The governor called extreme a teacher from northern Minnesota, a businessman from southern Minnesota, a nurse from the Iron Range and a nonprofit volunteer from the Metro. Also "extreme" was our proposal to increase state spending 6 percent and bring long-needed structural change to state government.
A minor flap over religion developed Monday, when Democratic Senate Minority Leader Tom Bakk used the word “cult” in describing the new Republican majorities.
“Their principles are so burned into their soul that it’s almost like a religion, like a cult,” Bakk, DFL-Cook, told reporters.
Two Republican senators responded in a hastily arranged news conference, where Sen. Dave Thompson called the comment “bizarre” and “unhelpful.”
“I am not ashamed of the fact that I want to maintain fiscal discipline for the citizens of the state of Minnesota,” said Thompson, a first-term Republican from Lakeville.
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not raising taxes make you a cult member...
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actually. I agree but for a different reason. anything over 0% growth in the state budget is extreme for these days.
Reasonable word, facts, and logic have nothing to do with this. The Dems will say anything they want to about us because they know they can get away with it. A complicity media and a left leaning judiciary see to that...