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Featuring: Dusty Johnson, Republican | U.S. House, South Dakota's At-Large Congressional District

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Published February 2, 2026 | Video Starts at 30:26

I mean, a majority of our school kids can't read at grade level. I'm not hearing a conversation about that. Our economy in this state is shrinking at a time when the economies in most of the rest of the country are growing. I'm not hearing a conversation about that. Neither are South Dakotans. I suspect that's what I'm going to hear this weekend. (30:26–30:34)

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Asserts that South Dakota's economy is contracting while most other U.S. economies are expanding.

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