Sisters and Brothers -
As you are no doubt aware, over the last several weeks, ICE officers and federal law enforcement agents have shot three people and killed two American citizens in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
When I talk about authoritarianism in this country, I am talking about a President of the United States who is using his domestic army to invade and occupy cities across our nation. His goal is to intimidate the American people and make us afraid to stand up for our rights.
When I talk about authoritarianism in this country, I am talking about how Trump uses the concept of the Big Lie in a way that has never, in this country, been done before. Day after day, blatantly dishonest statements and conspiracy theories are propagated — and we are once again seeing it in Minnesota.
He and his administration will call violent insurrectionists "peaceful," and then his administration labels a mother of three a "domestic terrorist" and a VA nurse an "assassin."
And when I talk about authoritarianism in this country, I am talking about a president and an administration using the full weight of the federal government to harass and prosecute his political opponents ... something happening in Minnesota right now.
As you know, we have great progressive leaders in Minnesota who are playing a key role in fighting back against Trump's authoritarianism and lawlessness.
Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan, a progressive candidate for U.S. Senate, is playing a key role in mobilizing grassroots opposition to Trumpism.
I have no doubt but that she will be targeted by Trump and his friends in every way possible.
Peggy needs our help NOW.
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What Trump is doing in Minnesota is repellant to the American people in every single way. People in this country want democracy and justice, not authoritarianism.
In solidarity,
Bernie
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