mrtroydoeden

They call me old school.

[Josh Hawley Stan ✝️🇺🇸 @JHawleyStan]

Now that the runoff is set, I’m officially endorsing Toby Doeden to be our next governor.

I like Rhoden fine, but it’s time we leave the Noem administration in the past and focus on the future.

Plus, now that the freedom caucus was wiped out, the legislature will need a check.

[Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist @DeAngelisCorey]

I'm endorsing Toby Doeden because he's a warrior for education freedom and a dedicated fighter for parental rights and school choice.

Toby will fight to empower parents and break the status quo.

[The Calvin Coolidge Project @TheCalvinCooli1]

I am officially endorsing Toby Doeden (@TobyForSD) for Governor of South Dakota

Toby Doeden is a successful businessman, conservative outsider, devoted family man, and one of President Trump's strongest supporters in South Dakota. Born and raised in South Dakota, Toby built multiple successful businesses from the ground up, creating jobs and opportunities for hundreds of South Dakotans.

Unlike career politicians, Toby comes from the private sector. He understands hard work, entrepreneurship, and what it takes to grow an economy. His life is a testament to the American Dream, rising from humble beginnings to become one of South Dakota's most successful self-made businessmen.

Toby has supported President Trump since day one and is committed to advancing the America First agenda as Governor. He will stand with President Trump to secure the border, deport illegal immigrants, protect constitutional freedoms, defend the unborn, and restore accountability in government.

His priorities include reducing, and ultimately eliminating, property taxes; cutting wasteful government spending; protecting private property rights; defending the Second Amendment; supporting law enforcement; and ensuring South Dakota's rural communities remain strong and prosperous.

Toby is also committed to protecting children from political indoctrination in schools, eliminating DEI programs and government-driven wokeness, and restoring common-sense conservative values throughout state government.

Guided by faith, family, and a deep love for South Dakota, Toby Doeden is offering voters a bold conservative vision for the future.

For these reasons, Toby Doeden has my complete and total endorsement.

I encourage every South Dakota Republican to support Toby Doeden for Governor.

[Toby Doeden @TobyForSD]

I believe in South Dakota. I believe in you!

[uhhhhh @justinshuls]

@LeadingReport Flipped off

[Scott Odenbach @ScottOdenbach]

Never forget: Rep. Dusty Johnson, House votes to block Trump's emergency declaration https://t.co/wB9tiUmG4U via @argusleader

[NIL 𝘯𝘰𝘵 NLI @NILnotNLI]

Few 18-year-olds would turn down a massive NIL check and a free education. However, as usual, Coach Calipari @CoachCalArk offers an educated perspective on the realities of the game and preparing for life after it's all over...

[Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ @christopherrufo]

“Minnesota nice” works within a homogenous, high-trust society. It’s doesn’t work when you import an entire population of Somali welfare pirates.

[JD Vance @JDVance]

A while ago, probably in 2017, I appeared on Tucker Carlson's Fox show to talk about God knows what. Afterwards a name I barely knew sent me a DM on twitter and told me I did a great job. It was Charlie Kirk, and that moment of kindness began a friendship that lasted until today.

Charlie was fascinated by ideas and always willing to learn and change his mind. Like me, he was skeptical of Donald Trump in 2016. Like me, he came to see President Trump as the only figure capable of moving American politics away from the globalism that had dominated for our entire lives. When others were right, he learned from them. When he was right--as he usually was--he was generous. With Charlie, the attitude was never, "I told you so." But: "welcome."

Charlie was one of the first people I called when I thought about running for senate in early 2021. I was interested but skeptical there was a pathway. We talked through everything, from the strategy to the fundraising to the grassroots of the movement he knew so well. He introduced me to some of the people who would run my campaign and also to Donald Trump Jr. "Like his dad, he's misunderstood. He's extremely smart, and very much on our wavelength." Don took a call from me because Charlie asked him too.

Long before I ever committed (even in my mind) to running, Charlie had me speak to his donors at a TPUSA event. He walked me around the room and introduced me. He gave me honest feedback on my remarks. He had no reason to do this, no expectation that I'd go anywhere. I was polling, at that point, well below 5 percent. He did it because we were friends, and because he was a good man.

When I became the VP nominee--something Charlie advocated for both in public and private--Charlie was there for me. I was so glad to be part of the president's team, but candidly surprised by the effect it had on our family. Our kids, especially our oldest, struggled with the attention and the constant presence of the protective detail. I felt this acute sense of guilt, that I had conscripted my kids into this life without getting their permission. And Charlie was constantly calling and texting, checking on our family and offering guidance and prayers. Some of our most successful events were organized not by the campaign, but by TPUSA. He wasn't just a thinker, he was a doer, turning big ideas into bigger events with thousands of activists. And after every event, he would give me a big hug, tell me he was praying for me, and ask me what he could do. "You focus on Wisconsin," he'd tell me. "Arizona is in the bag." And it was.

Charlie genuinely believed in and loved Jesus Christ. He had a profound faith. We used to argue about Catholicism and Protestantism and who was right about minor doctrinal questions. Because he loved God, he wanted to understand him.

Someone else pointed out that Charlie died doing what he loved: discussing ideas. He would go into these hostile crowds and answer their questions. If it was a friendly crowd, and a progressive asked a question to jeers from the audience, he'd encourage his fans to calm down and let everyone speak. He exemplified a foundational virtue of our Republic: the willingness to speak openly and debate ideas.

Charlie had an uncanny ability to know when to push the envelope and when to be more conventional. I've seen people attack him for years for being wrong on this or that issue publicly, never realizing that privately he was working to broaden the scope of acceptable debate.

He was a great family man. I was talking to President Trump in the Oval Office today, and he said, "I know he was a very good friend of yours." I nodded silently, and President Trump observed that Charlie really loved his family. The president was right. Charlie was so proud of Erika and the two kids. He was so happy to be a father. And he felt such gratitude for having found a woman of God with whom he could build a family.

Charlie Kirk was a true friend. The kind of guy you could say something to and know it would always stay with him. I am on more than a few group chats with Charlie and people he introduced me to over the years. We celebrate weddings and babies, bust each other's chops, and mourn the loss of loved ones. We talk about politics and policy and sports and life. These group chats include people at the very highest level of our government. They trusted him, loved him, and knew he'd always have their backs. And because he was a true friend ,you could instinctively trust the people Charlie introduced you to. So much of the success we've had in this administration traces directly to Charlie's ability to organize and convene. He didn't just help us win in 2024, he helped us staff the entire government.

I was in a meeting in the West Wing when those group chats started lighting up with people telling Charlie they were praying for him. And that's how I learned the news that my friend had been shot. I prayed a lot over the next hour, as first good news and then bad trickled in.

God didn't answer those prayers, and that's OK. He had other plans. And now that Charlie is in heaven, I'll ask him to talk to big man directly on behalf of his family, his friends, and the country he loved so dearly.

You ran a good race, my friend.

We've got it from here.

[Jonny Bell @Jonnywsbell]

This is Charlie Kirk, he liked to engage in polite and respectful debate...

We should all pray he pulls through...

[mrtroydoeden @TDDoeden]

It’s a little more feasible in a country where they are no bigger in area than the state of Montana and has less population than the state of Minnesota.

[Alexander Kristensen @LinkN01]

So, in Norway 🇳🇴 97% of all cars sold in June were EV.

Let that sink in.

[Liza Rosen @LizaRosen0000]

This should be front page news, but won’t be: “Hamas murdered 12 American aid workers, tortured others”.

BBC and Sky News don’t want this to go viral so please do the right thing and share it everywhere!

[mrtroydoeden @TDDoeden]

How many little girls does this have to happen to before it’s too many?

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

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[mrtroydoeden @TDDoeden]

Don’t f$ck with Spencer! #1923

[Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog]

Here’s my testimony supporting a law in California that would ban men from women’s sports

[mrtroydoeden @TDDoeden]

@SenSanders GASLIGHTING #Gaslighting