Via a tweet by former Minnesota state senate operative Michael Brodkorb, we learned of the photo above, on one of Minnesota state representative Steve Drazkowski's Facebook pages. Draz wrote yesterday:
Ready for a day of election security discussion in Sioux Falls, SD with a number if other Minnesota legislators. You can actually smell freedom over here
Over here would be Sioux Falls, South Dakota, about two hours or so down the Interstate from Bluestem Prairie's world headquarters in Summit, South Dakota. As the cattle company south of town was tending to the feedlot, we were unable to catch the smell of freedom wafting from Sioux Falls.
He's attending pillow guy Mike Lindell's Cyber Symposium, subject of Joseph Marks' analysis in the Washington Post this morning, The Cybersecurity 202: My Pillow cyber symposium is yet another font of election fraud lies.
From the look on Glencoe Republican state representative Glenn Gruenhagen's face (lower right), it's just as well. If the man seated at the table with him is first-term representative Donald Raleigh, R-Circle Pines, we don't blame Glenn's sad face. We have not confirmed that's the fellow with a degree in emergency and disaster management.
Such a degree might be helpful. As Slate's Zachary Petrizzo tweeted Wednesday morning:
Have to say, Mike Lindell is hosting an event called a "cyber symposium," yet technical difficulties have constantly derailed the gathering.
— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) August 11, 2021
Draz's former traveling companion and caucus member Shakopee conservative caucus-of-one Erik Mortensen is in the house. At the Mort for House Facebook page, we grabbed this screenshot:
He does seem to be seated in a different location from the stage than his colleagues.
We're continuing to look for images of Minnesota state representatives at the symposium in Sioux Falls. We did see what looks to be Steve Drazkowski (center, blue short-sleeved shirt) in a tweet here by conspiracy REALIST, who cracked "This doesn’t exactly look like a cyber security crowd." We've cropped the photo to fit our format.
Could that be cybersecurity expert Eric Lucero, R-Elk River, in purple, to Draz's right? The man isn't wearing a colorful sports jacket, so we can't tell--and the hair isn't quite right.
We'll add names and pictures should any more Minnesota lawmakers be discovered in attendance. As for lawmakers from our adopted home in South Dakota, there's this from the Dakota War College: Rep. Jensen notes six State Legislators in attendance at Pillow guy Cyber Symposium.
Photo and screengrabs: Via Facebook and Twitter.
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