Dean Phillips has released a new commercial restating what he’s said before. He points out his opponent and the Paul-Ryan connected PAC supporting him for the lack of truthfulness in their attack ads.
Seems to us to be an attempt that only expands upon the current administration’s “trickle down” efforts to include their concept of “alternate facts”.
Truth IS truth.
Excelsior, MN – Today, Dean Phillips released a new television ad, highlighting his long history of taking good care of his employees and calling out Congressman Erik Paulsen for taking millions from the insurance and pharmaceutical industries while voting to increase healthcare costs and gut protections for pre-existing conditions.
The ad – entitled “The Truth” – also sets the record straight after Erik Paulsen and the Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF) launched a coordinated and misleading TV campaign against Phillips. Erik Paulsen is the 6th biggest taker of special interest money in Congress, and benefits from millions more in spending from outside special interest groups like CLF*. Continue reading “Dean Phillips Sets the Record Straight in New TV Ad”
Just one of the hundreds of free, open-to-the-public events we’ve had as a part of our campaign built on conversation.
Excelsior, MN – Dean Phillips for Congress will host a picnic on September 15, 2018, and invited all people who live in Minnesota’s Third Congressional District to attend.
The Everyone’s Invited! Picnic will take place at The Commons in Excelsior from noon to 4 p.m. Picnic games, food by Coalition Restaurant and The Dawg House, beer garden by Excelsior Brewing Company, live music, a silent auction, rides on the Government Repair Pontoon, yoga, and conversation will anchor the event. Dean Phillips will address the crowd, answer questions, and meet as many neighbors as possible.
“As neighbors, it is time we come together,” said Dean Phillips. “While some candidates sit back and rely on attack-style politics that divide our communities, I am focused on providing opportunities for us to listen to one another and build community through conversation,” he said. “The Everyone’s Invited! Picnic is a chance for everyone, no matter their ideology, to come together and focus on what’s possible. And when our campaign says Everyone’s Invited, we mean it!”
Event Details:
Everyone’s Invited! Picnic
Saturday, September 15, 2018
12 noon – 4:00 PM
Excelsior Commons Park
Food: Coalition Restaurant, The Dawg House
Beer Garden: Excelsior Brewing Company
Live Music: The Roe Family Singers, Martin Zeller & The Gear Daddies, Modern Sovrans
Activities: Yoga, drone races, silent auction, face painting, boat rides, games, live screen printing
The following commentary by Lori Sturdevant was posted on the Star Tribune website September 9, 2018:
Tell me whether you met a congressional candidate from your district at his or her own booth at the State Fair. If you say you did, I’ll tell you in which district you live.
This trick requires no clairvoyance. The only fairgoers who could say yes live in the Third District, because the only congressional candidate who sprang for a booth of his own at this year’s fair was DFLer Dean Phillips.
That’s a small way — albeit a telling one — in which Phillips is standing apart from the congressional challengers’ pack as he seeks to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen.
The following article by John T. Bennett was posted on the Roll Call website Septem
The third day of Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing began with fireworks: A senator dared another to try to kick him out of the Senate.
Potential 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Cory Bookerof New Jersey and Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas jousted at the Thursday session’s start over the process by which the Judiciary Committee, National Archives, Justice Department and former President George W. Bush’s legal staff have been reviewing and clearing or withholding documents from Kavanaugh’s time working for the 43rd president.
Booker announced he had ordered his staff to release an email before it has gone through that process, saying he was knowingly violating a Senate rule that could lead to his removal from the chamber.
The following article by John Croman was posted on the Kare11.com website September 4, 2018:
WASHINGTON — Minnesota will attract intense attention from national Republicans and an outsized amount of campaign cash this fall, according to NBC’s Chuck Todd.
“I think the priority of national Republicans is two-fold in Minnesota. I think priority number one is the House seats. Priority number two is the House seats!” the Meet the Press host quipped in an interview with KARE recently.
“You have four House seats in play, and it’s one of the few states where Republicans can actually pick up House seats. There’s really nowhere else in the country are they actually playing on offense, other than in Minnesota.”
Tired of the same old nasty politics? The #DeanTeam is too. Representation begins with listening – to people, not special interests. More than 60,000 people, and zero PACs, power Dean’s campaign! He’s running against the 6th largest taker of special interest money in all of Congress, so every dollar counts.
Dean will be LIVE all day – answering questions and thanking donors – possibly even you! #EveryonesInvited
Excelsior, MN – On August 10th, and again on on August 16th, Dean Phillips invited Congressman Erik Paulsen to join him at free, open-to-the-public, voter forums. After days of silence, Congressman Paulsen finally accepted the invitation to three forums, but with restrictions on participation, and did not offer dates on which he’d make himself available.
“Representation begins with listening,” said Phillips. “Congressman Paulsen’s commitment to join me in answering questions from the public three times before Election Day is encouraging. It is important that these events are open and accessible to all who wish to attend — no tickets, no screening, just conversation. I hope he follows through.”
Pressure is mounting on Congressman Paulsen to answer unscreened questions from voters in the communities he represents. The Phillips for Congress team reiterated its expectations for public voter events: they should be free and open to the public, held in venues that accommodate all who are interested in attending, and moderated by an agreed-upon neutral person with questions from the audience.
While Congressman Paulsen demands that such events be ticketed with attendees evenly divided between each campaign, that would exclude independent and undecided voters not connected to either campaign who deserve the opportunity to hear from the two candidates side-by-side.
Independent groups such as the League of Women Voters, local churches and various Chambers of Commerce have expressed interest in organizing such forums. The Phillips for Congress campaign has already announced a series of forums between August and Election Day, including one on Monday, September 10th in Minnetonka:
Everyone’s Invited! Voter Forum
When: Monday, September 10, 2018, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Where: Minnetonka Community Center, 14600 Minnetonka Blvd, Minnetonka, MN 55345
