While South Dakotans are being treated to Fox News headlines like Heading to Iowa, Noem says she'll do 'whatever I can' to help Trump get 'across finish line,' Minnesota's leading Republicans are spreading news of their support for Trump 2024 presidential bid.
Madison McVan reports for the Minnesota Refomer in Minnesota congressional Republicans endorse Trump for president:
The four Republican members of Minnesota’s congressional delegation endorsed former president Donald Trump for president Wednesday.
U.S. Reps. Brad Finstad, Michelle Fischbach, Pete Stauber and Tom Emmer — the House Majority Whip — released a joint statement on social media calling for fellow Republicans to rally behind Trump.
Trump faces a slew of criminal charges related to the capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, possession of classified documents and hush-money payments during the 2016 election cycle.
Nevertheless, he is far more popular than other Republican candidates, leading the next-most popular Republican, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, by an average of 50 points, according to FiveThirtyEight.
Fischbach is a longtime Trump supporter who voted against certifying the results of the 2020 election, part of a larger scheme by Trump and his allies to invalidate Joe Biden’s victory.
Emmer’s endorsement comes just months after Trump killed Emmer’s bid for House Speaker by calling him a “globalist RINO.” Emmer drew Trump’s displeasure when he voted to certify the 2020 election.
Minnesota Democrats have largely fallen in line behind the reelection campaign for Biden.
U.S. Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith have both publicly expressed support for Biden’s reelection campaign, as have Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar and Angie Craig.
In a statement to the Reformer, a spokesperson for U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum said McCollum also “strongly supports Biden in 2024.”
The only exception among the Democratic congressional delegation is U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips, who represents the western suburbs of the Twin Cities and is running against Biden in the Democratic primary.
This Minnesota Reformer article is republished online under Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
Photo: Rep. Pete Stauber, Republican from the 8th Congressional District, seen here with President Donald Trump in 2018. Rep. Tom Emmer is pictured behind Stauber. Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images/Minnesota Reformer.
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