U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar said Thursday she is running for governor of Minnesota, promising to take on Donald Trump while unifying a state that has endured a series of challenges even before the federal government’s immigration crackdown.
Klobuchar’s decision gives Democrats a high-profile candidate and proven statewide winner as their party tries to hold onto the office occupied by Gov. Tim Walz.
Klobuchar cited Trump’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota, federal officers killing two Minnesotans who protested, the assassination of a state legislative leader and a school shooting that killed multiple children — all within the last year. She avoided direct mention of ongoing fraud investigations into the child care programs that Trump has made a political cudgel.
Could we please have candidates from Gen Z?
Us millennials and these old remaining dinosaurs from 1950 should step aside and let the new generation lead.
I think is milenials are still good. For a few more years. Also, we are the only generation that can save files, and know where they went.
But more youngsters would be nice.
Running a campaign on finding common ground with the people who are forcibly occupying your state’s largest city?
Fuck off, fossil.
Yeah the common ground comment grinded my gears, too. What exactly is the common ground left?
FFS, please someone primary her. Friend worked on her staff for a while and the friend literally had to go to therapy over it .
She has some nerve showing her face in this city, let alone asking for our vote. Fuck this collaborator.
She’s an Israeli asset and a traitor. She always votes to give Israel a blank check
I have zero confidence that Klonuchar represent any departure from the exact cowardice and capitulation that democrats seemingly always practice and has resulted in a fascist takeover.
I’d rather Jesse Ventura or Al Franken run. Bleh 😩
Franken was done so dirty. He needs to get back into it.
If the comments in this thread and what I’ve heard from others in MN are any indication, good fucking luck Klobuchar.
Who can we platform to challenge her? I’m open to any suggestions.
Ilhan Omar.
Not only is she right (and votes what she says) about just about every single policy issue, she’s also proven without a doubt that she’s every bit the fighter Centrist bloviators pretend to be, what with enduring the constant scapegoating from both Republicans and her own party as well as hardly breaking her stride after being attacked by a MAGA cultist
And before you go “but she’s too divisive! No Republicans or swing voters would vote for her!”, the vast majority of them wouldn’t vote for Klobuchar either, and she (Omar) would bring out the base several times better.
Screw Klobuchar
She’s a do nothing centrist. So fucking sick of Democrats shifting to the right
Its funny you call her a centrist but what is Walz then? He has modest economic reforms he accomplished and some other things but on every other issue he is just as right wing as every other Dem.
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Do you have any kind of real substantive things to say to me or is it just liberal pablum?
Like do you think I see criticisms from liberals who enjoying licking the boot on their neck and take it seriously?
I would love to engage in an actual conversation if you are capable.
actually i more or less agree with your analysis of walz and Klobuchar’s political leanings. I would support any true left candidate for sure. You were just kind of an angry dick in your comment, which is why I decided to take a shot in jest.
I think you are ascribing a character to what I said that is not there. Where was I angry or a dick in what I said? I’m just being honest.
You right that your written text specifically doesn’t call for that.
The dick part comes from the context and your word choice; the “meta” if you will. The users see the post title, then they see the comments, and they get this specific thread where the first comment was calling out shitty centrism.
Then your reply was critical and sarcastic: “its funny…” it’s not funny. You clearly don’t think it’s funny. You’re being sarcastic, which in this context is an unfriendly choice. If we were in a room together, everyone would feel the negative vibe.
further the fact that you were being critical of the poster who technically did write something that you agree with. But it wasn’t good enough for you. You had to criticize it for not being good enough. Dickish.
And the cherry on top is that ML has a really bad reputation. I personally quit discussions with ml people because there’s no honest discussion, it’s just a jump to pushing niche agenda and anger and putting others down. You are wearing that domain on your name tag. It speaks to something about the choices you make and the people you like to associate with.
All of these things combined is why I think you’re getting downvoted to hell.
I don’t know you personally and the fact that you’re actually open to some discussion is quite valuable in my book. Personally, you’re coming off as much higher quality person than most ML people I’ve dealt with.
You asked, so I answered!
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