U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar said Thursday she is running for governor of Minnesota, promising to take on Donald Trump while unifying a state that has endured a series of challenges even before the federal government’s immigration crackdown.
Klobuchar’s decision gives Democrats a high-profile candidate and proven statewide winner as their party tries to hold onto the office occupied by Gov. Tim Walz.
Klobuchar cited Trump’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota, federal officers killing two Minnesotans who protested, the assassination of a state legislative leader and a school shooting that killed multiple children — all within the last year. She avoided direct mention of ongoing fraud investigations into the child care programs that Trump has made a political cudgel.
FFS, please someone primary her. Friend worked on her staff for a while and the friend literally had to go to therapy over it .
Boo! She’s an embarrassment of a senator and she’d be a worse governor. “Centrist” ass useless Democrat
I’d rather Jesse Ventura or Al Franken run. Bleh 😩
Running a campaign on finding common ground with the people who are forcibly occupying your state’s largest city?
Fuck off, fossil.
Yeah the common ground comment grinded my gears, too. What exactly is the common ground left?
I mean, of course she is. She didn’t convince Waltz to retire just for fun.
She has some nerve showing her face in this city, let alone asking for our vote. Fuck this collaborator.
Screw Klobuchar
She’s a do nothing centrist. So fucking sick of Democrats shifting to the right
Its funny you call her a centrist but what is Walz then? He has modest economic reforms he accomplished and some other things but on every other issue he is just as right wing as every other Dem.
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If the comments in this thread and what I’ve heard from others in MN are any indication, good fucking luck Klobuchar.
Who can we platform to challenge her? I’m open to any suggestions.
Primaries are coming up in a couple weeks. We need to primary her
Sure, who do you see as a good candidate to get some momentum behind to do that?
She’s outperformed other Democrats in the years she’s run, so not sure if relying on this platform is a good representation of our state.
As for other challengers, I’m not sure. Not a lot of other higher-profile DLFers that haven’t already thrown their hat into other races.
and what I’ve heard from others in MN are any indication,
I’m not basing anything solely on this thread. Do you know or can you think of any politician that could be platformed to primary her, or for a challenge run for Gov?
Like I said, there’s no candidates that would likely be able to win statewide that haven’t already said they were running for other positions. Our current Lt. Governor is running for Tina Smith’s Senate seat (she’s retiring at the end of the term).
That may change in the future, but none currently.
Sounds like we need local folks to start running in city elections to prevent more fuckery.
Oh, hell
Gross
Now, now think of the visual: the little stress-ball binders she throws out at the crowd - could be fun.
But srs someone step in please. We got
9 months.10 minutes.Ew.
Ugh.
