Minnesota Republican State Senate candidate says people may 'have to vote with bullets'

[dflprincess]

https://minnesotareformer.com/briefs/republican-senate-candidate-says-people-may-have-to-vote-with-bullets/?fbclid=IwAR0dGl56LSEnBwJ1t6cuAVjAb-TBdxS-ECrzIEaRkTg3mOJrLiu4soaPUvs

In a speech about voting and trust in elections, a Minnesota Senate candidate said people need to “grow teeth” by “voting with a ballot before we have to vote with bullets.”

Stephen Lowell, the GOP-endorsed candidate for Minnesota Senate District 52, said Republicans should vote in droves, comparing the turnout needed to the number of protesters who demonstrated in the Twin Cities after George Floyd’s police murder in 2020.

“We have to vote just like they’re throwing Molotovs up in Uptown. We have to vote just like they burned down buildings… We have to vote as hard as they went out and did that,” Lowell said.

Lowell made the remarks in a July 30 speech in Rosemount at the Dakota County Patriot Summer Block Party.

An event flier said Republican secretary of state candidate Kim Crockett and Tyler Kistner, Republican candidate running for Minnesota’s 2nd Congressional District, also attended the event.

Senate District 52 covers southeastern Twin Cities suburbs, including Eagan, Mendota Heights, Mendota and some of Burnsville.

There is a video at the link where he says: "We need to grow our teeth back, fast. So part of those teeth, in this particular set of terms, is voting with the ballot before we have to vote with bullets"

I checked & Senate District 52 is currently represented by DFLers in both the state Senate & House. Hopefully this guy won't make it to St. Paul.

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. Sounding like the Christian Taliban, to me.

We ain't going back to your fantasy reality, Steve.

[onecaliberal]

2. Where is the @FBI for fucks sake.

[keithbvadu2]

3. He would be ok with people 'voting' against him?

[Frasier Balzov]

4. Not if he loses!

[TheRealNorth]

5. +1

Shit heads like him better be careful what they wish for.

[Blue Owl]

6. WTF indeed

[wsulik]

7. What country are we living in?

I can't wrap my head around statements like this. The loyal supporters of these candidates are perfectly capable and willing to use bullets and any other weapon they can get their grubby little hands on!

[Duppers]

8. OMG!

[70sEraVet]

9. And this is in Minnesota? I thought everyone was polite in Minnesota!

[OldBaldy1701E]

12. Umm...

Nope. They are 'nice'. And, that is usually about as far as they are willing to go. Nice. (And like anywhere, there are exceptions to that rule.)

[dflprincess]

14. Our "niceness" covers our tendency to be passive aggressive

Though this ass is just aggressive.

[geardaddy]

10. Except most people burning buildings

were infiltrators in those protests.

[question everything]

11. Is this the old or the new district?

After redistricting we cannot be sure..

[dflprincess]

15. The new one.

I checked the SoS website to be sure.

[hadEnuf]

13. Works both ways, asshole.

And it's real easy to figure out what side you loons are on.