Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar won her election to be Minnesota’s next governor.
Either she, or outgoing governor Tim Walz, will choose someone to temporarily replace Klobuchar, from now until a special election can be held in November 2027.
The question becomes: who replaces her in the Senate?
There are one of two paths here.
One, the party picks the appointee with the intent on that person having a leg up to run in the 2027 special election.
The other, the party picks a steward – usually a respected, retired politician to fill the role for the appointed period and then NOT run in the special election. This allows the 2027 field of candidates to start on equal footing.
I would like to propose a third path: Someone symbolic and both political and non-political, at the same time. A normal person.
Specifically, I think Minnesota should appoint BECCA GOOD, the spouse of Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE in Minnesota in January.
I think the image of JD Vance swearing in a woman whose spouse he had murdered in pursuit of a fascist agenda would be great – second only to the one of Senator Good grilling ICE agents in committee.
Awful idea.
Don’t you people ever get tired of being this way? Just obnoxious, sneering twats over anything and everything?
All you do is chase away any actual conversation with anyone about anything…in a fucking discussion forum.
But hey, you got to be a sneering asshole for 2 words. Might as well piss on yourself to stay warm.
Do you not want others opinions? Because this is a public forum bro.
it’s a bad performative stupid idea, oh so heart warming sure, but it is absolutely not the time for that kind of utter bullshit. Its similar to a child wanting to put cute stickers on things.
You didn’t offer an opinion. You offered a two-word snark and it was fucking obnoxious. Just like it’s obnoxious now that you’re pretending you didn’t do that.
You are never going to ever persuade anyone by being a shithead.
Okay okay okay.
That doesnt change that it is an awful idea.