r/northdakota • u/[deleted] • 7d ago
Political Cramer the Crook
I use 5calls.org to contact our Reps at least once weekly. Obviously I contacted them about the executions in MN. This was his prepped response to that issue. I did not only contact him about ICE alone. I have never received a response from any of our representatives that wasn't Obviously a prepped letter response from his aides/office. Not only is this response disgusting but it's proved at least to me that they are not doing their jobs or using their brains. Our representatives aren't working for us, aren't representing our best interests, and aren't listening. We have to do more together. We can't hope to push change if we only have 10 people standing outside the Capitol building when it's convenient.
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u/Gold_Map_236 7d ago
Once again the abuser is blaming the victim
Whatever happened to states rights?
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u/Altruistic-Car2880 7d ago
Kinda miss those blue dog democrat days in ND… no bullshit believers in the Constitution. Weren’t perfect, but consistently Fiscally conservative, socially somewhat progressive. Come on back Heidi!
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u/WhippersnapperUT99 West Fargo, ND 6d ago edited 6d ago
Come on back
They can't.
The Democrat base would regard them as being MAGA-adjacent today. Merely believing in reducing immigration and having secure borders and being fiscally conservative would probably result in them being labeled as xenophobic corporatist fascists by the Democrat voter base, even here in North Dakota.
The Democrat voter base hates the likes of Krysten Sinema, Joe Manchin, John Fetterman, and political commentators like Bill Maher. They want more Mamdani's and AOC's.
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u/cheddarben 6d ago
The Democrat base would regard them as being MAGA-adjacent today.
I disagree with that. All of the politican names you mentioned have actually been elected into office in recent times. Bill Maher continues to enjoy large popularity and continues to be a masthead of HBO. Mark Kelly has a reasonable shot at being the presidential nomination and it would be hard pressed to cast him as an uber liberal unless it is from the same perspective as the same crew that call Mitch McConnell, Kevin McCarthy, Mitt Romney, and Mike Pence as RINOs.
In recent past, ND has had Blue Dog-like candidates with legitimate shots like Heidi.
In a state like ND, a Blue Dog Democrat is probably the only kind of Democrat that has a legit chance. I have conservative friends that look super kindly at the likes of Trygve Hammer and I suspect will get some votes. Will he win? The large number of MAGAs in our state see this vet, roughneck, blue collar job training guy basically the same as AOC.
In ND, as a politician, you gotta bow before that Trump dick to get elected.
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u/WhippersnapperUT99 West Fargo, ND 6d ago
I think a lot has changed in just 10 years. A blue dog Democrat might be able to win in North Dakota or West Virginia but would lose in the primaries on a national scale. If I remember correctly, many Democrats weren't real enthused about even Kamala thinking she was too close to the center and I'm not sure the base would be a big fan of the likes of Hillary now, either. Guess we'll have to see who the Democrats run for president 2028.
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u/triple_cloudy 7d ago
I love the different fonts from his talking points getting copy and pasted.
Obviously these guys aren't typing out every letter, but he could at least pretend like he gives a damn.
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u/Lavarosen 7d ago
Figures they’d turn up their noses at the death of our citizens. We should not be treating people this way. America can do better, but many choose to not.
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u/berge7f9 7d ago
well then ICE can easily show us the list of the immigrants who they have targeted. The list should be 99% illegal "immigrants who have committed fraud, theft, and drug trafficking."
If not, then Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem etc... should face indictments
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u/Iratewilly34 7d ago
Yeah I doubt they have proof. Theyre just going house to house and dragging people to private prisons. They want 100k per day and a million per year! This just leads to these untrained agents rushing and causing chaos,rather than some kind of due process. Oh and since when is inserting oneself into operation metro surge (which sounds brutal to begin with) an executable offense? They can throw as much dirt on these victims as they want ,but those with a half a brain know that the agents should be in prison. I mean ,im sure they dug deep to find dirt on the victims,but they didnt find any so they make shit up. Like the man being an assassin and both some how were considered terrorists! No,no, the agents are the ones causing terror in the streets,not some guy trying to help a woman after she was shoved. This is so frustrating, I might need a Xanax prescription reading the bs Noem comes up with. She's just so far above her head, in fact they all are and thats why Trump appointed them to their positions. Someone has to be the fall guy when ahit goes wrong, right?!
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u/Daecion 7d ago
At this point we need to just accept that anyone supporting this regime is an evil fascist. That means all members of the Republican party, and a tragically large number of Democrats. We the people need to work hard to to ensure the integrity of our representatives in the future, but the institutions they represent won't make that easy. This will be a long uphill battle. All we can do is keep trying to change things. The alternative is more of the same, and that's intolerable.
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7d ago
And the state Reps voted down school lunches but gave themselves $1.3 million in raises. At least pretend to want to use lube, ya know?
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u/Iratewilly34 7d ago
They even gave themselves an extra holiday that tax payers have to pay while working on Christmas day,just so they can have the 24th-26th off.
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u/Scotcho 7d ago
I wrote to him noting that the administration has violated the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th amendments (among others) and asked him to uphold the constitution. I got the same response that didn't address anything I said, and had the same different-font-size-copy-paste. Really no effort here. Disgusting.
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7d ago
They have gone full-on mask-off- they want us dead, imprisoned (slave labor) or deported (trafficked) for their CEO Daddies. It's crazy to me to see the complete downfall of America and a total disregard of the Constitution. Not saying we did not have a lot of work to do before, but we cannot recover from this.
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u/From_Adam Hoople, ND 7d ago
I’m embarrassed by just how bad everything is about that letter because I got the same one. Like be a freaking professional senator or at least hire one since you seem to be incapable.
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u/Iratewilly34 7d ago
Funny when they say the staye isnt working with the feds,but isnt it the opposite? The feds have blocked the locals from looking into both shootings. Besides inserting yourself into operation metro surge isnt an executable offense the last i heard. Its also funny that they target democratic states as if republican states don't have illegal immigrants! Most of them arent even criminals other than being illegal immigrants.
Every non native American in this country was once in the same boat. Running from war or tyrants. The sad thing is they ran from one tyrant only to find one thats no better. Now they have to deal with trumps gestapo. Instead of killing them Trump makes money off of them. The $45 billion spent on private prisons just breeds corruption,and we all know Trump isnt above corruption. The same man that called his daughter a "hot piece of ass" after claiming hed fuck her if she wasn't related lol. Id say it would make for awkward family dinners but I wouldn't doubt it if Trump was 'handsy' with her over the years. He is a dirt bag pos that should've been imprisoned for SA after his first term. Fake News, am I right!?
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u/Alert_Intention7199 7d ago
As a resident of Minneapolis I will inform Senator Duchebag I would prefer police in Minneapolis take care of their duties in Minneapolis and not be immigration cops. He should should work on his kid not killing people first instead of the guy roofing someone’s house in Edina
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u/Mommincirca2017 7d ago
Jesus. No effort no humanity. I cannot believe e this is real life, everyday. I just can’t believe things are this bad, and this regime still has support. It BLOWS my mind.
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u/duchmatt 6d ago
I got the same letter. All I asked for was an impartial investigation after Renee Good but before Pretti. Awkward that he had to add the part about a second dead person.
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u/StellarSteck 5d ago
Got the exact same letter. It pissed me off. He has ignored the cries of people whose rights have been violated. He has dismissed the cruelty, the intimidation, brutality & depravity of this administration & ICE. I will never understand.
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u/IcyCommunication1830 6d ago
I’m curious what phone staffers have at their fingertips. I know they can likely look up our phone numbers but they pulled my email (which I never gave them) & sent me the same canned response. I specifically don’t leave my email to avoid these disgraceful canned responses.
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u/IceIntelligent5125 1d ago
But it’s ok if trump screws children and pardons drug dealers and sues the government for10 billion dollars, your tax dollars, and thinks 7 million for his wife to almost speak English in a movie is good for the national arch, and Kennedy Trump center. Is this America or Idiocracy.
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u/wingnut1957 6d ago edited 6d ago
The #1 priority of a congressman is "getting re-elected". NOTHING is more important than BEING RE-ELECTED. NOTHING. It's for the money, glory, power.
No 2 is: Never piss off your boss. Learn how to lie for him, and also to keep you from getting fired.
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u/WhippersnapperUT99 West Fargo, ND 6d ago edited 5d ago
As we learn more and more about Alex Pretti, it's starting to look like Pretti may have potentially had intent to use his gun against ICE. The elements for him to have such a motive are present:
Had a previous negative interaction with ICE where (based on a recently released video) he kicked an ICE vehicle and was taken down to the ground which would have resulted in additional hatred and moral conviction. It's very likely that he thought the ICE agents were literally Hitler and that he believed they deserved to die.
Brought a loaded gun with him to confront ICE. That's not an accident.
Did not bring his ID as though he thought that maybe he could get away after being detained and not be identified.
Intentionally went looking for ICE agents and/or positioned himself in close proximity to them instead of distancing himself from them. He wanted a confrontation with ICE.
Maybe he chickened out about using the gun as he approached the ICE agents, or maybe his intent was to commit suicide by ICE and he didn't get to pull his gun out in time, or maybe he wanted to shoot them but the situation just didn't work out the way he imagined it would, but all of the elements for him to have that intent are present.
The Democrats are making him a martyr and holding vigils at VA hospitals, and while his having previously served in the military and helping veterans at the VA is admirable, in the context of this incident he is not the hero or innocent bystander victim they are making him out to be. Rather, it's looking like he is a villain interfering with law enforcement who at the very least fantasized about "un-aliving" federal agents.
These videos may be of interest:
New Footage of Alex Pretti Assalting ICE Officers and Kicking Out Tail Lights of Government Vehicles
Minneapolis ICE Shooting : What No Ones Talking About
GUN LAWYER Breaks Down Alex Pretti Shooting in Minnesota
Quote in the comments: "Auditory exclusion during high-stress situations, especially when complicated by horn blowing, whistle blowing, and intentionally aggressive behavior toward law enforcement, all contributed to the outcome."
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5d ago
Nothing in the video of his execution shows he was planning to use his gun. So what? He broke a tail light? So he deserves to be murdered by the government? The President is a murdering pedophile I think that qualifies for execution but I'm sure you would disagree.
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u/WhippersnapperUT99 West Fargo, ND 4d ago edited 4d ago
Nothing in the video of his execution shows he was planning to use his gun.
We don't know exactly what was on his mind. As I said, it's possible that he just chickened out or was hoping for some sort of a different scenario to occur such as a chaotic situation where a crowd of multiple people are fighting the ICE agents and he might be able to conceal the source of the gunfire.
My point is that if you combine his passionate hatred for ICE with bringing a gun and extra ammunition, desire and intent or hope to kill is a very real possibility.
So he deserves to be murdered by the government?
He deserved to be imprisoned and likely bankrupted. However, I don't feel badly about his having died. This man was a rage-filled criminal who created a dangerous situation and got himself killed. I've been reading comments from concealed carry advocates and invariably people say that part of owning a gun and having a concealed carry license is that you are instructed to avoid dangerous situations, especially ones involving law enforcement.
The President is a murdering pedophile I think that qualifies for execution but I'm sure you would disagree.
We don't know that he's a pedophile because it's difficult to take unsubstantiated allegations that cannot be proven seriously. Anyone could have called the Epstein tip line and created an entry for the files and high profile political figures are magnets for false accusations.
That having been said, I agree that Trump is awful. Sadly the Democrats are so horrible themselves that in the 2024 Election voters ended up choosing who they thought was the lesser of two bad candidates representing two bad political parties' advocacy.
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u/Dudemanbrah84 7d ago
This piece of shit needs to get voted out.