the great state of south dakota. rick, good to have you was. you re seeking the seat held by senator tim johnson retiring in november. the media makes a point about how you ve been to every town in south dakota and i m not questioning that but if that s the case you ought to know what s on the minds of south dakota voters. what is it? what s important to them, rick? good to have you with us here tonight. thank you, ed. thanks for the opportunity. i ve been to all the 311 corporated towns in south dakota and another 100 uncorporated towns and i got to tell you the folks out here, they smell a rat. big money is taken of. it s become legal bribery in washington, d.c. and i don t care if you re in a red state or a blue state they know something s wrong. i got into this race because i wanted to really talk to the people of south dakota. find other what s on their mind and i decided to go out there
if you adviced the president tonight on what to do, what would you say? well, that s nothing in my opinion that s nothing more than a big money con job. the only one that will come out on top of that is transcanada. and their investors including the koch brothers. there s no jobs per se. it s an export pipeline. that oil is going overseas. their arguments about big job creation and energy security is bogus. they re going to make billions of dollars over the course of the lifeline of that pipeline and i just don t buy it. so, i take that as a direct no. you do not support the keystone xl pipeline? that s exactly right. no jobs. no energy. no way. rick, it s refreshing toing ask a direct question and get a direct answer. best of luck. we ll do it again. keep an eye on south dakota.
had earlier this week, about economic populism. when you talk about minimum wage in south dakota, what kind of response do you get? when you talk about energy issues, what kind of response do you get? well, listen, we ve got a minimum wage billion lot initiative on the fall ballot. i helped collect the signatures last fall to make sure it got on the ballot. of 2,000 south dakotians are going to show up to vote to give themselves a raise and a better chance at a better life. i m a small business owner. i ll be the first to tell you, i think it s a job creator. not a job destroyer. you give a working family another buck and a quarter an hour and you think they re in going to invest that in offshore bank accounts? they re going to be buying things and that demand will created a supply and it s going to juice the economy. and finally, rick, as the democratic candidate, where do you stand on the keystone xl pipeline.
in today s top trender, senate showdown. former south dakota governor has one vkt under his belt. if they re voting for someone else, they re voting for literally a very liberal agenda in washington. ground will face loved candidate candidate, rick why land. every south dakota community and feels he has the upper hand to help take back washington. rick why land takes on a former south dakota governor for a senate seat. there s a major difference between what i want to see happen in washington, d.c. and let s get out and talk voters and share ideas. two independent candidates will be on the ballot. three republicans and one democrat, i think we have a real serious chance at winning. joining me, rick whyland from