Press Releases from the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
DFLers slam Trump on long-term jobs strategy as July BLS report shows slowdown in hiring
08/07/2020
Following the monthly Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report this morning, DFL leaders are speaking out about Trump’s failure to respond to the coronavirus pandemic and the devastating impact it’s had on Minnesota’s economy. Today’s jobs report reflects a slowdown in hiring after Trump’s failure to contain the virus forced many states back into lockdown. America is hurting, and we’re still 12.9 million jobs under where we were in February. This continued bad news comes as Joe Biden has put forward his own plan to create millions of new manufacturing jobs and ensure the future is made in all of America by all of America’s workers.
DFL Statement on the Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act
08/07/2020
The day after the 55th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, DFL Chair Ken Martin released the following statement.
FEC Complaint to be Filed Against Antone for Congress for Violating Federal Election Law
08/04/2020
Tomorrow, the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer Labor Party will be filing a FEC complaint against Antone Melton-Meaux, Antone for Congress and associated firms for conspiring to intentionally obscure the individuals providing services to Antone for Congress – in clear contravention of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 and its disclosure requirements.
Minnesota Farmers Sound Off on Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Jason Lewis’ Past Comments That We Should Let Farms Fail
08/04/2020
After the Star Tribune shared previously unreported comments made by Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Jason Lewis on farming–including that America has “glamorized” farming and saying that it was “naive” for members of Congress to run on “not one more farm going under”–Minnesota farmers and members of the agriculture community are rightfully outraged.
Jason Lewis Doubles Down on Letting Minnesota Farms Fail
08/03/2020
Just hours after the Star Tribune revealed Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jason Lewis’ past comments demeaning the agriculture community, and his record of voting against the bipartisan Farm Bill, Lewis doubled down in a new interview saying, “I don’t take back anything I said” and “I have nothing to take back.”
Republican Senate Candidate Jason Lewis’ Previously Unreported Comments Show He Would Let Minnesota Farms Fail
08/03/2020
Republican U.S. Senate candidate for Minnesota, Jason Lewis, repeatedly puts his own rigid ideology ahead of Minnesotans. Newly-released reporting by the Star Tribune reveals a series of demeaning comments Lewis made about the farming community and their importance to Minnesota and our nation.
DFL Party Statement on Trump’s Push to Delay the 2020 Election
07/30/2020
Today, Minnesota DFL Party Chairman Ken Martin issued the following statement on Donald Trump’s push to delay the 2020 elections:
“Let’s be clear about what’s happening here: President Trump is suggesting we delay the 2020 election almost immediately after the United States surpassed 150,000 deaths due to COVID-19 and suffered the worst economic nosedive in American history.
DFL on Trump’s continued attacks on ACA in middle of pandemic
07/29/2020
Yesterday marked the three year anniversary of the day Senator John McCain joined with Senate Democrats and voted against repealing the Affordable Care Act, temporarily saving the landmark legislation responsible for providing affordable health care for millions of Minnesotans. After failing in Congress, Donald Trump turned to the courts to continue his relentless push to repeal the ACA with no replacement plan.
Multiple Minnesota Republicans Compare Masks to Nazism
07/28/2020
DFL Party Calls on MNGOP to Condemn and Stop Fueling Offensive Rhetoric
DFL Party Leaders Criticize Trump for Failing Indigenous People
07/27/2020
“While Trump and his cronies may show up for a campaign photo op, it’s clear they won’t show up when it actually matters”
Today, as Ivanka Trump prepares to visit Bloomington, Minnesota, to attend the opening of a Missing and Murdered Native American Cold Case Office, leaders of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party criticized the Trump administration for failing to seriously and materially support Tribal Nations.