Stipulated: the DFL is Minnesota’s abusive spouse. I<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s in the phase of spousal abuse where the first round of resistance has led to an amping-up of the gaslighting and projection:<\/p>\n\n\n\n That, and their messaging can not <\/em>be intended to influence anyone but the stupid, the ill-informed and the uncritical, can it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Losing the popular vote for the house?”\u00a0 There is no “popular vote for the house”. \u00a0<\/em>There 134 district elections – nothing more. \u00a0<\/p>\n And in one of those districts, neither the state DFL, nor the HD40B committee, nor the voters did their due diligence to find that their candidate was lying about living in the district. \u00a0<\/p>\n The DFL wants to use their <\/em>“mistake” to deny representation to half the state. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Minnesotans voted for a tied house?”\u00a0 No – but if you want to look at it that way, half of Minnesota voted for a GOP House.\u00a0 And just under half of the state voted for a DFL House.\u00a0 And one district voted for a liar, either with the connivance or via the incompetence of the state DFL. \u00a0<\/p>\n Why not “Share power”?<\/p>\n To paraphrase the great political sage Tim Walz, “when you have political capital, you use it”<\/p>\n The giggly fratboys of the DFL said that two years ago.\u00a0 Today, the line has apparently changed to “we dont’ have any capital, and if you don’t lend us some ’til payday, we’re going to throw a tantrum”.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n And we may not be done<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Mohamed Jama, a potential top contender in a crowded special election to represent the safely Democratic district in northeast Minneapolis and Cedar-Riverside, likely does not meet the residency requirements according to state voter data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sonia Neculescu, a former DFL House candidate and resident of the district, filed a challenge to his candidacy with the state Supreme Court<\/a> on Monday alleging Jama registered to vote on Election Day in neighboring Senate District 63 in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Under state law, candidates must live in the district they\u2019re running to represent for at least six months prior to the election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jama did not immediately return a voicemail seeking comment.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n