Tag: Republican Party of Minnesota

Forget your personal political views for one minute. It’s hard to argue politics — White House politics, congressional politics, now Supreme Court politics — hasn't gone full crazy. Be smart: Democracy isn't just messy — it’s dirty. And getting dirtier. You have virtually the entire Democratic Party believing the Republican nominee for the Supreme Court was a predator. You have virtually the entire Republican Party believing two women are making up that they were victims of attempted rape or sexual humiliation — or confused about who actually did it. You have the White House putting Brett Kavanaugh on Fox News to proclaim his innocence, in what's apparently the first TV interview of a Supreme Court nominee. You have him needlessly explaining in that interview that he was a virgin in high school, and for "many years thereafter," when none of the allegations involve intercourse. You have the same lawyer, Michael Avenatti, running for president against Trump, who survived the public airing of a tape in which he talked about grabbing women’s privates and then survived a wave of allegations by other women. What's next: A public hearing to air all of this, for a panel of partisans on Thursday.

What started as a quiet race for the Republican nominee for Dallas County commissioner has turned into a pitched battle over criminal allegations and illegal immigration. In a recent email to supporters, Koch blamed Dallas County's shrinking middle class on "illegal immigrants." "We have to speak truthfully about the problems we face," Koch said this week. The attorney general's office declined to comment. Koch said the real criminal violations in the race were committed by Cunningham. He pointed to a Texas Ethics Commission complaint over Cunningham's campaign signs calling Cunningham a "Judge" without clearly stating that he's now retired. In the selfie-style video, Koch shows one of the signs without the "(Ret.)" Cunningham dismissed the sign flap as insignificant, saying he is considered a senior district judge by the state for life. Having entered the race more than a year earlier than Cunningham, Koch's campaign has raised and spent far more. Meanwhile, Cunningham took in $52,100 and spent $64,000.