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.
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.