"Senator...you can go to hell..."

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"Senator...you can go to hell..."
FlannelGuy
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Monday April 13, 2020 · 2:32 AM EDT


Politically astute Minnesotans know who State Senator Paul Gazelka (R)) is. He’s the State Senate Majority Leader, heading up a Republican caucus that holds an oh so slim majority in the 67 seat chamber. He also knows — and if he does not, he’s delusional — that his majority is in serious danger this fall.

Sen. Gazelka has also been making a fair share of noise criticizing Gov. Walz’s (D) efforts to deal with Covid-19. Apparently Sen. Gazelka would like us to be, oh, I don’t know, another Florida or something? Mind you the good senator has not been obnoxiously critical of Gov Walz. Oh no. He’s been wonderfully passive-aggressive about it.

On March 25, as Gov Walz and his administration were doing there level best to manage the crisis, the good state senator was tweeting out:

“I share the Governor’s concerns about the safety and well-being of all Minnesotans. I also have grave concerns about his statewide ‘Stay-at-Home’ order, and the consequences for families when their jobs and businesses that provide their livelihood are lost”

The senators district includes some pristine lake country in north-central Minnesota, many resorts, lake homes, and a lot of golf courses.

Since the beginning he’s also been pissy about how, in his estimation, the governor has not engaged in enough ass-kissing to his caucus as these decisions were being made.

Gazelka said Senate Republicans would "prefer to work with the governor within the legislative process where we can facilitate testimony, oversight, and ultimately, approval of his actions."

So as Gov Walz had kept his course and tried to keep our state and its citizens safe, the good senator has maintained his criticism. The governor’s extension of his “stay-at-home” order last week led Gazelka to say:

“I do not approve of the Governor’s unilateral decision to continue the order to shelter at home until May 4th,” Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka tweeted Thursday. “We have to get on with our lives.”

Enter Jon Tevlin, a former columnist for the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Tevlin, no longer bound by the journalistic ethics of being restrained, reacted to Gazelka’s above tweet in spectacular fashion.


Thank you Jon Tevlin for saying what I truly believe is what more than one member of the Walz administration would like to tell you.

When this is all over, you sir, will look even more the the fool than you do now. Perhaps you and all the other Republican leaders who tried to minimize the severity of this outbreak can all go on a loooong vacation together...after you get your collective arses kicked in November.