Tag: 3rd Congressional District
This is what a good political ad looks like
Not since Paul Wellstone have we seen an ad that does so much to humanize a candidate as the one Minnesota DFL U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar issued Thursday with DFL congressional candidate Dean Phillips.
It’s not entirely clear whether the video is intended to support Phillips or Klobuchar, one in a tough race, the other in about as safe a race as Minnesota currently features. More than likely, the intent is to use Klobuchar’s coat tails.
But it’s a unique style we don’t see much of anymore.
Have a look.
View the original November 1 post by bob Collins on the MPR News website here.
“I’d trust Dean Phillips in my foxhole any day.”
Dear Editor:
I’d trust Dean Phillips in my foxhole any day.
On March 8 of 1965, as a Marine, I was airlifted into Vietnam. Before long I was digging foxholes. So I know what I’m talking about when I say if I had to have a person next to me in a foxhole, it would be Dean Phillips.
I’ve known Dean since he was three. I’m writing this because I’m angered by the way this outstanding man is being portrayed by Erik Paulsen and his dishononest squad of PAC snipers. Continue reading ““I’d trust Dean Phillips in my foxhole any day.””
Paulsen is on the take, torn between constituents and PACs
To the Editor:
The serenity prayer is a popular prayer and, in the case of this upcoming election, it is more relevant than I can imagine.
“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can…”
I am an army veteran. I fought for my democracy in 1970 and I am doing it now as a citizen. The democracy the Republicans have painted for us now is not the democracy I fought for. Stand up for it. Others will follow. Democracy is not free.
Voting is not enough if you are uninformed. Depending on how you feel (red or blue) that day, that’s how you are going to vote. We still have time and our voices matter. Change the unacceptable! Continue reading “Paulsen is on the take, torn between constituents and PACs”
Day 2: Phillips Continues 40-City “Coffee and Conversation” Tour
EXCELSIOR, MN – Dean Phillips will continue his 5-day, 40-city “Coffee and Conversation Tour” from November 2nd to Election Day, November 6th.
Phillips’s campaign for Congress is based on the idea that representation begins with listening, and that change begins with conversation. Phillips has been traveling the district in his Government Repair Truck for a year and a half, meeting with and hearing from voters of all backgrounds at over 120 public events, making this a fitting close to his campaign.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3
Eden Prairie: 9:00 AM, knock kickoff, DFL Office (10165 Hennepin Town Rd, Eden Prairie)
Minnetonka: 9:40 AM, The Marsh
Wayzata: 10:45 AM, Bellecour
Bloomington: 11:45 AM, knock kickoff, DFL Office (2950 Metro Dr, #117, Bloomington)
Bloomington: 12:30 PM, Northstar Tavern Continue reading “Day 2: Phillips Continues 40-City “Coffee and Conversation” Tour”
Dean Phillips Constituents in Trucks Getting Coffee: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
6 Ways Trump Sabotaged ACA Open Enrollment
Today is the beginning of the Affordable Care Act’s open enrollment period. Open enrollment runs through December 15 and you can sign up at www.healthcare.gov.
Democrats want everyone to know about open enrollment so all Americans know they have the opportunity to buy insurance and remain insured. Trump doesn’t want anyone to find out about open enrollment, because he doesn’t want the ACA to succeed.
Here are 6 of the worst ways Trump has worked to sabotage ACA open enrollment
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The Trump administration again scheduled downtime for the healthcare.gov website weekly throughout the open enrollment period.
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The open enrollment period is now half as long as it used to be before the Trump administration’s sabotage.
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The Trump administration is promoting junk insurance plans that undermine the ACA marketplace and may not provide the level of coverage people need.
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The Trump administration slashed millions of dollars from outreach programs and advertising aimed at enrolling people in Obamacare plans.
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The Trump administration limited and even abandoned state and community partnerships that have played a key role in enrolling harder-to-reach demographics.
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Trump’s HHS spent taxpayer resources to produce anti-ACA videos and scrubbed its website of useful consumer guidance on the ACA.
Phillips Kicks Off 5-Day, 40-City Coffee and Conversation Tour
EXCELSIOR, MN – Today, Dean Phillips announced that he will hit the road for a “40 City Coffee and Conversation Tour” from November 2nd – 6th. Phillips’s campaign for Congress is based on the idea that representation begins with listening, so the candidate will drive his Government Repair Truck to every town in Minnesota’s Third District in order to give voters a chance to say hello and have a conversation.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2
Eden Prairie: 8:00 AM, Original Pancake House
Chanhassen: 8:45 AM, Perkins
Victoria: 9:30 AM, School of the Wise
Chaska: 11:45 AM, Chaska Curling Club with special guest gold medalist Coach Phill Drobnik
Chaska: 12:45 PM, Red Bench Bakery
Laketown Township, Dahlgren Township
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3
Eden Prairie, Minnetonka, Woodland, Wayzata, Bloomington, Edina, Brooklyn Park
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4
Brooklyn Park, Coon Rapids, Champlin, Plymouth, Medicine Lake, Osseo, Maple Grove, Dayton
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5
Rogers, Corcoran, Hamel, Medina, Loretto, Independence, Greenfield, Maple Plain
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6
Deephaven, Excelsior, Shorewood, Tonka Bay, Minnetonka Beach, Navarre, Spring Park, Mound, St. Bonifacius, Minnetrista, Orono, Long Lake, Greenwood
Republicans Double Down on Lies About Their Disastrous Health Care Plan
‘If we can’t trust Paulsen, Lewis, and their Republican accomplices to tell us the truth about what they’re voting on, how can we possibly trust them to put us first?’
Jason Lewis and Erik Paulsen like to claim that their votes for the American Health Care Act didn’t gut protections for pre-existing conditions. Unfortunately for the embattled Republicans, the facts tell a different story. As Lewis and Paulsen double down on their disastrous plan, Republicans like Jim Hagedorn and Pete Stauber are joining them in enthusiastically endorsing the bill their party forced through the House last year.
Responding to Republicans’ health care lies, the DFL released the following statement:
“Erik Paulsen, Jason Lewis, and their Congressional Republican allies have completely undermined our health care system by voting to raise costs and strip care from millions of Americans. Instead of owning up to their heartless health care plan, Republicans have resorted to lying to their constituents about the most basic facts.” Continue reading “Republicans Double Down on Lies About Their Disastrous Health Care Plan”
Donald Trump Again Endorses Erik Paulsen
On October 29, Donald Trump again tweeted his endorsement for Erik Paulsen:
.@Erik_Paulsen, @Jason2CD, @JimHagedornMN and @PeteStauber love our Country and the Great State of Minnesota. They are winners and always get the job done. We need them all in Congress for #MAGA. Border, Military, Vets, 2nd A. Go Vote Minnesota. They have my Strong Endorsement!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 30, 2018