Trump praised South Dakota's attorney general, who is facing impeachment after killing a man with his car
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Via: tessylo • 2 years ago • 27 commentsBy: Bill Bostock, Business Insider
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Trump praised South Dakota's attorney general, who is facing impeachment after killing a man with his car
Bill Bostock
Mon, January 31, 2022, 6:05 AM
Former President Donald at a January 29, 2022, rally in Conroe, Texas. Sergio Flores/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
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Trump praised South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg at a rally Saturday.
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Ravnsborg killed Joe Boever, 55, with his car in 2020, sparking legal and political repercussions.
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Ravnsborg struck a plea deal and paid a $500 fine, but is facing impeachment in South Dakota.
Former President Donald Trump praised South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg during a rally on Saturday.
"Thank you for being here. Appreciate it," Trump said to Ravnsborg , who was part of the crowd at the Save America rally in Conroe, Texas.
"They like you in Texas."
Back in South Dakota, Ravnsborg is facing widespread criticism and his popularity is extremely low.
On September 12, 2020, Ravnsborg struck and killed a 55-year-old man named Joe Boever with his car while driving through North Dakota. He pleaded no contest in a criminal trial as part of a plea deal that resulted in a $500 fine.
The death also led to the first ever impeachment proceeding in South Dakota . Those proceedings were put on hold while Ravnsborg's criminal case was active, but resumed in mid-January.
Ravnsborg told investigators with the North Dakota Bureau of Investigation that he thought Boever was a deer, and only discovered it was a human when he returned to the site of the collision the next day.
Investigators found that explanation implausible , saying Boever's DNA was found on the car's windshield and that Boever's glasses were found inside Ravnsborg's car.
"His face was in your windshield, Jason. Think about that," a detective told him during a September 30 interrogation .
Ravnsborg admitted that he was reading a news story about Hunter Biden while driving.
He was initially charged with three second-class misdemeanors, but pleaded no contest and struck a plea deal in August 2021 which saw him pay $500 for two misdemeanor charges. The third was dropped.
Ravnsborg has since settled a case for damages with Boever's widow.
Despite the scandal, Ravnsborg is seeking reelection as attorney general in the 2022 Republican Party primary.
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Ravnsborg told investigators with the North Dakota Bureau of Investigation that he thought Boever was a deer, and only discovered it was a human when he returned to the site of the collision the next day.
Investigators found that explanation implausible , saying Boever's DNA was found on the car's windshield and that Boever's glasses were found inside Ravnsborg's car.
"His face was in your windshield, Jason. Think about that," a detective told him during a September 30 interrogation .
So tell us - What did Trump praise Ravnsborg for?
He certainly didn't praise him for hitting somebody with his car.
Scumbags support scumbags.
Who do you mean?
As I recall, Trump also praised Kim Jong-un.
He's praised a lot of scumbags.
He also claimed they were in love with each other. (Picture a puking emoji)
And Putin, many, many times and Erdogan and Xi.
He flatters and expects flattery in return as if that matters.
He praised the Republican proven hit-and-run killer for attending his rally and told him he appreciated it.
I think it's rather humorous that Republicans would rally behind this guy who fled the scene of a deadly accident, didn't report it to authorities and didn't return to the scene of the crime till the next day thus guaranteeing there is no record of what his actual blood alcohol level was at the time of the accident yet there are still some conservative Republicans who like to bring up Chappaquiddick and shake their heads with faux righteous indignation 53 years later. Republican hypocrisy truly knows no bounds.
"He praised the Republican proven hit-and-run killer for attending his rally and told him he appreciated it.
I think it's rather humorous that Republicans would rally behind this guy who fled the scene of a deadly accident, didn't report it to authorities and didn't return to the scene of the crime till the next day thus guaranteeing there is no record of what his actual blood alcohol level was at the time of the accident yet there are still some conservative Republicans who like to bring up Chappaquiddick and shake their heads with faux righteous indignation 53 years later. Republican hypocrisy truly knows no bounds."
Yeah now HERE is some over the top praise!!!!!
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Ravnsborg is such a scumbag. No wonder trumpturd gave him a shout out.
This scumbag killed a man and then lied about it. He's the Attorney General FFS.
It's a simple question?
I don't really see "thank you for being here. They love you in Texas" as "praise".
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So he gets only a 500 dollar fine?
Want to bet any average Joe would be in jail....
$500 is an insult to every other driver in that state.
I consider it negligent homicide and this scumbag got off with a slap on the wrist.
I don't know about you but if I thought I hit a deer I'm pulling over to inspect the damage. And if it's a human, I'm hitting 911 immediately and trying to help the person I hit
If the poor man was still alive - this scumbag left him there to die.
One evening, still daylight, opposing traffic was bumper to bumper for a mile, the light changed and I was the head of the pack.
In a matter of seconds I was doing the speed limit when I saw a deer walk out between two stopped cars in opposing traffic
the other side of the road.
For a split second it was looking right at me, then it's belly and naval covered the windshield, crushing the glass and showering me
in tiny shards of 'safety' glass.
Still alive I am told when it rolled onto the roof it gained it's feet and lept into the woods.
I knew better than to slam on the brakes so I continued, slowing down until I could turn off on a side road.
At least 6 other cars including a police officer stopped to help and thank me for not causing a chain reaction accident.
I think of those 2 or three seconds every time I see a CarFax commercial.
The entire front end, dash panel windshield and roof and sunroof were replaced and 2 years later
there were still shards of glass appearing on the dash and floor...
Damn. I would have freaked.
The only time I freaked, well one time, lol,
Closer to home, at night pitch black going 35 and a doe hits the driver side mirror and I just got a glimpse of eye
some teeth and a lot of tongue on the window. She left a huge clean streak on the side of the caravan and hair.
Same neighborhood, a buck was streaking across a field during rutting season and he turned straight for me
at ninety degrees. I braced for impact but he jumped from the high side of the road clear over the hood.
Freaked.