Craig’s office pushing “defund”

Angie Craig is “scrambling to distance herself from a top state staffer who called to defund police and promoted a radical group that pays to bail out violent criminals.”

Craig’s top staffer:

• Backed the movement to defund police in a June 2020 tweet,
• Shared a report on police-involved deaths in New York with the caption “Burn. It. All. Down.” 
• Downplayed the literal burning down of a police station in Minneapolis, arguing that if the station was replaced with a health care clinic or library,
• Encouraged her followers to contribute to the Minnesota Freedom Fund, a radical nonprofit that supports defunding police and works to free heinous criminals, including an alleged child rapist and an accused domestic abuser who was arrested for murder just weeks after his release.

This is bad news for Angie Craig. Last night Politico reported on internal DCCC polling showing they are losing by four points on the generic ballot, and that GOP attacks on Democrats’ support for defunding are “alarmingly potent.”

NRCC Comment: “Angie Craig claims she doesn’t support defunding the police, but this report makes it clear that her office has been working to do just that. Minnesota voters can’t trust Angie Craig.” – NRCC Spokesman Mike Berg