Making History in Minnesota

Tuesday’s election was a wake-up call to the Republican Party. Voters made their opinions known on reproductive freedom, amending the Ohio state constitution to codify abortion rights, just like voters in Kansas rejected an attempt to amend their state’s constitution to outlaw abortion last year. Deep red Kentucky re-elected Democrat Andy Beshear, and both houses of the Virginia State Legislature flipped from red to blue, effectively shooting down any hopes Gov. Youngkin has of passing an abortion ban there.

That’s what they get for pushing a product the American People just don’t want.

It seems that their Holy Grail of overturning Roe vs. Wade backfired because the majority of Americans want abortion to be safe and legal. By kowtowing to an ever-shrinking religious base, they’re alienating more Americans. The blunting of their “red wave” in 2022 and the Democratic gains this year are a wake-up recall to Republicans that America just doesn’t want what they’re selling. But Republicans will just hit the snooze button, as always. Sleep well.

But the really big news to come out of this election is local. Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, where I live, just elected the nation’s first Somali mayor. Nadia Mohammed easily won election after incumbent Jake Spano declined to run for another term.

Meanwhile…

The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that Donald Trump can appear on the primary ballot here in Minnesota, because the 14th Amendment doesn’t say he can’t run in a primary, where the party makes the rules. The case was dismissed with prejudice; the judge explained that the court can’t rule on hypotheticals. Now, should Trump get the Republican nomination, then the case can be re-presented, and then it can be ruled that Trump is disqualified from running for office. And you know he’s not going to take that lying down.