Now, it’s hard to be a Democrat who wants to run for office in South Dakota. They don’t stand much of a chance in a very red state.
The Democrats finally chose Ryan Ryder, an attorney to challenge Rep. Dusty Johnson (R.S.D). But there was an immediate problem. Media check all your social media accounts before you announce for office. Ryder’s case revealed a number of troubling things.
In one tweet, he thought about making an animated video about killing Johnson’s family. He wished that Jan. 6, 2021 was the day when rioters would have seized Johnson’s opponent. A third time, he talked about masturbating in front of a picture of Republican Gov. Kristi Noem.
The party continued to try and defend Ryder on Wednesday. Berk Ehrmantraut is the Executive Director for South Dakota Democratic Party. He said that Ryder was supported by his party.
However, Thursday was a day when the backlash had become too overwhelming and they realized they were in serious trouble.
“The South Dakota Democratic Party has determined it is not appropriate for Mr. Ryder to continue in this race and requested that he end his candidacy, which he has agreed to,” Ehrmantraut said in a statement posted on the party website
Ryder issued a statement withdrawing, saying the tweets were all just a “poor attempt at sarcastic humor.”
Ryan Ryder is dropping out of the race for South Dakota’s lone congressional seat. Here’s a statement: pic.twitter.com/0q68lhd0RY
— Austin Goss (@AustinGossSD) March 3, 2022
South Dakota Republican Party Chair Dan Lederman called Ryder “a contemptible candidate,” and said the Democrats never should have supported him to begin with.
“If he is going to run for office, Ryder needs to figure out which of his faces he’s going to be talking out of,” Lederman said in a statement to Dakota News Now. “The one which says he is ‘not interested in personal attacks or mudslinging,’ or the one which says it was ‘too bad’ rioters didn’t get Dusty Johnson on January 6th.”
Democrats face serious difficulties in November. They’re likely to face a red wave, particularly given the horror show of a Biden presidency making Americans run madly away from voting for Democrats. According to polls the Republicans are more enthusiastic than the Democrats. The only hope Democrats have are their desperate redistricting efforts, which gerrymander the districts in the same way they did in New York. This effectively allows them to wrest seats from voters even before the election. Even though they lie about Republicans trying cut people off from voting, this is what Democrats have. But, they don’t help themselves when they put up candidates without even doing the simplest check on them.
Add another one to the list of Democrats who have pulled out of running — and increase the chances of that huge red wave come November.
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