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.
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?
Ilhan Omar.
See my comment above for a quick and dirty couple of reasons why its nowhere near as far fetched as the billionaire-owned media would claim.
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.
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.
Ilhan Omar.
Not only is she right (and votes what she says) about just about every single policy issue, she’s also proven without a doubt that she’s every bit the fighter Centrist bloviators pretend to be, what with enduring the constant scapegoating from both Republicans and her own party as well as hardly breaking her stride after being attacked by a MAGA cultist
And before you go “but she’s too divisive! No Republicans or swing voters would vote for her!”, the vast majority of them wouldn’t vote for Klobuchar either, and she (Omar) would bring out the base several times better.