Larry Rhoden: “I would express my feeling of optimism about where we're at…”

“What would you tell that South Dakotan about the latest headline coming from the national news that might have their attention or concern? Well, I think it's kind of misplaced in some ways, because I would express my feeling of optimism about where we're at federally and the optimism of the chance for us as a state to work with the Trump administration on government efficiencies, especially and over regulation. and the ability to move past a lot of that and really move the needle as far as making government more accountable, more compact, and shrink the size of government at the federal level and state level.” (11:58–12:15)

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