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Jon Hansen: “These wind turbines would not be getting put up unless they…”

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

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September 10, 2025 - Interview with SD Gubanatorial Candidate Jon Hansen

Published | Video Starts at 16:14

So I think that's a total waste. I also think that we're ruining our South Dakota landscape and our skyline and our, frankly, energy security by putting up all these wind turbines. These wind turbines would not be getting put up unless they were federally tax subsidized. Without those tax subsidies, I don't think they'd be getting constructed today. And yet here we are, we're putting up hundreds of wind turbines in South Dakota. (16:14–16:21)

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Asserts that wind turbines in South Dakota are only being constructed due to federal tax subsidies.

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