As I
diaried yesterday, the sad but entertaining saga of MNGOP Supreme Court endorsed nominee Michelle MacDonald came to a head today as she attempted to enter the Minnesota State Fair GOP Booth after being banned for being under criminal charges.
Ms. MacDonald was arrested in 2013 for Suspicion of Driving While Intoxicated. In the last couple weeks, she was ticketed for Driving Without a Valid Driver's License.
Michelle MacDonald, despite her legal troubles, still won the GOP Endorsement for Minnesota Supreme Court Justice. She is to face incumbent Supreme Court Associate Justice David Lillehaug in November. During her GOP State Convention Speech, she famously waved the bible.
Yesterday, the MNGOP leadership voted to ban MacDonald, the GOP endorsed candidate from using the official GOP booth at the Minnesota State Fair, normally reserved for endorsed candidates. What made it more juicy was her pledge to ignore the party and to enter the GOP Booth anyways.
Here is the coverage of what happened today on the first day of the Minnesota State Fair
From Star Tribune:
MacDonald defied party leadership by showing up at the party's booth on the fair's first day Thursday. She was asked several times to leave before she finally did.
She says she isn't trespassing and plans to return every day unless the party takes legal action against her.
From Politics.MN with video
Here is the Twitter reaction:
From a Capital Reporter:
The MNGOP appears to be handling this situation with style:
She goes away and then comes back!
A cheeky tweet by a local scribe:
Michelle MacDonald's erratic behavior has caused her to lose support among even the most die hard Republicans.
On Friday Michelle MacDonald has vowed to come back. I wish I was there with a footlong pronto pup and cheese curds watching from a nearby bench. A local attorney and radio personality Ron Rosenbom posited that the GOP has a duty to allow MacDonald to use the booth as long as she is still the endorsed candidate.
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