Press Release

Meet Paul Gazelka. As Senate Majority Leader, he's chiefly responsible for blocking most police reform bills.@paulgazelka is a bigot who recently gave an interview during which he said that sexual assault and bad parenting can turn people gay. #mnleghttps://t.co/gZsXWDEoRI

— Minnesota DFL Party (@MinnesotaDFL) June 18, 2020

Meet Karin Housley, the Assistant Majority Leader in the Minnesota Senate.

Somehow, @KarinHousley felt it was appropriate to compare Michelle Obama to a chimp on social media. When this was brought up, Housley refused to apologize for her racist comment.https://t.co/B2JvGjTqSd

— Minnesota DFL Party (@MinnesotaDFL) June 18, 2020

Meet Dan Hall, a Republican Senator from Burnsville.
@SenatorDanHall is a giant homophobe who thinks being gay is an illness that you can cure. In 2019, Hall stopped DFLers from banning incredibly harmful and cruel attempts to "cure" LGBTQ people.https://t.co/URC7S1Ozr0

— Minnesota DFL Party (@MinnesotaDFL) June 18, 2020

Meet Carla Nelson, a Republican Senator from Rochester.

When U of M students protested racist speakers on campus, including one who said Black Lives Matter is worse than the KKK, @CarlaNelsonMN wrote a bill to ban campuses from disinviting these speakers.https://t.co/tru7GKtSLL

— Minnesota DFL Party (@MinnesotaDFL) June 18, 2020

Meet Roger Chamberlain. He's a Republican Senator from Lino Lakes.
@rcchamberlain1 spends a lot of time on Twitter where he retweets cruel slurs and likes conspiracy theory posts calling Bill Gates a "Pedo Cuck" and telling the philanthropist to "eat a giant bag of dicks." pic.twitter.com/0PnqdFdL4i

— Minnesota DFL Party (@MinnesotaDFL) June 18, 2020

Given their appalling records of bigotry, indifference, ignorance, and cruelty, it's no surprise that Minnesota's Republican Senators have already vowed to block most serious police reform.

That has to change, and we need your help to do it. #mnleghttps://t.co/9mxsPYdM52

— Minnesota DFL Party (@MinnesotaDFL) June 18, 2020

If GOP Senators refuse to listen to Minnesotans demanding change, they must be voted out. Fortunately, the Minnesota Senate is up for election in November. #mnleg

To request your mail-in ballot so you can support pro-police reform candidates, head to https://t.co/t61moWtdj0. pic.twitter.com/do9VaJsKS6

— Minnesota DFL Party (@MinnesotaDFL) June 18, 2020

No matter what happens tomorrow, the DFL Party is committed to being a steadfast ally in the fight for racial equity, the work to create real change, and the pursuit of justice for all who call Minnesota home. https://t.co/zp4Ny2AdUV

— Minnesota DFL Party (@MinnesotaDFL) June 18, 2020