Seeing the beautiful tributes to @melissahortman by Minnesota Republicans makes me proud of my state and grateful for the friendship and decency of people like @kdaudt, @paulgazelka, @JuliaEColeman and others. Uniting > Fighting 🇺🇸
My prayers are with the families of Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, as well as Senator John Hoffman and his wife. I am shocked at the events that unfolded and condemn the violence. While law enforcement continues their search, I pray for peace in our state.
We had an $18 billion surplus, but Gov. Walz and Democrats recklessly blew through it all. Now schools are begging for help, but Democrats are turning their backs on them.
They used her for her vote to ram through their partisan agenda - & now they’ll switch to trying to push her out before June 8 so they can avoid a special election. Suddenly, all their reasons she was entitled to stay and be the deciding vote ~disappeared.~ Absolutely shameless.
In the dark of night, the Democrat chair of the education committee said that your local school is basically an irresponsible teenager who can't be trusted with money.
Sen. Mitchell was just the 34th and deciding vote to block an attempt to keep her from voting while the ethics complaint against her is being discussed by the ethics committee.
GOP Sen. Mark Johnson just entered a letter of “protest and dissent” after DFL Sen. Nicole Mitchell was deciding vote on a economic development bill. He read the letter on the floor that highlights the burglary arrest details from last week.
HAPPENING NOW: Senate and House DFL leaders say the final transportation finance bill will likely include BOTH an increase in gas tax indexed to inflation AND a delivery fee they now call a “road maintenance fee.” These taxes and fees will hit every Minnesotan.
Thank you @SpencerIgoMN and @RobFarnsworthMN for visiting MDI's Hibbing site today! Helping guide the tour from MDI were Andy Tracy, Cindy Brandt, Doris Day, and Jeanne Eglinton.