It is really interesting watching the ads Pete Stauber has approved to be run against Quinn Nystrom. All of them that I have seen feature an unexpected number of lies, half-truths, utter misrepresentations and the like. I expected better of a former police officer. I expected better from a former hockey player used to playing a team sport – that is what representatives are supposed to do. They play for all of us. Bernie Sanders plays for all of us. Alexandria Ocasio- Cortez plays for all of us. Ilhan Omar plays for all of us. Pete Stauber doesn’t. He’s lined up behind Donald Trump no matter the damage, no matter the principles sacrificed, no matter the consequences.
The Republican Party decided some 30 years ago that it would no longer be a party with a set of principles or morals; but instead, dedicate itself to power at whatever the cost to Americans and no matter the damage to our democracy. Today the Republican Party behaves in an autocratic fashion and your vote for them now will take democracy away from current and future generations.
Mike Ulen, Grand Marais
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