A legislator has apologized for his use of words on the House floor Thursday. SB26, a bill to revise the definition of a practitioner for the purpose of medicinal marijuana was being debated. Representative Steven Haugaard of Sioux Falls was talking about a girl he knew who started on drugs by using marijuana…..

Governor Kristi Noem and other female lawmakers spoke out against his comments, calling it “misogynistic” and “aggression toward women.” Haugaard is challenging Noem in the republican primary for Governor.