Paula Hawks Courage

October 18, 2016

Yankton, SD – Jay Williams, South Dakota’s Democratic U.S. Senate candidate commented on a revelation U.S. House Candidate Paula Hawks made during a televised debate with her opponent.

In a statement Mr. Williams said: 

“Paula Hawks, the democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, revealed during her debate with Republican Kristi Noem that she had been sexually assaulted while she was a college student. Paula made this statement to illustrate that the self-professed sexual predator, Donald Trump is totally unfit to be a candidate for President. Paula’s courage is an inspiration to all women who have experienced sexual assault and to all people, men and women, who believe in standing up to bullies and predators. Paula’s courage is in complete contrast to both Representative Noem and Senator Thune who plan to vote for the unfit Presidential candidate. Both Noem and Thune should be ashamed for supporting Trump. There is no explanation for supporting such an unfit character to be the leader of the free world. Even if Thune and Noem dislike Secretary Clinton, they should have the courage to denounce Trump. By continuing to publicly say they are voting for him, they are aligning themselves with him. South Dakota and the United States deserve better.”

Jay Williams is a former U.S. Navy Pilot and Yankton businessman who announced his candidacy to challenge Senator Thune for his US Senate seat in this fall’s election.

Paid for by Jay Williams for Senate.

South Dakota U.S. Senate Candidate Jay Williams Calls for Senator Thune to Debate

Yankton, SD

Jay Williams, South Dakota’s Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, is calling for Senator John Thune to debate him. In past years, Dakotafest in Mitchell has been the unofficial kickoff to the political debate season. This year, Senator Thune has told Dakotafest sponsor IDEAg Group that he has no plans to debate this year. Mr. Williams is calling for Senator Thune to change his position and agree to a series of debates.

Mr. Williams issued the following statement calling for Senator Thune to debate him:

“There are major issues challenging the United States and South Dakota. Senator Thune has a responsibility to debate me and tell the voters of South Dakota his views on these issues. The voters of South Dakota deserve to hear how the incumbent Senator and his challenger stand on the issues. Senator Thune  has voted repeatedly to repeal the Affordable Care Act. This in spite of the fact that the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (IHCIA), the cornerstone legal authority for the provision of health care to American Indians and Alaska Natives, was made permanent as part of the Affordable Care Act. This is just one of several issues where Senator Thune and I disagree. We differ on how to address the income inequality in our country and on the importance of eliminating fossil fuels as our source of energy. Senator Thune needs to explain why he endorses the racist, self professed greedy real estate mogul, Donald Trump for President. Let’s have a series of debates to discuss these and other issues important to South Dakota voters.“