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City authorities are now looking into a Minnesota lawmakers report that he was physically thrown out of a public event.

Rep. Nolan West, a Republican from Blaine, described his "weird evening" in a Facebook post Thursday, saying he went to the event at the Blaine VFW Post 6316 because "as the local representative it made sense for me to go."

Just months after suffering an upsetting loss during the 2020 presidential election, Minnesota Republicans are now left reeling as a result of the latest loss.

Following the resignation of Minnesota Republican Party Chair Jennifer Carnahan, the party is now working out how to move forward.

Chauvin trial hardens political fault lines POLITICO 1 hr ago By David Siders and Sabrina Rodriguez © Steven Senne/AP Photo A demonstrator display a banner during a protest April 21 in Boston, a day after Derek Chauvin was convicted in the 2020 death of George Floyd. The guilty verdicts in the Derek Chauvin trial marked a departure for a nation long accustomed to police violence going unpunished. Yet if the outcome of the trial was groundbreaking, the political fallout appe...

They include state Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka, a soft-spoken insurance agent who joined many Republicans around the country in fighting governors lockdown orders and COVID precautions, even as a Republican state senator died of complications from COVID-19 that he may have contracted at a party event. Also on the list is former state Sen. Scott Jensen, a doctor who has suggested that the COVID-19 toll has been inflated; U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber, who backed some efforts to overturn the ele...

A virtual hearing for MacDonald is schedule for 9 a.m. on March 2. She will be represented at the hearing by Sen. Bobby Joe Champion, DFL-Minneapolis, who also is an attorney. In December, he replaced Paul Engh as counsel in the case. Engh represented MacDonald when the case was heard by a Supreme Court referee last fall. The complaint against MacDonald involves three charges: That in a 2018 WCCO Radio interview, she repeated past misconduct by again making false statements and impugning the i...

Trump-inspired big donors plan their own campaigns POLITICO 1/28/2021 By Alex Isenstadt © Aaron Doster/AP Jane Timken, chair of the Ohio Republican Party, is considering a run for Ohios open Senate seat in 2022. Gary Rabine has plowed cash into the pro-Donald Trump organization Turning Point USA, shelled out thousands of dollars to the former president’s reelection campaign and raised big bucks with Donald Trump Jr. Now, Rabine is striking out on his own — and plotting ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — When Mike Lindell, better known to TV viewers as the MyPillow Guy, went to the White House last week to try to persuade President Donald Tr

Mike Lindell is a distinctly Trump-era figure. Just a few years ago, he was best known for campy late-night infomercials to sell his pillows, and for his frequently told back story of overcoming crack cocaine addiction.