Battle for control of the Minnesota Legislature- The Republicans are eating their own.
John Kreisel (R) Cottage Grove, MN whom I have diaried before about, is a disabled veteran from the Iraq War. During a patrol he had both legs blown off in an IED explosion.
John, was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2010. He has decided not to seek a second term. Watching closely, John normally voted with the Republicans on everything from regulating abortion clinics to shutting down the government.
However, John took a courageous stand against his own party on the Minnesota Marriage Amendment in opposing it. His legendary speech against the Amendment enshrining discrimination in our state constitution has become a central ad in the fight.
The GOP is not taking this sitting down.
Bob Koss, a Minnesota Senate staffer, has send out a series of tweets calling John Kreisel " a piece of shit" and " self serving SOB", in a recent Twitter war
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Kriesel, a Republican who departs from MNGOP orthodoxy by proudly supporting gay marriage, apparently really knows how to rile his fellow Republicans up. His acrimonious exchange with Koss came just days after Minnesota for Marriage's Andy Parrish called him a 'pretend Republican,' adding that "John K is all about John K." The dude has his legs blown off in Iraq serving our country, and these are his fellow Republicans calling him these things all because he has the audacity to not give a rip whether you're gay or not!
Here is the ad:
Now keep in mind, this is the same Minnesota Senate staff (not the same staffer) featuring a fellow male staffer having an affair with the female Senate Majority Leader- all while deliberating the Defense of Marriage Amendment! The staffer turned abound and sued the State of Minnesota Taxpayers for hundreds of thousands of dollars for wrongful termination.
As a note, the same terminated Senate Staffer admits the whole Marriage Amendment was a ploy to garner more Republican voters to the polls.
The Minnesota Republicans have to be a nominee for the Worst People in Government.
Disgraceful, shameless