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The scene in the northern Minnesota mining town of Virginia fit perfectly into the Trump campaigns story line.
On one side of the street, a group of Republicans were waving Trump flags and singing God Bless the U.S.A. Across the street at the local steelworkers union office, a smaller group stood masked and silent, looking on with Joe Biden signs.
One of the Trump supporters made a crack about the size of the Biden crowd. Rob Farnsworth, a Republican state House candidate and member of the Minnesota teachers union, extended an invitation. You can be a Republican and you can be a union member, he yelled across the street. So come on over, the water is nice.
Events like this have come to define the narrative of northeastern Minnesota, which both presidential candidates have visited: union members breaking ranks with their leadership; longtime Democratic mayors, like the mayor of Virginia, endorsing Trump, all signifying that the political allegiances of Minnesotas long-blue Iron Range are now matching its red ore-stained dirt.
President Donald Trump has played up his blue-collar support across the country, making places like northeastern Minnesota critical ground for his campaign. But the regions dwindling population also demonstrates one of the central challenges he faces in flipping Minnesota.
https://www.startribune.com/shifting-iron-range-politics-may-not-be-enough-for-trump-in-minnesota/572784022/
msongs
(67,453 posts)a kennedy
(29,715 posts)dem4decades
(11,304 posts)kimbutgar
(21,213 posts)And MF45 has screwed over blue collar working Americans working on his casinos and buildings.m
But they are so far gone they will never know his real history with labor. And dont get me started on him bringing in immigrant Hungarian workers and screwed union laborers in NY.
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)up against members who wouldnt vote for Dems because of GUNS. Theyd been convinced Dems will
will take their guns.
Thekaspervote
(32,798 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(22,450 posts)Like...okay???