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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The Minnesota governor’s resume includes a year teaching in China just after the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. He visited more than 30 times in the years that followed, organizing student trips.

o0o0oo0 OMG educator takes kids on trips to china.

but those convicted felons and couch fuckers, thats a-ok.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago

Educator takes kids to China on school trips? Evil America hating monster

US Senators travel to Russia on Independence Day immediately after being told Russia meddled in our elections? True US Patriots

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

Meanwhile, Republican folk take trips to kids.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Is... Is this supposed to make him look bad somehow?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

I love that every time they try to make him look bad, he just looks better.

[–] xmunk 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hey, if that isn't compelling enough for you did you know he increased access to feminine hygiene products? What an absolute train wreck! /s

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

✅ Took students to see a foreign country for themselves
✅ Gives school kids breakfast and lunch
✅ Stocks bathrooms with feminine hygiene products
✅ Supports increased veterans benefits
✅ Ended his state's war on cannabis
✅ Signed legislation to prevent medical debt from literally killing people
✅ Likes mom and apple pie

Jesus Christ, what a monster.

[–] xmunk 4 points 1 month ago

I suspect the next nickname will be "As American as Tim Apple Pie".