Posted on 01/26/2023 11:01:57 PM PST by blueplum
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Senate on Thursday suspended a Republican state senator in a rare move that stripped the lawmaker of all legislative power while keeping the allegations against her a secret.
Sen. Julie Frye-Mueller, who is among a group of right-wing Statehouse Republicans, told reporters earlier Thursday that she was being punished following an exchange she had with a legislative aide about vaccinations.
Sen. Michael Rohl, the Republican lawmaker who initiated the motion to suspend Frye-Mueller, said in a statement that it was based on “serious allegations” and had been made to ensure the Legislature was creating a safe work environment for employees.
The Republican-controlled Senate voted 27-6 to form a committee to investigate Frye-Mueller’s conduct and in the meantime suspend her from voting or holding other rights of an elected official. Republican legislative leaders refused to comment Thursday on the allegations that led to them suspending the Senate rules and stripping their colleague of her ability to represent her constituents....
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in an article from a local paper, Frye-Mueller said her conversation with an aide did not specifically involve covid 19 vaccinations. She said in another inverview that she didn't know why she was suspended at all.
Frye-Mueller did introduce a one-page bill the prior day, SB 125, that dealt with childhood immunizations. That bill can be found here
Geezers. Republicans always shoot their own
WTH is going on with South Dakota Republicans. Is what they’re doing (I.e., sanctions before due process) even permitted under the state constitution?
Just remember that Thune [Cargill-SD] got re-elected last year.
The American serfs have been thoroughly indoctrinated into abject submissiveness & servitude...
They have perfected the art of bowing down to their communist masters and snitching on their family, neighbors, and anyone else who speaks individual thoughts...
Wow, this is star chamberish sounding.
The governments are controlled by business interests that buy the politicians with only a few elected officials having any independence in them.
“To date, I have not received any formal written complaint or charge against me,” Frye-Mueller said. “However, it has come to my attention that the issue may involve a conversation I had with staff, where I promoted my well-known stance of medical freedom and the ability of individuals to choose medical treatment for themselves.”
She reiterated her lack of involvement in any information-gathering discussions on the Senate floor.
The Rapid City senator on Jan. 25 entered into the public record a bill to “prohibit the imposition of additional immunization requirements on children.”
Frye-Mueller, a business owner, was first elected to the legislature in 2016, serving two terms in the House before being elected to the Senate in 2020.
RINO & ComDem spat with Conservative Senator over so called vaccine?
Sound like a really stupid action by the SD Senate.
Now, did they suspend her vote for everything? Or was it only voting on the Committee issues.
Arbitrary and capricious behavior by Repubbies shooting themsleves in the foot
and then they end up B*tching about it !
Contrary opinions not allowed within the party
Musta been smoking corn silks again !
As I’ve been saying for a while, the big lesson of Covid was the extent to which Big Pharma owns Big Public Health, Big Media, and many politicians.
“...Sen. Michael Rohl, the Republican lawmaker who initiated the motion to suspend Frye-Mueller...”
Keep on eye on this Rohl character. He is another Wisconsin Robin Vos. Basically, a democrat who knows he could never win in South Dakota, so pretends to be Republican just to get elected. There are thousands of these types of Republicans all over the US, especially in rural areas.
the big lesson from Covid was compliance...
Sounds like there needs to be a massive purge of the RINO Establishment in South Dakota.
We should still fight for it but we can only gain it through righteousness.
So true in the case of SD, and Senator Frye-Mueller is one of only two true conservatives in the South Dakota Senate. There were five Senators who voted not to suspend the rules in order that a select committee could be organized for the investigation.
In order to suspend the rules a two thirds majority is needed. The Pro tem of the Senate insured prior to the vote that he had sufficient members to suspend. It might be dangerous to go any further just yet as the Senate is silent on the cause.
The governments are controlled by business interests that buy the politicians with only a few elected officials having any independence in them.
Disregard the first sentence in my previous post. It was a cut and paste from another thread. Yours above was supposed to be there.
Rohl’s ‘safe working environment’ comment made me wonder if any hair pulling was involved !
Thanks for your link to that bill.
I just read it.
Deep State is stamping out vaxx dissent.
And it’s sending a message.
How can they do this when she was duly elected? Wouldn’t the voters be the ones to recall her or vote for her opposition? How can they make a decision without telling her the basis but mostly without accountability to the voters about what happened and why? She needs a lawyer and shouldn’t accept this.
Where the heck is Gov Noem?!
Cat got her tongue...?
The Republican Party has TWO wings; one of them radically PROGRESSIVE.
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