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.
I mean, of course she is. She didn’t convince Waltz to retire just for fun.
FFS, please someone primary her. Friend worked on her staff for a while and the friend literally had to go to therapy over it .
I’d rather Jesse Ventura or Al Franken run. Bleh 😩
Franken was done so dirty. He needs to get back into it.
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.
🤠🐍Crikey! Look at this beauty! What we’ve got here is a absolutely stunning specimen of a .ML comment in its natural habitat!
Now, you’ve gotta be real careful with these fellas - they’re absolutely fascinating to observe, but don’t you dare let ‘em get their hooks into ya! See, what they’ll do is they’ll present themselves as perfectly reasonable, right? But if you start believin’ what they’re sayin’, mate, they’ll latch onto your critical thinking and just absolutely devour it from the inside out!
This is one of the most dangerous thought parasites in the digital ecosystem, and she’s a beaut! Best observed from a safe distance with your skepticism intact. What a ripper! 📷
Do you have any kind of real substantive things to say to me or is it just liberal pablum?
Like do you think I see criticisms from liberals who enjoying licking the boot on their neck and take it seriously?
I would love to engage in an actual conversation if you are capable.
actually i more or less agree with your analysis of walz and Klobuchar’s political leanings. I would support any true left candidate for sure. You were just kind of an angry dick in your comment, which is why I decided to take a shot in jest.
I think you are ascribing a character to what I said that is not there. Where was I angry or a dick in what I said? I’m just being honest.
You right that your written text specifically doesn’t call for that.
The dick part comes from the context and your word choice; the “meta” if you will. The users see the post title, then they see the comments, and they get this specific thread where the first comment was calling out shitty centrism.
Then your reply was critical and sarcastic: “its funny…” it’s not funny. You clearly don’t think it’s funny. You’re being sarcastic, which in this context is a hostile choice. If we were in a room together, everyone would feel the negative vibe.
further the fact that you were being critical of the poster who technically did write something that you agree with. But it wasn’t good enough for you. You chose to criticize it for not being good enough. You could have chosen to add to it in a friendly way. Dickish.
And the cherry on top is that ML has a really bad reputation. I have personally quit discussions with ml people because there’s no honest discussion, it’s just a jump to pushing niche agenda and anger and putting others down. You are wearing that domain on your name tag. It speaks to something about the choices you make and the people you like to associate with.
All of these things combined is why I think you’re getting downvoted to hell.
I don’t know you personally and the fact that you’re actually open to some discussion is quite valuable in my book. Personally, you’re coming off as much higher quality person than most ML people I’ve dealt with.
You asked, so I answered!
So again just gonna point out that no one has any substantive things to say to me its all just how you feel which is utterly worthless.
I always question this idea that .ml instances are somehow bad rep. The perspectives are so varied from the left of whatever the Lemmy.world instance is at political that that is a really wild generalization. Are there annoying leftists? Oh my god yes but there are also annoying liberals.
You do need to have people be willing to engage in good faith, which I do strive to do, but its not pushing an agenda its expressing a different political ideology which largely fundamentally reimagines what society can be in a way where it is better for us all. Not modest reform that makes you feel like things are better when all the same systems of oppression exists but one where those systems are gone. It takes a lot of work to learn how to have those conversations in a way that is productive and wholly valueless…they are almost impossible to do over these kinds of forums unless every party is coming to the table in good faith which I find to be rare.
Anyway I disagree with how you are characterizing what I said still but agree to disagree I guess.
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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.Boo! She’s an embarrassment of a senator and she’d be a worse governor. “Centrist” ass useless Democrat
Ew.
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.
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.
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.
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?
The big donors who pay both conservative Democrats like Klobuchar and Republicans for screwing over regular people.
Oh, hell
Gross
Ugh.
She has some nerve showing her face in this city, let alone asking for our vote. Fuck this collaborator.
Could we please have candidates from Gen Z?
Us millennials and these old remaining dinosaurs from 1950 should step aside and let the new generation lead.
I think is milenials are still good. For a few more years. Also, we are the only generation that can save files, and know where they went.
But more youngsters would be nice.
She’s an Israeli asset and a traitor. She always votes to give Israel a blank check
