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South Dakota Rep. Dusty Johnson, the state’s sole member of the Home, has introduced a run for governor.
Johnson is chair of the Home GOP’s Foremost Road Caucus and a member of the bipartisan Drawback Solvers Caucus. He has served in Congress since 2019, following a job as vp at a South Dakota-based engineering and consulting agency. Previous to his position as an govt, Johnson additionally labored as South Dakota Public Utilities commissioner from 2005 to 2011, throughout which he was appointed chief of employees to former Gov. Dennis Daugaard.
The announcement, deemed by native media as a “formality” after Johnson was already rumored to run, got here Monday at a marketing campaign occasion and was paired with a video the consultant shared on social media.
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Rep. Dusty Johnson arrives for the Home Republican Convention caucus assembly within the Capitol on June 4, 2024. (Invoice Clark/CQ-Roll Name, Inc through Getty Photos)
“I’s been such an honor to give you the results you want in Congress. We rolled up our sleeves and obtained issues shifting in the precise course, chopping trillions in wasteful spending, standing with President Trump to safe our border and at last getting robust on China,” Johnson stated.
“These have been vital fights to construct a greater nation for our youngsters, however their future does not start in some far-off place. It begins right here, at residence, in South Dakota. That is why we have to hit the fuel and provides them a transparent path to a vivid future.”
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Rep. Dusty Johnson leaves the Home Republican Convention caucus assembly within the Capitol on April 16, 2024. (Invoice Clark/CQ-Roll Name, Inc through Getty Photos)
Following the announcement, criticism started popping up on-line that Johnson has not adequately supported President Donald Trump, and claims he’s a “never-Trumper” are “lies of the determined.”
“Listed here are the information,” Johnson instructed Fox Information Digital. “Donald Trump has had me all the way down to Mar-a-Lago. I’ve gone to the Tremendous Bowl with President Trump. I donated $10,000 to his re-election marketing campaign years in the past. He endorsed me in my 2020 race. I used to be his state marketing campaign chairman for his re-elect.”
Johnson added that he’s somebody who has “a long-standing, multi-year historical past of being a accomplice” with Trump.
Rep. Dusty Johnson, chairman of the Foremost Road Caucus, is working for governor. (Getty Photos)
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Johnson additionally stated he has confirmed to be a “key ally” of Home Speaker Mike Johnson, R–La., noting he was one of many members of Congress who “helped ship the votes to get him elected speaker.”
On the combat within the Senate over the Trump-endorsed One Large Lovely Invoice Act, Johnson stated he helps the model of the invoice handed by the Home of Representatives and expressed optimism it can get handed by the Senate by the GOP’s self-imposed July 4 deadline.
