Stars and Stripes - $1M for South Dakota National Guard deployment draws attention to big-dollar donor influence
by Members of the South Dakota National Guard compete in The State Command Sergeant Major’s Outdoor Match with an M-9 pistol May 18, 2018 at Camp Rapid, S.D. (Amy Rittberger/U.S. National Guard) SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Willis Johnson said he just wanted to help. So, earlier this month the billionaire Republican donor, who amassed a fortune building an international junkyard empire, took the unusual step of calling South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, a rising Republican star who has railed against illegal immigration and aligned herself firmly with former President Donald Trump. He asked if she...
Source: stripes.com
