{"id":87235,"date":"2024-03-25T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=87235"},"modified":"2024-06-03T12:43:11","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T17:43:11","slug":"you-heard-it-on-the-narn-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=87235","title":{"rendered":"You Heard It On The NARN First&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p>When I saw Angie Craig jamming Mary Moriarty into the wood chipper last week&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m hearing from constituents and local leaders in my district, and it\u2019s clear to me that it\u2019s time for state leaders to take over or reassign the Trooper Londregan case from the Hennepin County Attorney\u2019s office.<br><br>My full statement: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zAHEBEGX3f\">pic.twitter.com\/zAHEBEGX3f<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Angie Craig (@RepAngieCraig) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepAngieCraig\/status\/1770548524712677840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 20, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;. I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=87217\">figured there  was a reason<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And MPR <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mprnews.org\/story\/2024\/03\/22\/gop-sees-opportunity-in-minnesotas-2nd-district-against-incumbent-craig?utm_campaign=Capitol_View_Newsletter20240322&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=sfmc_&amp;utm_content=&amp;fbclid=IwAR2cIjwnBvy997kkiLBcp7K6uIfZynMZrnEquUEJptkZ4WynitunVdCuKfE_aem_AUODMCiy9k9GglT4u2SGlGeDFxyuDDuKecljDp5ezYJcWcBDGfzAVJWdSLdntpW9F0E_T2KzXQ-EZqRLJh8bTe5k\">apparently thinks so as well<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Most congressional districts in the nation and in Minnesota are considered either firmly Republican or Democratic. That\u2019s not the case in the 2nd District, which comprises much of the south metro area, but also stretches deep into rural south-central Minnesota.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The combination of near-urban, suburban and rural voters makes the district viable ground for both parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The district\u2019s Republican Party Chair, Joseph Ditto, said 2024 is his party\u2019s best opportunity in years to defeat Craig, who won the prior three elections by close margins.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, the DFL money and media machines will be working overtime to put lipstick on the metaphorical progressive pig that Craig is once she goes to DC:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Craig has a massive fund-raising advantage. Craig has raked in more than $3 million for this race so far. That\u2019s more than five times as much as her Republican challengers raised combined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Craig had more than $2 million in the bank to start the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Outside groups have also indicated plans to play heavily in the district, one of relatively few targeted races in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a district where independent voters will prove pivotal, Craig is promoting efforts to reach agreement with Republicans on issues ranging from combatting fentanyl smuggling to stopping congressional pay raises. Five press releases in March alone use \u201cbipartisan\u201d in the headline.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve been used to Craig rolling out TV ads driving offroad in a Jeep, to try to burnish her &#8220;not like <em>those <\/em>DFLers&#8221; cred.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I fully expect to see a new one with her at the range with matching AK47s in each hand. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I saw Angie Craig jamming Mary Moriarty into the wood chipper last week&#8230; &#8230;. I figured there was a reason. And MPR apparently thinks so as well: Most congressional districts in the nation and in Minnesota are considered either firmly Republican or Democratic. That\u2019s not the case in the 2nd District, which comprises much [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,2,155,320],"tags":[465,161],"class_list":["post-87235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-democrats","category-minnesota-politics","category-mn-congressional","category-mndfl","tag-mary-moriarty","tag-mn-cd2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87235"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87236,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87235\/revisions\/87236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}