All posts tagged "South Dakota"

An ousted White House official is considering a campaign against a defiant GOP Senator to return to Trump's orbit, per a new report.

According to a New York Post exclusive, former advisor Corey Lewandowski is plotting to court President Donald Trump with a campaign that would pit rumored lover and former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem against Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD).

Thune has reportedly been a headache for Trump because of the stalled SAVE America Act, a proof-of-citizenship voting bill. Thune's seat will be up for election in 2028, when Trump will be out of the White House, but Lewandowski is reportedly plotting to return from "political exile" by pushing Noem for the Senate seat, The Post wrote. Thune told reporters earlier this week that his "assumption" is that he plans to run for re-election....

A company that produced a new documentary about South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem did not receive any financial support from Noem or state government, according to the company and Noem’s office.

“No taxpayer money was used,” said Ian Fury, Noem’s spokesman. “To my knowledge, it was funded entirely by the entity that produced the documentary.”

That entity is Transition Studios, of Ohio. ...

In front of a sea of MAGA hats, bedazzled patriotic gear and “Never Surrender” mugshot t-shirts, former President Donald Trump spent nearly two hours at a South Dakota rally in September bemoaning the current state of America.

“We are a nation that in many ways has become a joke, and we are a nation that is hostile to liberty, freedom and faith. We are a nation whose economy is collapsing into a cesspool of ruin,” Trump said over a melancholy orchestral tune that played for the final 12 minutes of his speech Sept. 8 at the South Dakota Republican Party’s Monumental Leaders Rally in Rapid City, S.D.

Then came a 180-degree vibe shift: R&B duo Sam and Dave’s “Hold On, I'm Comin'” blasting over the speakers to signify the end of the event, prompting a little dance at the podium from Trump before he headed off stage....

Donald Trump is scheduled to speak in South Dakota Friday evening, just after his former chief of staff suffered a loss in his bid to remove his Georgia criminal case.

Trump, who is also reeling after his former advisor Peter Navarro was convicted of contempt of congress on Thursday, is expected to get an endorsement at the rally on Friday.

Trump was running late to the event due to purported weather concerns, but he is expected to go on the stage shortly....

A candidate who finished fourth in the Republican primary for a U.S. Senate seat in South Dakota was charged on Wednesday with violating campaign election laws, prosecutors said.

A long-shot Republican candidate from South Dakota graphically highlighted misogynist abuse she has endured while running for U.S. Senate in wide-ranging news conference.