Posted on 05/15/2023 12:58:49 AM PDT by grundle
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Democratic Party will consider expelling anyone involved in a brawl that broke out at a political event to nominate candidates for a Minneapolis City Council seat.
At least two people were injured in Saturday’s confrontation. The head of the state Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, Chair Ken Martin, said on Twitter that he plans to call an emergency meeting later this week to consider banning anyone involved in the assaults from the DFL Party, an affiliate of the national Democratic Party.
Video posted on social media showed the disturbance began after supporters of Minneapolis Council Member Aisha Chughtai took the stage, which caused an uproar among supporters of her challenger, Nasri Warsame. Some Warsame supporters then jumped on stage, shouting, banging on tables and waving signs.
As supporters of both candidates pushed and shoved each other, a party official repeatedly banged a gavel and tried to quiet the crowd but was ignored.
“I was scared some of us might die,” said Bridget Siljander, who was on the stage with other Chughtai supporters when they saw people punching, shoving and pushing each other on the floor.
“It was complete chaos,” Siljander said, adding they were terrified the fight would turn into a stampede and that it felt -- in the moment -- like an insurrection. Siljander said those who incited the violence should be removed from the party and criminally charged.
Convention chair Sam Doten called the behavior embarrassing and adjourned the event without a nominee being chosen, saying it was no longer safe. It wasn’t immediately clear Sunday how the party would proceed with choosing a nominee.
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Rival Somalis?
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When the clash of civilizations occurs on American soil happens, we know we’re cooked.
All obamanites not second nor third generation Americans.
Time to reclaim America from the turd world imports and home grown obamanites.
Straight outta Yemen.
Sounds like it. Cultural Enrichment don'cha know?
Just chickens coming home to roost
“Minnesota Nice” is a dead concept now.
Wouldn’t that be . . . racist?
I’ll believe someone will be expelled when I see it.
A case of muslims catching the marxists flat footed.
Just visited my hometown for the first time in almost a decade.
How it has changed - trash everywhere, half dressed dirty people, people screaming, absolutely no civility, an angry sense of entitlement and the feeling that they want you to speak to them so they have a reason to respond however they see fit, dented and dirty cars everywhere, apartments as far as the eye can see - I am heartbroken and in shock. What was my wholesome and sweet childhood town is now a third world country.
I don’t believe the Democrats will expel anyone. They didn’t expel Loony Lyndon LaRouche, though he was to the right of Attila the Hun and to the left of Alpha Centauri.
Wow
There’s beauty in your testimony, but it’s lost in the intentions of the obamanites flipping of America.
We don’t need a wake yet, just a huge Trumpian enema to get America under control before its gone. The infectious death to America crowd and agenda has to be eradicated through a reawakening. Knowledge is necessary to make an informed decision. I doubt many people are aware of what obamian policies are giving Americans. And, this is just the beginning of “the browning” of America through Muslim implants.
Its obvious and intentional.
Thank you for your first hand observations. I’m sorry for you childhood home.
Fubo
Snort.
Won’t happen.
Good question.
The party of “diversity and inclusion”.
They’ll never throw them out. After all, look who trucked them into the Country in the first place.
DFL prostitutes themselves for votes and names to manufacture votes. Let them lie in their mire.
They are the Democrat Party.
They will accuse them of “MAGA like Insurrection” and disqualify them
The AP is running cover for the Dem’s. They won’t expel them, it’s their new normal. But stories like this will make suburban Dem’s feel better, and that’s all that matters.
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