In the Know: August 28, 2018

2018 Election
Why will you #BeAVoter this fall?

2018 Election — Congress
The man running against Collin Peterson: Dave Hughes stops into DL, hopes Trump will rally for him in western Minnesota, Detroit Lakes Online
Third District forum in Edina focuses on campaign finance reform, Star Tribune
In visit to Winona, Dan Feehan stresses what he’s for, not what he’s against, Winona Daily News
In rematch with Jason Lewis, Angie Craig seeks stronger connection with voters, Star Tribune

2018 Election — Governor
In bid for governor of Minnesota, GOP’s Jeff Johnson says he’ll stick with Trump, Star Tribune
Where Walz and Johnson stand on tax policy, WCCO

2018 Election — Attorney General
Ellison talks workers’ rights, health care and Trump in St. Cloud stop, St. Cloud Times

Benson, Michelle
Minn. state Sen. Michelle Benson’s husband files for bankruptcy, Star Tribune
Michelle Benson, who is a leading voice for fiscal conservatism in the state Senate and often an opponent of government intervention in the economy, said that she and her husband are seeking government help — in the form of the bankruptcy court — to help them get back on their feet.

Economy
Despite strong economy, many Americans struggling to get by, MPR

Struggling in a strong economy … 40 percent of American families struggled to meet a basic need last year — food, health care, housing or utilities — according to an Urban Institute survey of 7,600 adults (reported by AP’s Sarah Skidmore Sell):

• 23 percent of households struggled to feed their family at some point during the year.
• 18 percent didn’t seek care for a medical need because of the cost.
• 13 percent missed a utility payment.
• 10 percent didn’t pay the full amount of their rent or mortgage, or paid it late.

Higher education
Student loan watchdog resigns saying Trump policies will cause ‘far-reaching harm,’ Star Tribune

McCain, John
Read Sen. John McCain’s statement before his death, Star Tribune

Until 4 p.m. ET on Monday, here was the totality of President Donald Trump’s reaction to the death of Arizona Sen. John McCain over the weekend: “My deepest sympathies and respect go out to the family of Senator John McCain. Our hearts and prayers are with you!”

That was a tweet Trump sent on Saturday night shortly after the news of McCain’s passing was made public. On Monday, during a series of events at the White House, Trump was asked on five occasions if he wanted to add anything to that tweet or say anything at all about McCain. He said nothing. Meanwhile, the flag over the White House, which had flown at half-staff since McCain’s death Saturday night, was returned to full-staff on Monday morning.

After a day’s worth of incoming negative attention, the White House moved the flag back to half-staff and released an official statement on McCain’s death. Here’s how it started:

“Despite our differences on policy and politics, I respect Senator John McCain’s service to our country and, in his honor, have signed a proclamation to fly the flag of the United States at half-staff until the day of his interment.” CNN

Minnesota State Fair
Politics on a stick: Politicians can’t miss State Fair, KARE


Tibbetts, Mollie
Mollie Tibbetts’ father: ‘The Hispanic community are Iowans,’ WCCO

Trade Deals
Trump’s redrawing of trade deals in three sentences:

1. A central tenet of Trump’s winning presidential campaign was to deride global trade deals, and he frequently threatened to cancel the North American Free Trade Agreement between the United States, Canada and Mexico.
2. Instead, he announced Monday that the United States and Mexico have renegotiated a trade agreement for the next 16 years — without Canada.
3. What will happen next is fuzzy: Will Canada join? Will Trump cancel the original NAFTA? Does Congress have to approve the new deal, and will it, given that Republicans are skeptical of Trump’s more closed-border trade policies? Washington Post

Wardlow, Doug
Meet Doug Wardlow, the throwback homophobic candidate on Minnesota’s 2018 ballot, City Pages

Upcoming DFL Events

• Today to September 3 — DFL Booth at the Minnesota State Fair, corner of Dan Patch Avenue and Cooper Street
• August 28, 9:00 AM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. For more information or to RSVP email mberman@dfl.org.
• August 28, 10:00 AM — CD3 Eden Prairie Campaign Office Staffing Help, 10165 Hennepin Town Rd, Unit 109, Eden Prairie, MN 55344. Email Laura at lhelgen@dfl.org if you can help.
• August 28, 1:30 PM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. Email mberman@dfl.org if you can help.
• August 28, 6:00 PM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. Email mberman@dfl.org if you can help.
• August 29, 9:00 AM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. Email Mia at mberman@dfl.org if you can help.
• August 29, 10:00 AM — CD3 Bloomington Office Staffing Help, 2930 Metro Dr, Suite 117, Bloomington, MN 55425. Email Jens at jundin@dfl.org if you can help.
• August 29, 10:00 AM — CD3 Brooklyn Park Office Staffing Help, 2937 Brookdale Dr, Brooklyn Park, MN 5544.  Email Decontee at dsawyer@dfl.org if you can help.
• August 29, 10:00 AM — CD3 Eden Prairie Campaign Office Staffing Help, 10165 Hennepin Town Rd, Unit 109, Eden Prairie, MN 55344. Email Laura at lhelgen@dfl.org if you can help.
• August 29, 1:30 PM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. Email Mia at mberman@dfl.org if you can help.
• August 29, 6:00 PM — Ethiopian Coffee Hosted at the DFL Field Office, 4007 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55406
• August 29, 6:00 PM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. Email Mia at mberman@dfl.org if you can help.
• August 30, 9:00 AM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. Email Mia at mberman@dfl.org if you can help.
• August 30, 10:00 AM — CD3 Bloomington Volunteer Office Staffing Help, 2950 Metro Dr, Suite 117, Bloomington, MN 55425. Email Jens at jundin@dfl.org if you can help.
• August 30, 10:00 AM — CD3 Brooklyn Park Office Staffing Help, 2937 Brookdale Dr, Brooklyn Park, MN 55444. Email Ashna at apatel@dfl.org if you can help.
• August 30, 10:00 AM — CD3 Eden Prairie Campaign Office Staffing Help, 10165 Hennepin Town Rd, Unit 109, Eden Prairie, MN 55344. Email Laura at lhelgen@dfl.org if you can help.
• August 30, 1:30 PM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. Email Mia at mberman@dfl.org if you can help.
• August 30, 6:00 PM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. Email Mia at mberman@dfl.org if you can help.
• August 31, 9:00 AM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. Email Mia at mberman@dfl.org if you can help.
• August 31, 10:00 AM — CD3 Eden Prairie Campaign Office Staffing Help, 10165 Hennepin Town Rd, Unit 109, Eden Prairie, MN 55344. Email Laura at lhelgen@dfl.org if you can help.
• August 31, 12:00 PM — Stand Against Trump, corner for Brookdale Dr and Xerxes Ave in Brooklyn Center, join SD40 DFL Treasurer John Schafer to hold a weekly hour of protest and resistance.
• August 31, 1:30 PM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. Email Mia at mberman@dfl.org if you can help.
• August 31, 6:00 PM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. Email Mia at mberman@dfl.org if you can help.
• September 1, 9:00 AM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. Email Mia at mberman@dfl.org if you can help.
• September 1, 10:00 AM — CD3 Eden Prairie Campaign Office Staffing Help, 10165 Hennepin Town Rd, Unit 109, Eden Prairie, MN 55344. Email Laura at lhelgen@dfl.org if you can help.
• September 1, 1:30 PM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. Email Mia at mberman@dfl.org if you can help.
• September 1, 6:00 PM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. Email Mia at mberman@dfl.org if you can help.
• September 2, 9:00 AM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. Email Mia at mberman@dfl.org if you can help.
• September 2, 10:00 AM — CD3 Bloomington Campaign Office Staffing Help, 2950 Metro Dr, Suite 117, Bloomington, MN 55425. Email Jens at jundin@dfl.org if you can help.
• September 2, 10:00 AM — CD3 Eden Prairie Campaign Office Staffing Help, 10165 Hennepin Town Rd, Unit 109, Eden Prairie, MN 55344. Email Laura at lhelgen@dfl.org if you can help.
• September 2, 1:00 PM — CD3 Brooklyn Park Office Staffing Help, 2937 Brookdale Dr, Brooklyn Park, MN 55444. Email Decontee at dsawyer@dfl.org if you can help.
• September 2, 1:30 PM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. Email Mia at mberman@dfl.org if you can help.
• September 2, 6:00 PM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. Email Mia at mberman@dfl.org if you can help.
• September 3 — Labor Day
• September 4, 9:00 AM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. Email Mia at mberman@dfl.org if you can help.
• September 4, 10:00 AM — CD3 Bloomington Campaign Office Staffing Help, 2950 Metro Dr, Suite 117, Bloomington, MN 55425. Email Jens at jundin@dfl.org if you can help.
• September 4, 10:00 AM — CD3 Brooklyn Park Office Staffing Help, 2937 Brookdale Dr, Brooklyn Park, MN 55444. Email Decontee at dsawyer@dfl.org if you can help.
• September 4, 10:00 AM — CD3 Eden Prairie Campaign Office Staffing Help, 10165 Hennepin Town Rd, Unit 109, Eden Prairie, MN 55344. Email Laura at lhelgen@dfl.org if you can help.
• September 4, 1:30 PM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. Email Mia at mberman@dfl.org if you can help.
• September 4, 6:00 PM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. Email Mia at mberman@dfl.org if you can help.
• September 4, 7:00 PM — SD37 DFL Central Committee Meeting, check their Facebook page for specifics, locations change from month to month.
• September 4, 7:00 PM — SD40 DFL Central Committee Meeting, Mississippi Room, Brooklyn Park Library, 8500 W Broadway Ave, Brooklyn Park, MN 55443.