Category: The Real Erik Paulsen

Vice President Pence will be back in Minnesota this month

The following article by Adam Uren was posted on the BringMetheNews.com website August 20, 2018:

He was only in Duluth a few weeks ago.

Credit: Fox News

Mike Pence must be a fan of Minnesota, because he’s coming back to the state for the second time this month.

The vice president will be in the Twin Cities on Thursday, Aug. 30, when he will attend a fundraiser in Bloomington.

The news was confirmed by Minnesota GOP chairwoman Jennifer Carnahan, who said: “We are excited to welcome Vice President Pence back to Minnesota following our primary election.

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Projections Show Most Minnesota Congressional Races Up For Grabs

The following article was posted on the KSTP website August 20, 2018:

The FiveThirtyEight, which partners with ABC News, recently released their Election 2018 forecast for the US House, which shows a majority of Minnesota’s Congressional Districts are competitive.

“Minnesota certainly for its size, has a ridiculously disproportionate number of competitive seats,” said Nathaniel Rakich, FiveThirtyEight Election Analyst. “I don’t know of any other state that has half of its districts, fully half of its districts competitive.”

KSTP 2018 Election Coverage

The FiveThirtyEight offers users three different options for viewing the projections from a lite version with only polling data, or options with fundraising, and a more in-depth model that includes projections from other non-partisan election analysts.

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Erik Paulsen Accepts Dean Phillips’s Invitation To Participate in Open-to-the-Public Voter Forums

Demand for public appearances by both candidates grows as Phillips appears at well-attended forums

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 in Coon Rapids and Eden Prairie. After 11 days of silence, Congressman Paulsen finally accepted the invitation to three forums, but with severe restrictions on participation, and did not offer dates on which he’d make himself available.

“Representation begins with listening,” said Dean 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, just conversation.” Continue reading “Erik Paulsen Accepts Dean Phillips’s Invitation To Participate in Open-to-the-Public Voter Forums”

In First Debate, Erik Paulsen Can’t Do the Math

“For a so-called ‘math guy,’ Rep. Erik Paulsen clearly doesn’t get that his votes add up in Washington. We’re happy to do the math for him: Paulsen votes with President Trump 98 percent of the time, while being the 6th highest recipient of special interest money in Congress. Those numbers won’t help his chances in November. ” – DCCC spokesperson Rachel Irwin 

Here’s a fact check of Paulsen’s claims:

Paulsen Claim: “I’m in the top ten percent of those who don’t vote with my party.”

Reality: In his career, Paulsen has voted with the Republican Party 93% of the time, and in the 115th Congress, Paulsen has voted 96% of the time with Paul Ryan. He votes with President Trump 98 percent of the time in D.C. Continue reading “In First Debate, Erik Paulsen Can’t Do the Math”

DFL Fact Check: Rep. Erik Paulsen misleads voters

During the Aug. 21 Twin West Chamber Debate between Congressman Erik Paulsen and Dean Phillips, Paulsen made questionable statements that will lead to fact checkers’ “pants-on-fire scores,” including:

Paulsen Claim: “Number six? I don’t know where you get that number from.”

Fact check: False. Paulsen is ranked number six <https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/top-recipients> from special interest raised from Super PACs.

Paulsen Claim: “The good news is you have young people graduating from college that don’t have as much of a challenge paying off student loans. There’s upward mobility.”

Fact check: False. “At nearly $1.4 trillion in loans outstanding, student debt is now the second-largest source of household debt and is the only form of consumer debt that continued to grow in the wake of the Great Recession.” -Brookings Institute<https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-looming-student-loan-default-crisis-is-worse-than-we-thought/> Continue reading “DFL Fact Check: Rep. Erik Paulsen misleads voters”

At Debate: Congressman Paulsen Misleads Voters

Dean Phillips Presses Congressman on Corruption in Congress

ST. LOUIS PARK, MN – Today in the first debate between candidates for Congress in Minnesota’s Third District, Congressman Erik Paulsen refused to be honest with voters when directly confronted about how much money he takes from special interests –despite clear evidence reported by several outlets including The New York Times.

“We have a Congress that is bought and sold by special interests and Congressman Paulsen ranks 6 out of 435 when it comes to those who take money from PACs, special interests, federal lobbyists and other Members of Congress,” said Dean Phillips. “I take none.” Continue reading “At Debate: Congressman Paulsen Misleads Voters”

25 Districts That Could Decide The House In 2018

THe following article by Nathaniel Rakich was posted on the FiveThirtyEight.com website August 16, 2018:

One of my favorite FiveThirtyEight concepts is the “tipping-point state,” first introduced by Nate more than 10 years ago. A tipping-point state is a literal swing state: the state that swings the result of a presidential election from one candidate to another. For example, if you put all 50 states in order by the margin that separated Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in 2016, from most Republican to most Democratic, then went down that list and began counting up the electoral votes for Trump, Wisconsin1 was the state that gave Trump his 270th electoral vote — and therefore the White House. Continue reading “25 Districts That Could Decide The House In 2018”

Paulsen Faces Backlash For Ducking Public Debates

Rep. Erik Paulsen, who is the 6th highest recipient of special interest PAC money in Congress, is notorious for dodging his constituents while gallivanting around the country with his special interest donors.

Now, Paulsen is facing fierce backlash back home for refusing to join his opponent Dean Phillips in a series of forums that are free and open to the public. To date, Paulsen has only agreed to a Twin Cities Chamber event that costs $60 to attend. This has riled up Minnesotans, with one local businessman angrily purchasing 60 tickets to give away to Paulsen’s constituents for free.

“If Rep. Erik Paulsen treated his constituents like his special interest donors, he’d give them all the time in the world,” said DCCC spokesperson Rachel Irwin. “Instead, Paulsen is turning his back on his constituents while doing the bidding of his special interest donors and party leaders in Congress. Paulsen clearly doesn’t want to face his record of voting with Trump 98 percent of the time to raise healthcare costs and gut protections for Americans with pre-existing conditions.” Continue reading “Paulsen Faces Backlash For Ducking Public Debates”