange postcard that’s long on accusations, but silent on citations for the monkey dung they’re throwing:

So…they make a lot of accusations. but cite no proof? No news articles? No county commission minutes or legislative journal minutes? I’m surprised they spelled gun correctly, because this card is pretty weak.

If this postcard was a court case, I don’t think it would make it to the preliminary hearing.  You’ve got to have some sort of evidence to make an attack stick.

This years’ round of anti-Republican postcards coming from the group is unusually thin on evidence or supportive documentation.   Milbrandt isn’t their only victim of drive-by campaigning.  They’ve also been blasting other Republican candidates, some who have received A ratings from the NRA (an actual gun rights organization).

The nice thing is that they’re soon to go back to hide in their holes after next week, since this fundraising group is not in the business of attacking Democrats. But, it’s a good reminder for the GOP to remember how they operate when the next legislative session begins in January.

19 thoughts on “SD Gun Owners go after Mark Milbrandt in Brown Co. Sheriff’s race with a postcard that wouldn’t hold up in court.”

  1. SDGO and those associated with this garbage are the worst! What next? ANTIFA supports Mark Milbrandt?

  3. All I can say is God is the final judge on what’s good and bad, and I hope they see the light before it’s too late. Evil people associated with this BS. You would think supposedly God fearing people would know better. Seems some of them think they are God instead. Get ready for the “anonymous” robocalls next.

  4. I’m all for both sides being competitive and pointing out flaws or mistakes on the other side, but this is just tasteless and.. well.. stupid. No cited sources, no facts, no proof, not even any actual quotes from actual people. Just a baseless claim. I literally don’t even know this guy but this mailer alone is enough to make anyone with even half a brain want to support him.

    1. I agree but It is a number of people here in South Dakota that are involved in these baseless attacks with at least one in the hills Jason? and possibly I suspect a few in Brown County.

  5. Was there a survey r how did they give him this rating? No sources or website to direct people to…

    Since they don’t attack Republicans what do we actually know about this group? Have they ever successful done ANYTHING for gun owners? except take their dues and attack people with these postcards?

    1. I thought you had a good point there until your second paragraph. They attack anyone, including Republicans, ask Lee Schoenbeck. They just put out the orange card against him. Don’t write something that isn’t true, or you are just like SDGO.

      1. Can you name any Democrats they’ve attacked?

        I’m only aware of their attacks on Republicans.

        1. You are probably right. Maybe they only attack Republicans since there aren’t very many Dems in elected office. 🙂

  6. I thought Kaiser and dennert were better than this. I hope they aren’t involved. If so, I’m done with them. I’ve been a big supporter of both. I’m after seeing Kaiser’s other terribly negative flyers and letters on Milbrandt, I’m afraid he’s in on this one too. Yikes.

    1. Oh I suspect they are indirectly involved along with a few others. This campaign against Milbrandt and how it has been run has turned a lot of Aberdonians against them. Handled very poorly and in bad taste.

  7. Looks like The a Lautenslaugers lost their Tax Exempt Status. Now all they need is a big fat verdict against them bankrupting their scumbag organization.

  9. If it hasn’t changed we need to file a complaint with these postcards which surely don’t educated anyone as is needed in having a non profit status. Randy Seiler sent the ones they used lying about my voting record up the chain to the US Postmaster General who has final authority. Everyone who gets postcarded by this POS group should send them in demanding investigations.

    1. On their website it state’s they are an “un-incorporated not-for-profit association.”

      I’m not a lawyer, but I would think their annual revenues exceed $5000 per year. Perhaps, a lawyer reading the blog could clarify this.

      “An unincorporated association can operate as a tax-exempt nonprofit as long as the purpose of its activity is of public benefit, and annual revenues are less than $5,000. If the association remains small with limited income, the unincorporated association does not need to apply to the IRS for 501(c)(3) status.”
      https://www.thebalancesmb.com/what-is-an-unincorporated-nonprofit-association-2501895

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