No endorsement in MN-08

[Jeppe]

I've ranted enough about this race today, so I'll spare Atlas of my diatribes against Nolan, Frey, Kennedy, and Radinovich. Godspeed Phifer, you'll need it for the August primary.

[Jeppe]

I've ranted enough about this race today, so I'll spare Atlas of my diatribes against Nolan, Frey, Kennedy, and Radinovich. Godspeed Phifer, you'll need it for the August primary.

Apparently progressives aren't too excited about a former ICE deporter, who knew?

I don't think that there's anything wrong with working as an ICE agent, just like how I don't blame the individual soldiers for fighting in wars that kill countless innocents and ruin the lives of even more.

Like it or not, unless we completely open up our borders, somebody has to do what ICE does. We can talk all about disbanding ICE, but its duties will just be transferred along to another federal agency.

[Jeppe]

I've ranted enough about this race today, so I'll spare Atlas of my diatribes against Nolan, Frey, Kennedy, and Radinovich. Godspeed Phifer, you'll need it for the August primary.

Apparently progressives aren't too excited about a former ICE deporter, who knew?

I don't think that there's anything wrong with working as an ICE agent, just like how I don't blame the individual soldiers for fighting in wars that kill countless innocents and ruin the lives of even more.

Like it or not, unless we completely open up our borders, somebody has to do what ICE does. We can talk all about disbanding ICE, but its duties will just be transferred along to another federal agency.

That doesn't mean we need to send someone who worked for them to Congress. Especially with a strong proven politically experienced. progressive as an alternative.

I think sending an ICE agent to Congress wouldn't be the worst thing ever to happen. Having somebody who has actually had to sign off on the warrant of deportations and see how immigration laws actually affect families would be nice for a change.

I liked Radinovich before this whole mess of a caucus, but his brand of politics is trash. No more backroom deals, no more dirty politicking, and no more untruthful smears against fellow Democrats. His whole smear campaign against Phifer seems eerily similar to Lipinski's awful attacks against Newman.

This tweet is basically how I feel about Phifer working for ICE.

https://twitter.com/Brian_P_OShea/status/985291317927464962

[Jeppe]

I think most people are worried more about Phifer's environmentalist stance than her past working for the ICE.

You'd be surprised. People are treating her like she personally dragged away a hundred kids into Mexico.

[Jeppe]

Why is ICE an issue in a 93% white district thats only 2% Hispanic?

All the Minneapolis pols came to support Radinovich.

https://twitter.com/seksi/status/985296587168530432

[Jeppe]

Looks like a clown-car primary. Metsa is officially running in the primary, and Michelle Lee already said she would run in the primary even before the no-endorsement vote. No news from Kristen Kennedy's team, but it wouldn't be surprising if she jumped back in the race.

Radinovich, Metsa, and Kennedy will share the same pro-mining voter base, while Phifer and Lee will split the support of the pro-environmentalism voter base, so we'll see what happens.

Nolan retracted his endorsement for Radinovich, as he said the endorsement was only in place between Radinovich and Phifer.

[Jeppe]

Wait, I seem to have misunderstood, I thought Phifer was the less enivironmentally conscious individual, but now it seems to be the other way around. Her record working at ICE seems to piss off the progressives but probably helps her with all the non-progressives in the district. Now I’m not sure who’s actually the most progressive candidate in the district and who would fit the constituency (and more conservative post-redistricting constituency) best.

To be honest, her record at ICE is mainly just pissing off DFL activists in Minneapolis, not MN-08. Literally just one of Phifer's 80-something delegates defected after the Latino caucus spiel against Phifer.