"He can blame me or the boogey man or the people in the black helicopters...But I had nothing to do with what he is saying. I don't know why he keeps on bashing me. When the horse is dead, it's time to dismount and move on. My advice to Brian is be a gracious winner and move on. I have."

Dick Stratman on Brian Nieves' allegations that he was behind a letter accusing him of infidelity in the SD26 primary, and behind the allegations that Nieves assaulted a former Stratman staffer after the primary