Tag: Minnesota Attorney General

Doug Wardlow criticized for taking contributions from donors behind fraudulent for-profit college

Credit: Peter Callaghan, MinnPost

Republican candidate for attorney general Doug Wardlow took $24,000 from owners and executives of the for-profit college chain Globe University, which was successfully sued for fraud by the state.

Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Chair Ken Martin highlighted donations from the Myhre family, which owns Globe University, and from Jeanne and Nathan Hermann, who worked for the family’s for-profit college chain, at a Wednesday news conference.

“You don’t have to be a campaign finance genius to wonder what these donors are hoping to gain by donating to Doug Wardlow,” Martin said. “The fact that Doug Wardlow has cozied up to individuals who systemically ripped off college students should alarm everyone in the state who has been or could be a victim of consumer fraud.”

View the complete October 24 article by Christopher Magan on the PioneerPress website here.

Doug Wardlow has taken $24,000 from Globe University’s leaders

Here’s the background on the Globe situation.

FACT CHECK: Wardlow Would Use the Attorney General’s Office to Enforce President Trump’s Cruel Immigration Policies

Recent reporting counts the number of children detained at the border at more than 12,800, but Wardlow would enforce Trump’s immigration policies as AG

Minnesota  – During tonight’s Attorney General debate between Congressman Keith Ellison and Doug Wardlow on KSTP, Congressman Keith Ellison reiterated his long-standing belief in a humane immigration policy that treats people fairly while protecting the security of all Americans.

Meanwhile, Republican Doug Wardlow continued to stand by President Trump’s cruel immigration policies, even as recent reporting has shown thatmore than 12,800 children are being detained at the border in recent months.

But Wardlow not only supports the President’s cruel immigration policies, he would use the Attorney General’s Office to enforce them. In a recent WCCO TV interview, Wardlow stated his strong support for President Trump and his immigration policies:

WARDLOW:
“I think it’s very important that the Attorney General work with federal law enforcement to make sure Minnesotans are safe by enforcing our immigration laws”

INTERVIEWER:
“You are a strong supporter of President Trump’s. Do you feel that President Trump’s policies on immigration are right for Minnesota?”

WARDLOW:
“I think they are right for Minnesota.”

Last month, a Wardlow campaign document was released, stating that “Doug Wardlow will institute these duties when he is your MN Attorney General,” including: “Defend President Trump’s agenda in court.”

Minnesotans need an Attorney General who will work for Minnesotans and protect the rights of all families, not someone who will serve President Trump and his cruel policy of family separation.

BREAKING: Doug Wardlow Believes in a “Second Unwritten Constitution”

New audio released today shows Doug Wardlow speaking to a Minnesota Tea Party gathering in 2013, describing his belief in the existence of a “second, unwritten Constitution” which he believes to be more fundamental than the United States Constitution he would be tasked with defending as Minnesota Attorney General.

Exposing the Real Doug Wardlow@realdougwardlow

BREAKING: Doug Wardlow believes in the existence of a “second, unwritten Constitution.”

“America has fallen, our Constitution, our institutions, have fallen, because this second, unwritten Constitution has been all but destroyed.”

Which Constitution would Wardlow defend as AG?

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Wardlow’s remarks are worth reading in full:

“Our Constitution is designed only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for any other. We all, like sheep, have gone astray.

View the complete post on the RealDougWardlow.com website here.

Are political firings business as usual in the Minnesota attorney general’s office?

Was Doug Wardlow’s pledge to clean house — which received loud applause from those attending a GOP fundraiser — business as usual? Credit: Peter Callaghan, MinnPost

The Republican candidate for Minnesota attorney general is recorded at a partisan fundraiser promising to “fire 42 Democrats right off the bat and get Republican attorneys in there.”

DFLers reacted quickly, not just because it might violate ethical standards and even state law, but because it dents the GOP candidate’s claim that he will run an office free of politics.

The Republican, Doug Wardlow, now argues that his words were taken out of context because he preceded them by saying he wants lawyers who follow “the rule of law.” Besides, he argues, DFL attorneys general have fired attorneys after taking office.

View the complete October 17 article by Peter Callaghan on the MinnPost website here.

DFL condemns unforgivable invasion of privacy on Ellison family

Following the release of divorce records of DFL Congressman and candidate for Attorney General Keith Ellison and Kim Ellison today, DFL Senior Advisor Charlene Briner issued the following statement:

“For months, Keith Ellison put his concern for his ex-wife and his family above his own political career. His responses may have frustrated those who wanted him to be more forthcoming about his divorce, but it is admirable that his instincts to protect his family took a higher priority than his own political aspirations.  

“The Ellison family has been subjected to unforgivable violations of privacy fueled by the most extreme elements of the right wing. Continue reading “DFL condemns unforgivable invasion of privacy on Ellison family”

New Website Highlights Republicans’ Extreme Nominee for Minnesota Attorney General

Doug Wardlow wants to use the AG’s office to serve President Trump and big corporations, not Minnesota families

Wardlow has proudly worked for an anti-LGBTQ hate group, opposes the ACA and a woman’s right to choose

The Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) today launched a new website to inform Minnesotans about the extreme Republican nominee for Attorney General, Doug Wardlow. Wardlow, a former one-term State Representative, has vowed to use the Attorney General’s office to serve President Trump’s agenda, from overturning the Affordable Care Act and Roe v. Wade to suppressing voting rights.

“Minnesotans have a clear choice in the election for Minnesota Attorney General,” said DFL Chairman Ken Martin. “Congressman Ellison has dedicated his life to defending equal rights and greater opportunity for all Minnesotans, while Doug Wardlow has spent his career attacking the rights of LGBTQ people, women, and workers. We need someone in the Attorney General’s Office who will stand up for working families, not work for President Trump and big corporations.”

The new website, RealDougWardlow.com, and accompanying Facebook & Twitter pages, will highlight Wardlow’s commitment to politicizing the Office of Attorney General to serve President Trump, and his work for an anti-LGBTQ hate group.

During his one term in the Minnesota House, Wardlow worked to block and overturn the Affordable Care Act, and pushed extreme anti-labor legislation against the will of his own party. Learn more about Wardlow at RealDougWardlow.com.