Update 10/17: The image and post captured Friday in the screengrab have been removed, but the October 21 Meet and Greet is still on, as is Representative Brian Johnson guest spot.The campaign wrote Saturday morning in a new Facebook post: "Just a reminder for a Great event coming this Wednesday!!! Don't miss it!!"
The updated image is posted at the end of this article. [end update].
Julie Buria, the endorsed Republican candidate in Minnesota House District 6B, centered her October 21 Meet & Greet at the Rink Sportsbar and Grill around support for law enforcement, urging supporters to "Come meet Julie, Back the Blue, support Law and Order, and hear about Public Safety in Minnesota. Julie is endorsed the Police and Peace Officers Association."
The special guest for the event is Brian Johnson, the Cambridge Republican who is minority lead on the Minnesota House Public Safety Committee.
We captured a screengrab (above) of the image posted to her campaign Facebook page.
We're curious how Buria will re-brand this campaign event, given a Thursday news report in the Mesabi Tribune, Minnesota police group drops Buria over ‘anti-Semitic comments’ Board endorses Lislegard, a Democrat, in House 6B race:
Minnesota’s largest police association has pulled its endorsement of Republican House 6B candidate Julie Buria, citing since-removed social media posts considered to be anti-Semitic in nature.
Brian Peters, executive director of the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association (MPPOA), a group representing more than 10,000 law enforcement members statewide, emailed constituents Wednesday informing them that the organization changed course, effective immediately. The MPPOA board “cannot stand behind a candidate who makes anti-Semitic comments of any kind,” Peters wrote in an email obtained by the Mesabi Tribune.
The board moved to endorse incumbent Democratic State Rep. Dave Lislegard, “a supporter of public safety and will continue to be a champion to protect the rights of the men and women who wear the uniform,” Peters added.
She was mired in controversy after a July social media post on her personal account used graphic Holocaust imagery and likened it to the state’s coronavirus pandemic response, drawing sharp admonishments from the Minnesota Jewish community and some leaders in the Iron Range community.
The criticisms only increased after Buria, a current Mountain Iron city councilor, told the council a week later that she was “forced” to apologize in a dramatic about-face that contradicted a Minnesota GOP statement expressing her regret and “sincere” apology over the post. Buria has also been linked to QAnon, a group known for spreading conspiracy theories, but told The Associated Press, “Have I looked at it? Yes. Do I believe all of it? No. I’m not really sure what to think about all that.”
The Minnesota GOP, party leaders in the Minnesota Legislature and regionally based Republicans including Congressman Pete Stauber — a former Duluth police officer — as well as party groups representing St. Louis County and the Eighth District, declined comment on Buria’s reversal and have continued to promote her as the party’s endorsed candidate. . . .
The article reports Buria's reaction:
“The reality is there’s only one candidate in this race who will support our law enforcement and first responders," Buria said in a statement late Thursday night. "Dave Lislegard joined his Metro Democrat colleagues in voting to allow cities to defund the police, and even voted to allow liberal cities to disarm officers in good standing. Democrats have proven time and again they stand with the rioters, not the police who keep us safe.”
Whatever her opinion about her opponent might be, under Minnesota campaign law, one can't claim an endorsement one doesn't have. We curious when Buria's campaign will replace this image.
We're also curious what Representative Johnson's response might be.
Updated image, posted on Facebook, Saturday, October 17:
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Screengrab: This post remained on Julie Buria's campaign Facebook page after the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association (MPPOA) rescinded its endorsement and gave it to her opponent, incumbent Democratic State Rep. Dave Lislegard.
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