{"id":75050,"date":"2020-08-19T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=75050"},"modified":"2020-08-18T11:18:55","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T16:18:55","slug":"karmas-a-mer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=75050","title":{"rendered":"Karma’s A M*********er"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

John Thompson – the DFL-endorsed candidate currently awaiting coronation in House District 67A, the East Side – is the guy who we saw the other day standing in Bob Kroll’s driveway, bellowing that he’d be perfectly happy to burn exurban Hugo to the ground at the little group of tweenage girls standing by the garage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turns out there’s been a bit of a backlash, and Thompson doesn’t like people…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…well…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…harassing him and invoking his family. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/PioneerPress\/status\/1295509301562429440\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In videos circulating on social media<\/a>, John Thompson, a DFL-endorsed candidate for House District 67A, threatened to burn Hugo and said \u201cBlue Lives ain\u2019t sh\u2013.\u201d He also appears to yell at young white girls watching from an open garage, calling them \u201cracist mother-f\u2014\u2013s.\u201d<\/p>

On Monday, Thompson said he was getting death threats and declined an interview out of concern for his family\u2019s safety.<\/p>

\u201cWhen people are calling my family and telling my family they are going to put a bullet in my son\u2019s head, I\u2019m not in a space right now to talk to the press,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n\n

To my amazement, the backlash has been such that even the DFL had to exhibit at least a vestige of shame:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe expect our candidates and elected officials to live up to our highest values when they represent our DFL Party,\u201d said DFL Party Chairman Ken Martin. \u201cThe Minnesota DFL does not condone any rhetoric which is violent, hateful, or inflammatory.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

To perhaps my greater amazement, the article in the PiPress doesn’t use the phrase “GOP pounced…” or “GOP seized on” Thompson’s racist tirade. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m sure that’ll be rectified. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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