You know that State Representative Lana Greenfield was a long-time teacher. So she’s probably used to students being unhappy over their classroom seating assignments.
Today in House Education which Lana leads she got to experience that all over again. Before they heard a measure on unruly students in school, Representative Greenfield got to deal with District 5 (Watertown) State Representative Josephine Garcia who had a temper tantrum when she and Representative Phil Jensen received new seating assignments:
I’m wondering if the bill should be amended to deal with allowing legislators to receive instruction in alternative settings instead of students?
(Sorry for the quality, I zoomed in to try to catch Rep. Garcia’s tantrum in all it’s glory)
*Update*
A legislator told me that supposedly Garcia and Phil Jensen went to House leadership to complain about the seating arrangements.. and (allegedly) threatened that their caucus – I’m assuming the free-dumb caucus – would somehow not participate if they didn’t get their seat back.
What I’m told is that leadership actually informed them that if they didn’t follow the rules, sit where they’re assigned, and show up for committee they would be replaced. So we’ll see how next week goes.
This is what we get with 17%.
This is who legislative leadership answers to.
Any questions?
This was awful. Just about the same as what she did at Medical Marijuana Oversight Committee except here she looked toned down!
This was the aftermath portion of it. She was screaming about 10 minutes before that.
grudznick appreciates the early displays of insanerism. But this seems really early. Isn’t this woman, from the Town of Schoenbeck, some sort of quack doctor?
She was sent a cease and desist letter from the SDSMA to stop calling herself a doctor, cuz she isn’t one
Really? is that in association meeting minutes?
well I would hope so, I personally emailed them the link to her testimony that receiving blood from a covid-vaccinated donor would cause “turbo cancer,” and how she said “I went to medical school but I didn’t do a residency,” whatever that means. (She didn’t graduate? She graduated but didn’t pass the licensing exam? She owed a term of service to the government to repay an HPSP or NHSC debt and they wouldn’t grant her a deferment to do a residency? Or does it mean she wasn’t accepted into a residency program? Those are all possibilities. She should explain herself.)
Her testimony before the Health and Human Services Committee was the most irresponsible misinformation I’d heard in a long time l; I was glad it was all recorded so I could share it.
Anybody else report it as well?
District 5 needs the city dogcather to represent them. It would be a positive change.
Calling Watertown the Town of Schoenbeck is fightin’ words! Lee could not win a race for dog-catcher in Codington County and as a matter of record hails from Webster. He moved to Watertown after being kicked out of Day County. The trolling of Garcia has Schoebeck’s greasy handprints all over it. Let us not forget all Lee’s drunk texting through the years- highlighted by his exchange with Josh Haider. And that’s before we start discussion on the Kissing Bandit controversy he was embroiled in years ago.
Pfffft.. That might be the silliest thing I’ve ever heard. I can confirm Lee has only ever written under his own name, because he does not feel the need to hide behind a screen name.
I can personally confirm that the only reason Lee is not in the Senate today is because he didn’t want to. If you’d bother to look he usually has won his elections by double digit margins (last 2 primaries, 18 points), and raises enough in his campaigns that he helps other candidates.
But sure, throw rocks. I don’t think he nor history care about the fake narrative you want to promote.
Yes, the Town of Schoenbeck. He owns you.
First meeting of the year. New seating , not just for two people.
Lana needs a bigger gavel. Was this during committee?
Absolutely out of line and should have gaveled down.
Lana is the best. If you make it to Greeny’s get the double cheeseburger or the ribeye.
She’s an embarrassment to the legislature!
Absolute embarrassment. Anyone else seeing a pattern here?
Embarrassing. Watertown shouldn’t make this mistake again.
All the legislators that won over so called “RINOS” last cycle are an embarrassment to our state. What’s wrong with our electorate? We all need to do better.
As I understand it, those ‘RINOS’ (not at all) were directly challenged by the ‘freedumb’ people supported financially by Toady. That should tell us all something. Open to other interpretations but have heard this from MANY.
District 5, get some balls and get rid of this vile harpy
Isn’t it strange premeditated seat changes? Let’s not forget last year members of the committee were told they couldn’t have their cell phones. Smells fishy…
Ask why not just attack legislators people! I’m asking why!
The problem with Pierre is that they have a problem with people that actually CHALLENGE “this is the way we have always done this” mentality thinking. Agree with Garcia and Anonymous 11:00 am – WHY was this seat arrangement done at the last minute for the reasons she gave? I wish MORE legislators in SD had the gonads to do what she did.
Thanks, Phil. That was very enlightening.
Nope. Not Phil. Just a constituent that happened to be watching and listening. There are many of us out here – you’d be surprised.
Funny, because she seemed perfectly audible from that seat. What’s next, a throne and a spotlight? This felt less like a ‘concern’ and more like an ‘I’m very important’ moment.
Mrs. Greenfield should’ve tossed a pacifer on the chair and swapped seats just to prove the point.”
It’s called rules. The chair decides the seating arrangement in committee just like the speaker or pro tem decides the floor seating arrangement. You don’t like it then you need a majority of the legislature to vote to take away that privilege. You don’t throw a tantrum in committee. We operate with respect and decorum during committee. It’s not a public forum where you can shout whatever you want. If she can’t follow the rules she will be removed from the committee.
The chair can seat anyone as she pleases. Shut up, Garcia, and do your job. And quit demanding respect just because you are a legislator. You want respect, then show some respect.
Yall are really arguing about a damn seating arrangement? My god….this is insane. Are you all 8 years old?
Surely there’s more important problems than where the hell someone sits. Get a grip.
Most Repubs have a grip, well, excluding the FreeDumb caucus. No wonder she and Phil are two of the most disliked people in the House.
A seat assignment is what we’re upset about? Good god these woke republicans need to get a grip on reality. They’re not that special.
Btw, isn’t Philly’s wife co-chair of the party? I’m guessing he’s calling the shot there.
I listened to the audio just now. Rep Jensen actually asked the Secretary of Education what is the incidence of “vaccine -injured” kids exhibiting behavioral problems, and Rep Garcia didn’t know that deferring a bill to the 41st day killed it.
OMG
Boot her. Boot her from the committee. It is just like kindergarten, you sit where you are instructed, “Doctor.”
Maybe she didn’t want to sit next to Ismay?
I wasn’t impressed with anybody except Roger DeGroot.
Listening to those people saying that violence and aggression need to be defined because they don’t know what they are, is like listening to Democrats trying to define men and women.
Here’s a hint: if an adult did it, would it be a crime?
There’s your definition. If it would be a crime, that kid needs to leave. Turn him over to the school resource officer, get a referral to CPS to find out what’s going on in the home, & give the parents a nice come-to-Jesus-moment.
Great video of the back of a women’s head