Under the Trump/Musk administration, 2,500 VA employees have been fired with another 80,000 employees yet to be fired. Over 25% of those employees are Veterans.
STURGIS, S.D. – South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson’s visit to the Black Hills yesterday drew protestors against the current Trump administration – particularly the amount of power being given to Elon Musk and cuts being made to the Veteran’s Affairs (VA).
Protestors representing Indivisible Rapid City were out during Johnson’s tour of the new Spearfish High School Career and Technical Education Center in Spearfish, S.D., as well as his visit to Sturgis where he participated in a Vietnam Veterans pinning ceremony at the Sturgis Veteran’s of Foreign Wars Club.
Jeff Jacobson of Rapid City, S.D. was one of the protestors at the event
Sturgis Police Chief Geody Vandewater says the protestors were peaceful. However an arrest was made when a male identified as John Henry approached the group and shoved one of them to the ground. He was subsequently charged with Simple Assault.
The protestors did not go inside the establishment where the pinning ceremony took place and remained a distance away from the building itself.
They held signs against cuts to the V.A. and stated support to Veterans by not cutting their benefits.
Protestors were expected to be out during Johnson’s visit to Rapid City Central High School, Thursday.
