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Jon Hansen: “Life Defense Fund led the effort to defeat [Amendment G]…”

Featuring: Jon Hansen, Republican | Speaker of the South Dakota House of Representatives

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Jon Hansen first to announce his run for the governor's seat | In The Moment

Published | Video Starts at 07:38

… us, and you go back to the fight for life with Amendment G, I was at the forefront of that. We started an organization called the Life Defense Fund. And Life Defense Fund led the effort to defeat [Amendment G] that the overwhelming majority of South Dakota agreed is wrong for our South Dakota Constitution. When you look at the property rights fight in the state and constitutional private property rights were under threat and hundreds of people in the state were getting sued for their land to be condemned by an out of state for profit, foreign backed company. (07:38–07:48)

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Asserts that the Life Defense Fund led the effort to defeat Amendment G, which was opposed by the majority in South Dakota.

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