Minnesota DFL Party Secretary • Special Education Teacher • Fmr. School Board Member/Secretary • Dog Mom 🐾 • Galician & Italian-Brazilian • Tweets are my own!
This happened in rural Minnesota tonight. Nearly 100 people showed up with short notice to rally in support of abortion rights. One thing is clear: Red Wing supports reproductive freedom (and don’t you forget it!)!
#BansOffOurBodies
@dieworkwear
@Tim_Walz
doesn’t just wear Carhartt to fit in with Gen Z, he’s been rocking it for years because it’s just who he is! Here is my Governor from the campaign trail in 2022.
@dieworkwear
I’m all in for
@KamalaHarris
and would love for Governor
@Tim_Walz
to join the team as her VP pick. If that doesn’t happen, I’ll work to elect whoever she does pick because the stakes are just too high.
Just brought my aunt to vote early today here in Red Wing. She is developmentally disabled but very capable of voting (despite what Kim Crockett might think). Most notably, she was proud to cast her vote for
@MNSteveSimon
!
Please be kind to your educator friends right now. If they are anything like me, they are worried about going back to in-person school next week. Between COVID and staffing challenges, it’s going to be ROUGH.
For the people just discovering
@Tim_Walz
for the first time, here’s a great video telling you the story of why we love him so much here in Minnesota. Regardless of the
#Veepstakes
, we will always be proud of what he’s done for us!
Right now, Minnesota is showing the country you don't win elections to bank political capital – you win elections to burn political capital and improve lives.
I was there when this happened!!! What made it even funnier was that the Senator had just got done saying that she didn’t need a photo. The firefighters and her staff convinced her to get one and we are all better for it! 😃😁
A line of pride flags have formed outside Little Roos in Chaska after the Proudboys of Minnesota showed up protesting in masks and holding signs.
The children’s boutique is holding its first drag story time Saturday.
@FOX9
Just got my notification letter in the mail telling me the remainder of my student loans have been completely forgiven as part of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program! Thank you,
@POTUS
!! This teacher is eternally grateful for your administration fixing this program!!
@WalzWarRoom
I had the opportunity to be on the GOTV bus tour with Gov. Tim Walz in 2022 and can safely say he’s one of the hardest campaigners you’ll ever meet. His energy, voice, and his ability to connect with people is truly unique. If he gets picked for VP, I know he’s going to rock it!
If members of the GOP in the MN House were treated even half as badly as
@leighfinke
, they’d probably quit. The fact that no GOP reps have had the decency to ask their supporters to stop their harassment of her speaks volumes.
#StandWithLeigh
Gotta love that
@Tim_Walz
wears boots made here in America with UNION labor (shout out to UFCW Local 527!). For those just learning about Tim Walz, you have to love this fact about him!
@WalzWarRoom
@davidhogg111
Attended the amazing “Rally for Trans Kids” in Hastings, MN to support Kelsey Waits and her family. In case you can’t tell, hundreds of people showed up to take a stand against the bullying and hate that they experienced during her campaign for school board.
#istandwithkit
@RepPeteStauber
But it’s ok for financial institutions to prey on 16/17/18 year olds wanting to get a higher education? You realize that’s the age that kids sign for loans, right? We don’t even let people get rental cars until they are 25 yet we are ok with predatory actions like this? Pfft… 🙄
@Weinsteinlaw
@ImamAsadZaman
I’m a teacher in Minneapolis and this man’s kids go to my school. His daughter is in one of my math classes. Thankfully he is expected to recover but the trauma will never go away.
@kellyfentonmn
Walz isn’t in the legislature. He signed the bill when it came to his desk and ALWAYS made it clear he would have liked the rebate to be higher. I do remember the Senate GOP refusing to do rebates in 2022 because they didn’t want Walz to get the credit…
@ErinMayeQuade
Draz literally ignores that several towns in the district, including Mazeppa and Red Wing, have active food shelves. In Red Wing, we also have community pantries all over town to help with food insecurity (like little free libraries but for food and supplies). He doesn’t care.
@drvolts
The Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party has a long history of progressive grassroots politics. We in MN know how to organize and win but even more than that, our elected leaders know how to legislate effectively to improve everyday folks’ lives.
@IlhanMN
@atrupar
Unfortunately
@SteveDraz
is my state senator. We have food insecurity right here in SD20 and many people aren’t happy with his comments. A friend, another constituent, responded in this video here.
Just a reminder that not all towns in Greater MN voted for Trump. My hometown of Red Wing went blue in 2020, along with a few rural precincts in Lake City and Wabasha (and that’s without using regular organizing tactics like doorknocking!).
Senator “I have yet to meet a person in Minnesota that is hungry” Drazkowski is going to the Red Wing City Council meeting tonight at 6 pm. Come join me during public comment to talk up our local food shelf so
@SteveDraz
has to hear about all the good they do for our community!
@chefjoseandres
@ClaraJeffery
@SteveDraz
@chefjoseandres
I would be happy to host if you came to our district (I’m one of his constituents). We have a wonderful food shelf in Red Wing, not to mention community pantries that are set up around town for people to donate food & supplies (similar to little free libraries).
This is one of my favorite photos from yesterday. We met this lovely family after they visited their dad who works at the RW post office. They were headed to the library next but stopped to hang with us instead. The kids were ADORBABLE. I even got a hug… DAY OFFICIALLY MADE! 💕
@javimorillo
@AGEllison
Keith and his department helped my parents with their wage theft case. He got them what was owed to them by their employer and made sure that they were taken care of throughout the process.
I kinda love that tweeting my support for Rep. Finke and trans folks gets some people on here all riled up. It must be difficult being so angry all the time.
#TransRefugeBill
#mnleg
IT’S HAPPENING!! Last night the Minnesota Senate voted to pass SF 2909, a public safety omnibus bill that includes universal background checks, a red flag bill, community violence intervention funding, and no knock warrants. The House will vote for final passage today. 👏👏👏
@saaaauuull
Here’s a photo I took when Tim was still in Congress and running for his first term as MN Governor (circa 2017). He loves kids and often seeks them out to say hi or make silly faces. Just an absolute amazing guy.
@JoJoFromJerz
@atrupar
Yeah, and he has the Prairie Island Indian Community in his district. I shared it with some members and they are NOT happy with him.
As someone who worked at the DFL booth multiple days and saw how excited people were to support the party and our Harris/Walz ticket, this doesn’t surprise me at all. 😍💙🔥
@StarTribune
They haven’t won a statewide election in nearly 2 decades so this is actually pretty laughable. How’s that 2022 red wave working out for them?? Oh yeah, it didn’t happen.
MN state Rep. Steve Drazkowski (R) argues for abolishing early childhood education:
"We should let parents raise their kids until they're 5 at least before government comes with a school bus, backs it up to the maternity ward room door and takes them to the government school."
@PamAltendorf
It sucks to be in the minority party, doesn’t it Pam? Better get used to it too. You and your party simply don’t have any good ideas and the voters of MN agree.
Where is the
@mngop
on this? Have they issued a statement condemning this kind of rhetoric and abuse…?? No person, state rep or not, deserves to get messages like this on a regular basis.
Today during a committee hearing on the Boundary Waters, we discovered that one of the witnesses testifying was actually a lobbyist for a mining company.
This company would profit off of mining in the Boundary Waters, all while polluting and causing irreparable harm to the land.
In 2020, Republicans were caught recruiting other Republicans to run 3rd party to siphon votes from DFLers in key races.
They're doing it again in 2022. Don't let Republicans trick you.
@PamAltendorf
@Target
@redwing
I live in Red Wing and appreciate these drive up spots. If I go inside, I know that I’ll spend more money on crap I don’t need (aka the Target curse will strike again!). Why are you vilifying Target for listening to the consumer??
I won’t forget January 6th.
I won’t forget that this woman, FROM RED WING, was there and thought she was on the right side of history (she wasn’t).
I won’t forget the silence from our Republican elected leaders…
BREAKING: Representative
@donaldraleigh
has been identified as the Minnesota lawmaker who appeared on the membership list of the Oath Keepers, a violent, far-right, anti-government militia.
@MNTwinsZealot
@atrupar
He could literally drive through Red Wing (in his district) to see our community pantries all over the place (but he won’t). They are like little free libraries but for food. Many families utilize them because of food insecurity. Draz just doesn’t care.
Thankful we have a responsible Secretary of Transportation working on this issue. Pete Buttigieg actually cares about people and will make sure the airlines follow the rules to make this right.
We’re continuing to address effects on transportation systems from today’s widespread tech outage.
Many flights are impacted as systems recover—passengers should check with their airline for updates and visit our website for more on passenger protections.
In the hustle and bustle of the past week, I forgot to post some photos of meeting
@RepKatiePorter
when she made a stop in Minneapolis. In case you’re wondering, she really is what she seems like on TV (smart, passionate, funny, down to earth, generous, etc.)…
@RyanVernosh
I’d like to see mandated due process time every day (just like a prep) for SPED teachers like myself. My prep isn’t long enough to actually prep for all of my groups and classes AND do all of my required due process paperwork. It’s why SPED teachers burn out so fast!
So thankful for my
#DFLtrifecta
at the
#mnleg
. We finally passed new gun safety reforms which will make MN safer! 👏🎉
Also, major shout out to
@GovTimWalz
for signing the bill,
@GabbyGiffords
for leading the charge, and to so many others who showed up to make this happen! 🧡🧡
Unapologetically pro-choice. Reproductive rights are for everyone & I’m extremely proud of our DFL legislative leaders for passing the PRO Act to keep abortion safe and available here in MN. So many people were counting on them and they did it!💙👏
@brioncurran
Thank you for saying this. Rep. Finke has been subjected to horrible treatment by her GOP peers and when she pushes back, they act like she’s the problem.