ST. PAUL – Ahead of President Trump’s Minnesota visit today, DFL Party leaders held a press call slamming Trump’s failed response to the coronavirus pandemic, his divisive rhetoric, and the harmful impacts of his policies on Minnesotans. Featured on the call were DFL Party Chairman Ken Martin, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, Congresswoman Betty McCollum, Speaker of the House Melissa Hortman, State Senator Nick Frentz, State Senate candidate Lindsey Port, John Steigauf of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, and Gandhi Mahal restaurant owner Ruhel Islam. In addition, Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan issued statements this morning in response to the President’s stop in Mankato.
Full audio from the call here.
Excerpts from the call
Attorney General Keith Ellison: “We are going to be the fairest, most just, most inclusive, most environmentally responsible state we can possibly be. That is what Minnesotsans are stepping up to demonstrate right now, and we’re going to demonstrate it with great vigor and passion as Donald Trump comes to Minnesota. As Donald Trump comes to Minnesota, he thinks he’s going to divide us. He won’t. He’s going to unite us. He thinks he’s going to encourage people to believe that their neighbors are their biggest problem, as opposed to him. He thinks that he’s going to make sure he rallies people on their fears and on their lowest impulses, but what he’s really going to do is inspire us to assert the best of what we’re all about.”
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