To get our rights from God. While the whole world was losing its mind during COVID and falling apart and slamming the door shut and locking people in their homes, South Dakota made a very different choice. We ended up being the only state in the country that never once closed a single business. We never mandated any masks or vaccines. I never even defined what an essential business was because I don't believe the government has the ability or the authority to tell you that your business is an essential. (03:35–03:43)
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Asserts that South Dakota was the only state that never closed any businesses during COVID-19.
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