THREAD: It's been less than a week since @michellefischb announced her run for Congress, yet it's already painfully obvious how out-of-touch she is with Minnesota farmers. #MN07 kfgo.com/podcasts/news-…
This interview makes it clear that Fischbach is not up to the job of representing western Minnesota.
In it, Fischbach "struggles answering Heitkamp's questions about the price of soybeans, MFP payments, as well as whether or not she explicitly supports Trump's tariffs."
It gets worse:
"Going further, Heitkamp asks Fischbach if she knows what the breakout was in terms of payments for what soybean and corn farmers receive. Fischbach answers, 'I don't know off the top of my head.'"
Yikes:
"Agriculture is the driving force for the economy in the 7th... and knowing commodity prices is crucial...when asked by Heitkamp if she knows what the price per bushel currently is for soybeans and corn, Fischbach mentions she didn't look this morning and did not know..."
For the record, @michellefischb, farmers in the area are selling soybeans for roughly $7.64 per bushel and corn for roughly $3.19 per bushel. #MN07
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BREAKING: The DFL Party launching the Wellstone Academy, a paid organizing fellowship to train the next generation of MN political organizers!
Going into 2024, we’re doubling down on our commitment to grassroots organizing. Learn more below or at dfl.org/wellstone! (1/6)
Wellstone Fellows will learn the ins and outs of electoral organizing through weekly virtual classes and interactive assignments, ultimately gaining the skills and knowledge to work on professional political and electoral campaigns in the 2024 campaign cycle, and beyond! (2/6)
Good news - you don’t need to be a political professional to join the Wellstone Academy!
This program is aimed at folks who want to work professionally in politics in the future, and are either just getting started or have less than two cycles of paid campaign experience. (3/6)
BREAKING: this weekend at the @mngop convention, @KimCrockettSOS played a video that portrayed George Soros, a Jewish man, as a puppet master who is secretly controlling Minnesota's elections.
The "Jewish puppet master" is a longstanding and deeply anti-Semitic trope.
The stereotypes @KimCrockettSOS is using to fuel her campaign are centuries old and have caused incredible harm to the Jewish community both here in the United States and across the world.
Minnesota Republicans have chosen their most extreme and dangerous candidate to lead their party in the fall. We can’t allow Scott Jensen to become governor. #mngov dfl.org/press-release/…
Scott Jensen has promised to ban abortion, even for victims of rape and incest.
THREAD: We're demanding @mngop Chair @davidhann root out the dangerous political extremism that's taken over his party.
Time and time again, Minnesota Republicans have cozied up to violent extremists. It has to end. Here's just a few recent examples: dfl.org/press-release/…
Just yesterday, an MN GOP leader embraced the Oath Keepers, a violent, right-wing militia.
Numerous members of that extremist militia have been arrested and charged for plotting and carrying out the attempted January 6th insurrection. propublica.org/article/oath-k…
While this story is shocking, the GOP's embrace of the most extreme elements of the far-right is not w/o precedence. Just today it was revealed that State Senator @MarkkoranMN is raising money for men charged in the Jan 6 terrorist attack on the US Capitol minnesotareformer.com/briefs/gop-sta…
It is abundantly clear these Republican Representatives don’t want to know whether the January 6th insurrection was pre-planned and who was involved in that planning because they are scared of the answer.
By voting against holding Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress for refusing a subpoena, these Republican Representatives are abdicating the responsibilities of their office and trying to take the teeth out of Congress’ ability to investigate criminal behavior.