Tom VanErp

NYM HS '84, FFCC ‘86, UMM '89, Silver Lake, OTC football & track/field, Battle Lake Basketball fan, SJU Dad & fan, NDSU track parent, CM TEC #124

[Tom VanErp @VanErp54]

@MN_Fraud_Cmte @HarryNiska What could go wrong ?🤷🏻‍♂️

[MN House Republicans @mnhousegop]

Representative @ImSchultz speaks out on the high cost of living and rising property taxes in Minnesota. Instead of saving for a rainy day, the Democrat trifecta spent an $18 billion surplus, raised taxes by $10 billion, and pushed higher costs onto local governments and hardworking taxpayers. Now we're seeing the fallout in the projected $1 BILLION property tax increase coming in 2026. 👇

[TodayInSports @TodayInSportsCo]

Who says no?

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

Perhaps the two most honest men of their generation.

[Tom VanErp @VanErp54]

@TodayInSportsCo Captain Crunch

[Tom VanErp @VanErp54]

@TodayInSportsCo Best baseball movie ever!

[Tom VanErp @VanErp54]

@Super70sSports

[Tom VanErp @VanErp54]

@TodayInSportsCo No question: Kobe

[Garage Logic @GLpodcast]

Novemeber 4th, a day where the ballot is a test. A day with right and wrong answers. PUSH BACK MINNESOTA! Let's build a future better for all!

✅ Right: Lower taxes, safer streets, energy that works. ❌ Wrong: Defund cops, open borders, rampant fraud.

[Kristin Robbins @KRobbinsMN]

Today, I’m officially launching my campaign for Governor of Minnesota. Families are working harder than ever while Tim Walz makes life more difficult.

I’m running to fight fraud, cut taxes, support our police, strengthen schools, and bring back common sense leadership.

[SJU Football Video @Johnnies_Video]

For Boz.
Forever a Johnnie.

Episode 6: “for boz” - live now on Youtube.

https://t.co/PmGUfZOIrz

[Walter Hudson @WalterHudson]

As I sat though tonight's Kirk vigil in Lakeville, one of several that took place tonight, I asked myself...

... If I were a Democrat in this moment, what would I be doing?

To some degree, I already know the answer, because I already did it back in June after the Hortman murders.

I'd be out there day one condemning the act and policing my own.

I'd be shouting down misinformation, even when it comes from a popular US senator whose politics I share.

I'd be engaging with media that's been critical of me and talk about how we can have better conversations.

And I'd be attending remembrances...

As a matter of record, I declared my intent to attend the Hortman vigil at the capitol with my family. But I was waved off by a member of the capitol security team because they'd received intel on a credible threat against any Republican in attendance. That turned out to be from Democrat lobbyist Johnathan Bohn, who was arrested and charged.

Even so, I and most of my GOP colleagues were later in attendance at the Hortman funeral.

So. That's how I know what I'd be doing now if I was a Democrat... because I already did it as a Republican.

But. There's some things I can only speculate about. Because there are substantive differences between the reactions to Hortman and Kirk.

For instance, Mike Lee's comment notwithstanding (which I and other local electeds condemned), there was no massive outpouring of hatred, vitriol, and critical essays about Melissa Hortman from prominent figures.

... and... BTW... now that there's been some space to grieve... that was *not* because such criticism could not have been made... but because those of us who could have made them have the basic human decency to not do so before someone is buried.

So. I can't tell you for sure what I would do if dozens of my House Republican colleagues and congrespeople came out with damning critiques of Hortman before she was in the ground.

... because that didn't happen.

But. I can imagine. I can extrapolate based on what I already did.

And I'm confident that, if my party was acting that reprehensibly, and there were multiple vigils going on for Hortman (where, presumably, there wasn't a Democrat lobbyist trying to shoot me), I'd be getting in front of that potentially hostile crowd to condemn my colleagues' behavior and pledge to work as a change agent to restore the social contract where we don't dance on each others' graves.

Aside from being the right thing to do, it would be a tremendous leadership opportunity, because such abhorrent behavior is not sustainable. And leading with morality in that moment would set the stage for leading in other ways.

...

Alas. To my knowledge. None of my Democrat colleagues are thinking this way.

Sad.

Also, pathetic.

[Jeffery Mead @the_jefferymead]

The amount of lies I see going around about Charlie Kirk is pretty wild. So I'm going to start debunking many of these lies.

Let's start with the lie that he hated gay people.

[Saint John's Athletics @SJUJohnnies]

After a bit of a slow start offensively, No. 4 @SJUFootball piled up 488 yards of total offense while holding Minnesota-Morris to just 124 in today's 49-0 season-opening win in Collegeville!

RECAP: https://t.co/j6rHMBkcIr

#GoJohnnies | #d3fb

[Mike Benz @MikeBenzCyber]

18,000 new chapter requests for TPUSA

[Frank Rajkowski @rajko1973]

Final from Collegeville: St. John’s 49, Minnesota-Morris 0

[Kendall Qualls @KendallQuallsMN]

Tim Walz would rather depend on China for critical minerals than let Minnesotans work on the Iron Range. That’s wrong.

As governor, I’ll stand with workers, revive projects like Twin Metals, and make Minnesota a leader in American-led prosperity.

[Turning Point USA @TPUSA]

https://t.co/sMkws4CyXx

[Tom VanErp @VanErp54]

@WalterHudson @avsterbone Deplorable behavior😞

[Daily Wire @realDailyWire]

"When people stop talking, that's when you get violence." -Charlie Kirk