SDGOP Exec Board passes resolution in support of President Trump

Pat Powers

From my mailbox, the South Dakota Republican Party’s exec board today passed a resolution in support of President Trump, slamming Democrats who are trying to steal the 2020 election because they can’t win it with their current field of candidates:

SDGOP Exec Board passes resolution in support of President Trump

PIERRE, SD – South Dakota Republican Party (SDGOP) Chairman Dan Lederman issued the following statement after the SDGOP’s Executive Committee unanimously passed a resolution in support of President Trump and the Graham-McConnell resolution:

“Today, members of the SDGOP Executive Committee unanimously passed a resolution of support for our president and the Graham-McConnell resolution condemning the unprecedented actions of House Democrats,” said Chairman Dan Lederman.  “Democrats are trying to win the 2020 election by attacking President Trump, because they know their current slate of candidates can’t beat him at the ballot box. It’s time for Democrats to give President Trump the due process he’s entitled to under the Constitution, and provide a hearing in full view of the American people.”

A copy of the resolution is posted below:

RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE GRAHAM-MCCONNELL RESOLUTION DEMANDING HOUSE DEMOCRATS PROVIDE FUNDAMENTAL CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS IN THEIR IMPEACHMENT INVESTIGATION

WHEREAS, Democrats in the House of Representatives have launched a nakedly partisan impeachment investigation of President Donald J. Trump in secret and without affording a sitting President any due process protections;

WHEREAS, in an unprecedented maneuver, House Democrats have launched recklessly into this unfair, unprecedented, and undemocratic process without holding any vote;

WHEREAS, House Democrats have shut out Republican members of the House from being able to participate meaningfully in the proceedings such as by granting equal subpoena power to minority members of the Judiciary Committee;

WHEREAS, House Democrats’ partisan motives are evidenced by their selective leaking of information from the closed impeachment proceedings;

WHEREAS, House Democrats, who from the time of the President’s election have stated their desire to impeach, are trying to void 63,000,000 votes and do through this impeachment fiasco what they cannot achieve at the ballot box; and

WHEREAS, in under three years in office President Trump has amassed an unprecedented number of accomplishments strengthening the United States both at home and abroad; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the South Dakota Republican Party’s Executive Committee (SDGOP) now more than ever wholeheartedly supports President Trump and his administration in making America great again;

RESOLVED, that the SDGOP condemns House Democrats’ impeachment circus;

RESOLVED, that the SDGOP wholeheartedly supports both the President in his impeachment defense and congressional Republicans’ efforts to ensure fairness and due process in the face of the Democrats’ ruthless impeachment investigation, including Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham’s resolution;

RESOLVED, that the SDGOP calls on the House of Representatives to provide President Trump, like every other American, with due process, to include the ability to confront his accusers, call witnesses on his behalf, and have a basic understanding of the accusations against him that would form any basis for impeachment; and finally be it

RESOLVED, that the SDGOP calls on the House of Representatives to provide members of the minority with the ability to participate fully in all proceedings and have equal authority to issue subpoenas and other compulsory process.

50 thoughts on “SDGOP Exec Board passes resolution in support of President Trump”

  1. Absolutely correct! Our very country hangs in the balance! I vote we secede if President Trump gets impeached.

  2. This entire process is political. The Dems think in will inoculate them from what is coming down the pike from the Durham investigation. The GOP and President is responding by raising a ton of money. I think we are getting the better end of the deal.

    There is only a slight chance he will be impeached* and zero chance he will be convicted.**

    * I think being impeached helps him in the general plus the Dem Senators running for President can’t campaign during the trial as it would disqualify them as jurors and able to vote.

    ** Even if impeached, conviction requires a crime (high crime or high misdemeanor) to have been committed. So far, there is neither. Even if Trump proposed the so-called quid pro quo (now focus on impeachment even though they were pursuing it before), it isn’t the crime. The Constitution appoints him as chief law enforcement officer (request for help to determine if Biden breached his duty) and conduct foreign policy (grant or deny aid to the Ukraine). And these powers are broad and in the case of foreign policy nearly unlimited.

    A Senate trial would embarrass Dems right out of the House Majority and re-elect Trump in a landslide. My bet is the Dems will have this vote on Thursday and never have another, Voters will get impeachment fatigue, and Dems will regret this path.

    1. I completely agree. Same mistake republicans did regarding Clinton. This is worse in some ways as the republicans afforded a trump and the minority and Clinton rights and due process.

      1. Ymous,

        The dems have figured out they screwed the pooch on the due process issue. That is what the vote on Thursday is designed to fix.

        Regarding Clinton, he did commit a crime (perjury and obstruction) but the Senate determined it didn’t rise to a High Crime or Misdemeanor. The Dems don’t even have a crime to charge him with. They are already trying to run from the whistleblower and they figured out the quid pro quo only sounds bad but isn’t a crime. They are now going for the obstruction (like they did on Russia).

        But, keep this in mind: Even if he obstructed (not saying he did), it is obstruction of disclosing how he did his job (as Chief Law Enforcement Officer and Chief Executive of Foreign Policy) and not obstructing a crime. And, if it were a crime (which it isn’t), it has already be adjudicated that it isn’t a High Crime or Misdemeanor.

        You just can’t make up the lunacy. Which is why this will backfire on them even worse on Dems than it did on the Republicans for pursuing a minor crime against Clinton.

        Sidenote #1: This will look especially silly when the Durham report is issued, if there are significant indictable crimes charged.

        Sidenote #2: Trump needs to quit talking/tweeting about impeachment and conviction. I know it is his standard MO to hit back when he being punched. But, sometimes it is better to just let them flail at him as it will ultimately exhaust them.

        Sidenote #3: We need to just let this process run its course and raise a ton of money. To some degree, our protests against them pursuing this will make it harder for us to stand for charges against McCabe, Comey, Brennan and Clapper. I say let’s let them hang themselves with their own rope.

        2. I mostly agree, but disagree with sidenote #2. I believe the tweeting by Trump has proven to be an effective countermeasure to the media that has become the attack dogs of the left. Tweets by Trump have been criticized, laughed at and ridiculed, but in too many cases they have turned out to be spot on and the people ridiculing the President wind up looking stupid once again. I say Keep on Tweetin’.

    2. For once, I agree with you. The fact anyone thinks 67 votes are possible in the senate is absolute lunacy.

  3. Wow, “Dog Bites Man!” Boy it’s really going to rattle #3 that the SDGOP supports Trumpo the Clown, a guy so unqualified to occupy the White House continually shows it. Hey, didn’t Mr. Thune once ask that Trump withdraw from the campaign? Now we’re stuck with Putin’s friend.

    Be that as it may, and despite the House GOP’s clown antics of storming the secure committee room, the minority has all the rights they established to have by John Boehner.

    1. Ann,
      I hope you continue to sit in your little corner of the world and wallow in your group think. Just know you’ll come out on Election Day even more bewildered when Trump is re-elected. If you stick with the Putin’s friend argument, it might be a landslide for Trump.

    2. If President Trump is not qualified, I certainly hope in 2024 when someone is running to replace Trump there is someone just as unqualified.

    3. I think President Trump is more qualified than the last community organizer we had in office. President Trump has been in the business world and made deals his whole life. Look at the great deal Obummer made with Iran-what a great negotiator.

      Trump is a lot tougher on Russia than Obummer was. Don’t you remember Obummer saying on a hot mike that he could be more flexible once he was re-elected, which he was by using the IRS as a weapon.

      If Obummer had a spine he would have meant something by his Syria “red line”, but he was a gutless wonder.

      Trump has done more while under constant pressure than Obummer ever contemplated-wait, I tell a lie. Obummer wanted to fundamentally transform America from a country of individual freedom to one of total government oppression, so he did contemplate big things, just not good things.

  6. Party over country, sad. Illegitimate president is a grifter, conman, liar, traitor. SDGOP gonna be on the wrong side of history. It’s really astonishing that anyone with morals still stands behind this garbage man.

    1. Why don’t you please leave before it’s over, then you won’t have to see it.

      I can’t wait for a second Trump term-IT’S GUNNA BE YUGE!!!!!!!

      Obama was a liar and so is Hillary. They are both America-hating individuals who are looking out for power, not for the country.

    2. Anonymous at 10:59: nobody with morals supports the DNC. Finally a priest refused to let Joe Biden receive communion. It’s about time.

  7. I am sick of people who refuse to accept the results of an election. Ok, you don’t like trump. That’s why we have elections. He won last time…he isn’t illegitimate. If you want a liar, con man, you have to look no further than Obama. “You can keep your doctor and your insurance…you will have $2500 in savings every year with obamacare.”

    1. A program it’s advocates are ready to jettison only five years after it went into effect. And, we are to trust them with Obamacare on steroids.

      By the way, I am glad I am not on the side of history as Venezuela.

    2. You forgot Obummer’s weaponization of the IRS and his botched Benghazi deal along with his great deal with Iran. He was one of the worst presidents the country has ever seen.

    3. I’ll build a wall. And Mexico will pay for it.
      I don’t know why my attorney paid Stormy all that money.
      I’ll protect insured with preexisting conditions. Repeal Obamacare.
      I know more than the generals.
      I warned that a guy named Osama Bin Laden needed to die.
      I love the military. Let’s use those military appropriations to build a wall.
      The Kurds are no angels. Let the Turks wipe them out.
      I have a hotel in Istanbul.
      I’ll release my tax returns.
      I’ll balance the budget in less than 8 years. The debt grew by $3 trillion? I’m king of debt.
      John Thune and Dennis Daugaard had it right: Trumpo the Clown should have pulled out.

  8. Honest question: do any of you Trump supporters think what he did was wrong as it pertained to the Ukraine? I am not asking if it is worthy on impeachment. I want to know if you think it was appropriate. And if you think it was not appropriate, how is he held accountable knowing you will vote for him anyway?

    1. Question: what do you believe he actually did pertaining to Ukraine?

      We know that Crazy Uncle Joe Biteme blackmailed Ukraine with taxpayer dollars to directly benefit his druggy son, Hunter. Would you vote for him?

  9. Your statement about Biden is flat-out false. The investigations under Shokin actually ended, and Biden, along with multiple European allies, pressured the Ukraine to remove him for corruption and a LACK of investigations. These are basic facts that you seem to have either not read, or completely ignored. Biden’s son is a piece of garbage, I agree. But your recitation of facts is blatantly untrue.

    As to Trump: he pressured a foreign government to investigate his leading political opponent. He JUST SO HAPPENED to hold up aide to that foreign government around the same time he did so, with several state department employees, some of which hired under republican administrations, admitting the two appeared to be connected. This all JUST SO HAPPENS to go down as Biden is the clear frontrunner in the dem primaries. Trump even openly asked China to investigate him too.

    So, again: do you think what Trump did was inappropriate?

    1. “I looked at them and said, ‘I’m leaving in six hours,’” Biden told the crowd, taking a long look at his watch for effect. “‘If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money.’ Well, son of a bitch.” Here the audience laughed. “He got fired.”
      Blackmail. Who does it help? Hunter Biden. You appear to be blind to the facts.

      1. But it didn’t help Hunter. Again, since you seem unable to read what I wrote or even participate in basic fact checking, the firing did NOT help his son. This prosecutor had stopped investigating Biden’s kid, as well as a lot of other people who needed investigating, and it was this corruption that called for the US and most of its western allies to call for his dismissal. Stop lying, dugger.

        1. I guess it did not help Hunter. Oh, wait. That is not what the FIRED prosecutor says. “Mr. Shokin attempted to continue the investigations but on or around June or July of 2015, the U.S. Ambassador Geoffrey R. Pyatt told him that the investigation has to be handled with white gloves, which according to Mr. Shokin, that implied do nothing,” the notes from the interview stated. The notes also claimed Shokin was told Biden had held up U.S. aid to Ukraine over the investigation.”

          1. You can definitely count on Shokin. However, Vitaly Kasko, who had been Shokin’s deputy overseeing international cooperation before resigning in February 2016 citing corruption in the office, provided documents to Bloomberg News indicating that under Shokin, the investigation into Burisma had been dormant. Let’s see…. do I trust the guy who provided actual documentation and resigned because of corruption or the guy who multiple nations accused of corruption? Stop. Lying.

  10. No. 2 GOP senator: ‘Picture coming out of’ diplomat’s testimony ‘not a good one’.

    A Never forever. When a once sharp knife loses its edge.

  11. I think it 100% appropriate that the Chief Law Enforcement Officer enlist domestic and foreign cooperation in discovering evidence of wrongdoing by a Vice President.

    I think it 100% appropriate for the Chief Foreign Policy Officer conduct foreign policy as he sees fit.

    I disagree with Trump on occasion but here I support him without reservation on both counts.

    1. Even though it JUST. SO. HAPPENS. that he starts pushing the issue as the election picture clears for dems. Unbelievable the stuff you will swallow to tow the line.

      These two things are completely unrelated. Yup. Nothing to see here, folks. Move along now.

  12. Trump is Left of Obama on key economic issues like Trade, Infrastructure, Government Spending, Debt, and Tariffs. Wasn’t Obama far enough Left on Tariffs for you remaining Trump supporters?

    1. Wanting a level playing field is left of Obama? OK. As for government spending, the President has to have a willing Congress to help him out. So far that has not happened. I suspect the debt will also be taken care of with a willing Congress. As a percentage of GDP, the debt has gone down. As for tariffs and trade, I have always maintained we should reciprocate. That seems to be what Trump is doing.

  13. Thursday’s vote is a sham

    1- Pelosi herself says it is not an impeachment resolution because she does not want to give GOP authority to call witnesses and subpoena documents

    2-The resolution specifically says the GOP must ask permission to subpoena witnesses or documents

    It is a sham, trying to put lipstick on a pig

  14. This is all fine and great- but it means nothing. It’s a show of solidarity because outside of South Dakota political circles, this means nothing. South Dakota is safely and squarely in the GOP column and the state doesn’t really need anything major… so it can be left out there by itself.

    This would be a different story if we were a swing state and the major parties actually had to expend resources and candidates had to campaign here.

    But I guess this is an overarching viewpoint.

    1. What this does is remind everybody that the SDGOP still has a chairman and an executive board and nobody’s running for cover.

      It’s just a sophisticated way of blowing raspberries at the South Dakota Democrats.

  15. Anonymous,

    Didn’t it JUST.SO.HAPPEN the CIA, NSC & FBI launched an investigation on Trump right before the election? Based on Clinton campaign/DNC fake information.

    The difference here is we have film of Biden himself saying he influenced the expenditure of US funds to influence an investigation into his son.

    President Trump failing to support an investigation of Biden would be a dereliction of duty. And, you seriously think it an impeachable offense?

    P.S. Keep in mind law enforcement never would have put the Biden thing together but for them doing the investigation into how the Russia hoax got started and they discovered the actions of Clapper surrogates contacting Russia-controlled at the time Ukraine to fabricate “evidence” on Trump.

    As you said it is “Unbelievable the stuff you will swallow to tow the line.”

    1. 1. I’m a registered republican and have been my entire adult life. I voted for McCain and Romney and didn’t vote in the last election. I’m one of the few people who seems to understand what the party used to stand for while you all kowtow to a man who has cheated on every spouse he has ever had, bankrupted several business, supported abortion for most of his adult life until it became politically convenient or him not to and is now spending our children’s futures into a hole in the earth. Nice try.

      2. You and dugger seem to be reading the same bs opinion pieces, but I will dispel your lies ONCE AGAIN regarding Biden and “investigations into” his son. The firing did NOT help his son. This prosecutor had stopped investigating Biden’s kid, as well as a lot of other people who needed investigating, and it was this corruption that led the US and most of its western allies to call for his dismissal. Stop lying, Troy.

      3. I don’t think this rises to the level on impeachable offense on the basis of the language “high crimes and misdemeanors” and existing precedent. But notice how I didn’t have to tell half truths to get there? You might try it some time.

      What he did was wrong. It doesn’t rise to the level of impeachment, imo. I still don’t know where that leaves us as to holding him accountable. This website reflects that, no matter what, many will vote for the man and attempt to deflect from his misdeeds.

  16. Then a review of the facts surrounding Bidens son should yield nothing, right?
    After all, Clinton and the DNC actually did hire and pay for foreign help in a election. Hypocrisy and hypocrites is all I see. Why did a foreign gas entity hire a VPS son at 60,000 per month with no knowledge of that industry? I’m curious.
    Why did John Kerry’s son run away from this?
    Hummmm

    1. So, if I understand your argument:

      1. This was done to benefit Biden’s son
      2. Even if it wasn’t, who cares nbd
      3. The fact Trump does it around election season against his leading opponent looks bad but I voted for him so nbd.
      4. Clinton paying for opp research from a private firm is the same as Trump tying taxpayer dollars to foreign governments for that purpose

      Cool. Good to see we are being logical at not at all disingenuous. Thanks.

      1. And your a hypocrite
        Trump was accused of engaging a foreign government. Clinton and the DNC actually did pay foreign government and entities for opposition research.
        Just be consistent. If Biden is clean, nothing to worry about, right? That what the left said about the Muhler probe that the DNC and Clinton actually did.

        1. 1. You’re. Read a damn book.
          2. It wasn’t a foreign government. Steele and Fusion were a private company.
          3. Clinton used her own campaign’s money, not the threat of withholding taxpayer dollars to her own benefit.

          Next excuse. Got any more?

          1. DNC and Clinton gave money to Fusion to pay Steele a foreign agent. Fusion was acting as an agent for the DNC and Clinton. This wasn’t disclosed on any campaign report or disclosed to the FISA court. Just be consistent and call balls and strikes on both sides.

  17. If what you say is true, nothing will come of it like nothing came from the Mueller report. The Dem’s kept saying to Trump, what are you afraid of. Same with Biden. If there is nothing there, let’s get all hands on deck and clear this up quick and get the Ukrainians, Romanians, and Chinese to help us.

  18. If they investigated Trump for colliding with the Russians to get Hillary’s e-mails why is it ok the DNC and Hillary yo hire a a former British spy to dig up dirt on Trump?
    I’m curious

  19. 1. You understand the difference between a private entity and a foreign government, right?
    2. You understand the difference between using your own money versus using taxpayer money, right?

    This is the third time I have pointed these things out to you.

  20. My understanding is you can’t pay a foreign national either. It’s all suggested that MI6 was involved. Just look into it is all I’m saying. What can it hurt?
    It’s not their “own” money. It was money raised and spent in the name of a campaign thus re portable on a expense form for campaign finance laws.
    There is a strong belief that foreign money was funneled through Ukraine for the benefit of the Clinton campaign. Just investigate to see where it goes. Trump went through and came out somewhat in the clear.

Comments are closed.