Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan won her Senate primary in part by skewering her Democratic rival for voting with the GOP on immigration. Republicans are opening the general election by ignoring the issue.
GOP Senate nominee Michele Tafoya and Senate Republicans’ campaign arm both avoided any mention of immigration or ICE in their starting salvos against Flanagan, instead focusing on tying the lieutenant governor to the welfare scandal that has rocked the state.
Tafoya, in a statement and in television interviews after her win, said Democrats are pushing Minnesota “in the wrong direction” and cited the “national embarrassment of fraud, of dropping test scores, of crime” as why.
Sen. Tim...
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