![]() ![]() It was just a few minutes after Murphy said “she wasn’t going to be that kind of politician” that she went after Walz and Swanson on guns. Murphy see guns and gun safety as a way - perhaps THE way - to help her catch Walz and Swanson “It’s obvious the reason these things happen is my One Minnesota campaign … has gained traction so this is the direction you go.”ģ. In response, Walz said the attack must be because he’s winning. Coordinated or not, however, the one-two punch put Walz on the defensive. The same day the TV ad went up, an independent expenditure campaign - one formed to support Swanson - sent a mailer making the same point.Ĭandidates and independent expenditure campaigns are not supposed to coordinate, and questions have been raised about the startling coincidence. But if she’s not still leading, or if it is close, she might need to do what she did this week: launch a TV ad that attacked Walz for missing votes in Congress while he was back in Minnesota campaigning. She would just stick to her message that her experience as attorney general would make her a good governor. If Swanson is leading in the polls, as the few publicly released polls indicate, she wouldn’t really need to give much of her attention to the others. Even without seeing any polls, you can make pretty good guesses about what the numbers are telling the candidates I’m not going to be that kind of politician.”Ģ. “They’re really tired of this kind of politics from the congressman and the then attorney general. “What I hear from people is how frustrated they are with this type of politics, the politics of yesterday,” Murphy said. “We’re at a very dangerous spot in this country where anything being reported is dismissed as fake news,” Walz said.įor much of the forum, Murphy got to stay out of the fray, even tsk-tsking both of her opponents for being negative. ![]() Walz said the story has been reported by state media outlets as well and attacked Swanson for attacking the media. Swanson - who denies pressuring staff and rewarding those who help on campaigns - has alleged that the stories are political payback because The Intercept is funded by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, who is also partners in other investments with people who have been sued by the attorney general. Walz chided Swanson for questioning the integrity of the news source that wrote about her AG staff and campaigning. And he said he missed the vote on the farm bill knowing he would be on the conference committee that will work out a final version.īy that point in the forum, Walz and Murphy had already given their views on a pair of stories by the online news outlet The Intercept that reported that Swanson had pressured her AG staff to work on her campaigns. Some of the missed votes came during flooding in Southern Minnesota when he was touring his district. Walz responded by saying he was “disappointed” that Swanson “chose to go down the low road.” He said he has been balancing many responsibilities within his congressional duties and his campaign. “You’d get fired from that job,” she said. “One of the most important things a congressman does is show up to vote,” and then compared him to a McDonald’s worker who regularly misses shifts. ![]() “I think a lot of people around here would consider voting for Tim.“Congressman Walz this year has missed 63 percent of his votes,” Swanson said. And I think when people do that, or when people see even your ads on TV - they know who you are. “But prior to voting, it’s hopefully getting to know candidates or reading something about them or looking online. “It is really important that people become civically engaged, and that means voting,” he said. Walz said voter engagement spans beyond voting. “I was just really impressed,” Gjersvik said. Peggy Bennett, R-Albert Lea, in November’s general election, said he met Tim Walz in March at the Freeborn County DFL Convention. Gjersvik, who is expected to face District 27A Rep. “And I think that’s a good motto to live by.” “You have to inspect what you expect,” she said. Ritchie called voting “one of the most important things that you can do, and it’s coming up.” “People want to know, is this country mobilized around citizens making the democracy work, or are we just standing back and kind of just seeing what is going to happen?” he said. ![]()
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