Scyller Borglum in 2020 SD Senate race
On Budget & Economy:
Federal budget: reduce debt & spending
The federal budget is out of control. We've had an unbalanced budget 45 out of 50 years. And no it's not only the Democrats' fault. We can NOT sustain this way.
We don't have a revenue problem we have a spending problem. My greatest priority will be coming up with common sense bipartisan solutions to actively reduce the amount of spending congress approves each year.
Source: 2020 South Dakota Senate website BorglumForSenate.rocks
Feb 4, 2020
On Health Care:
Vote against Medicare for all and "other socialist plans"
I am committed to surrounding myself with experts in healthcare, every day citizens, and other stakeholders to make sure we all have access to the healthcare we need, and are able to afford it.- Replace ObamaCare
- Vote against Medicare for all &
other socialist plans
- Expand access to veterans & rural communities
- Promote preventative medicine to be proactive (less expensive) vs reactive (more expensive)
- Reduce prescription costs
- Mandate & expand provider cost transparency
Source: 2020 South Dakota Senate website BorglumForSenate.rocks
Feb 4, 2020
On Immigration:
Strong borders & safe, legal procedures
- Meth related crimes have increased by 625% in the last 15 years
- 95% of meth comes from the southern border
- Nearly 70% of migrants crossing the southern border are associated with violent crime led by drug cartels
- S.D. ranks 11th for
human trafficking
- Native American women and children are at higher risks for human trafficking
We need immigrants from all countries. But we still need to have common sense policy in place to ensure legal processes. It doesn't make sense not to.
Source: 2020 South Dakota Senate website BorglumForSenate.rocks
Feb 4, 2020
On Budget & Economy:
Wooden Nickel Plan: Public vote on budget increases over 5%
Borglum is proposing a referendum vote on significant government spending increases. The Republican proposed her Wooden Nickel Plan, which she said will help address the country's deficit. Under the plan, should Congress increase discretionary funding
by more than 5% in one year, citizens would automatically have a chance to vote on it. "This empowers the people to decide if the increase is justified and strips a little bit of power away from Congress, which we know needs to happen," Borglum said.
Source: Jamestown Sun on 2020 South Dakota Senate race
Jul 28, 2019
On Civil Rights:
Shouldn't adultery laws include bestiality?
Borglum raised eyebrows during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on a bill that would have changed the state's definition of adultery to include same-sex relationships. She asked the bill's sponsor why he did not include bestiality. When asked about
the comment, Borglum said she had been trying to argue that adultery definitions in state law are superfluous and should be repealed, because South Dakota allows no-fault divorces. "In no way was I saying anything about homosexuality," she said.
Source: Rapid City Journal on 2020 South Dakota Senate race
Jul 28, 2019
On Principles & Values:
Being conservative is staying out of people's business
On conservatism: "I believe a real conservative says, 'Government stays out of people's business unless there's an absolute, demonstrated need to get into it,'"
Borglum said. "That's what a conservative is to me. That's how I was raised."
Source: Rapid City Journal on 2020 South Dakota Senate race
Jul 28, 2019
On Education:
Rural education initiative: address gaps in education
Borglum has been traveling around the state for a listening tour about gaps in education access as part of her "rural education initiative" since wrapping up her first legislative session in Pierre.
She said she's heard from residents that they see a need for women and young people to get involved in politics.
Source: Sioux Falls Argus Leader on 2020 South Dakota Senate race
Jul 1, 2019
On Health Care:
Oppose Medicare-for-all and replace ObamaCare
If elected to the U.S. Senate, her priorities include pushing big ideas forward while limiting government, opposing Medicare for all and replacing the Affordable Care with a plan that she said she'll announce during her candidacy,
and supporting a "commonsense" approach to immigration and President Donald Trump's construction of a wall on the southern U.S. border.
Source: Sioux Falls Argus Leader on 2020 South Dakota Senate race
Jul 1, 2019
On Health Care:
Against Medicare for All; replace ObamaCare
If elected to the U.S. Senate, her priorities include pushing big ideas forward while limiting government and opposing Medicare for all and replacing the
Affordable Care with a plan that she said she'll announce during her candidacy.
Source: Sioux Falls Argus Leader on 2020 South Dakota Senate race
Jul 1, 2019
On Immigration:
Commonsense approach to immigration, with border wall
If elected to the U.S. Senate, her priorities include pushing big ideas forward while limiting government, opposing Medicare for all and replacing the Affordable Care with a plan that she said she'll announce during her candidacy, and supporting
a "commonsense" approach to immigration and President Donald Trump's construction of a wall on the southern U.S. border. "He's trying something different and pushing against the status quo," she said.
Source: Sioux Falls Argus Leader on 2020 South Dakota Senate race
Jul 1, 2019
On Immigration:
Build the wall, close refugee loopholes
She supports a "commonsense" approach to immigration and President Donald Trump's construction of a wall on the southern U.S. border, she said. A majority of the meth in South Dakota comes from south of the border, she said. Trump needs congressional
members who will support him in constructing the wall and close loopholes used by refugees to come into the United States illegally, she said."He's trying something different and pushing against the status quo," she said.
Source: Sioux Falls Argus Leader on 2020 South Dakota Senate race
Jul 1, 2019
On Principles & Values:
What it means to be conservative is eroding
In her announcement, Borglum questioned how Rounds was elected in 2014 after facing controversies as governor and said he hasn't brought "commonsense" conservatism to the Senate. Commonsense conservatism is still uncommon and "unchecked,
this do-nothing, lazy mentality has given rise" to the Democratic platform heard at the presidential debates last year, she said. "We elect citizens, not royalty" and no one is entitled to an elected position prior to the election, Borglum said.
The political landscape is changing and what it means to be conservative is eroding, Borglum said, but the Republican "establishment" isn't discussing it because it makes them uncomfortable to admit that it's not going right. The frustration is causin
Source: Sioux Falls Argus Leader on 2020 South Dakota Senate race
Jul 1, 2019
Page last updated: Feb 18, 2020