From earlier today:
Email from short term Congressional candidate Ryan Ryder
I am withdrawing my candidacy for US House of Representatives.
While tweets I have made in the past were a poor attempt at sarcastic humor, I recognize that they appear to cross a line.— Jerry Oster (@570WNAXNEWS) March 3, 2022
From an hour ago:
A line was crossed on the house floor today. In a floor speech, Rep. Haugaard called a woman w/a drug addiction a “run out whore”. There is absolutely no room for misogyny and aggression against women in our state legislature—and I’m deeply disappointed he was not gaveled down.
— Representative Erin Healy (@RepErinHealy) March 3, 2022
While apologizing, he said the story was a personal one told to him by someone he knows, and that’s how she described herself to him. Still, he said he should’ve known to pick different words to relay that story
— Joe Sneve (@Argus_Joe) March 3, 2022
Jesus wept. Are some people just not paying attention?
And what’s worse is, all this woman did was fail to follow Haugaard’s dress code.
I think you’re confusing two different stories.
I’m glad Ryan is out. I also wish Trump would have resigned after his “grab her by the pussy” and “shoot someone in Time Square” comments.
Hard to take that seriously from someone choosing that handle.
You haven’t met someone who dislikes Biden and Trump and belongs to the Republican Party? I know a lot of them.
The orange one, ’45’, is just an embarrassment in all aspects of humanity.
Wow, you’d think a candidate for Governor would have a little more class than that. Shame on you Representative Haugaard. The Speaker should also be admonished for not doing his job.
You just got trolled in your own post.
“That’s how she described herself to him.”
It was a quote.
A sad quote.
If she had legal access to cannabis, she may not have been cross sold the other hard drugs.
Sad that she was a prostitute, or in her words, “a run-out whore’.”
Some people thing whoring is okay.
IT IS NOT.
But it’s not related to Cannabis, Steve.
I’m curious: what specific reasons do you believe make whoring not okay, John?
Free speech police are offensive.
His words are not more offensive that what he was describing.
You mean whoring? The speaker is bothered by women who’ve had relations out of wedlock. Or impure thought. Or independent thought. Oh hell, he just don’t like the ones that don’t know their proper place. #hifromSD
I found it almost more disturbing how he launched into the story — as one where he was self-aggrandizing himself and wife for helping out this poor unfortunate drug addict — who was an ‘attractive teenager’……who was now (and I heard it as “drugged out”) whore. I’m not sure what was the most disturbing — wait — all of it.
Ryan Ryder: I’m resigning because of some bad tweets.
General Public: the things he said were disgusting. I’m not sure we’ve heard worse in SD Politics.
Haugaard: Hold my beer.
Steven Haugaard single-handedly turned the camera away from the Dems ineptitude and now has it pointing right at himself. May be time for him to pull out of his race as well.