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Parry to challenge Walz in 2012, DFL slams him as “angry, ultra-conservative” tea partier

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By Andy Birkey | 10.10.11 | 10:25 am

In his short time as a legislator, Parry has had a penchant for getting into hot water, including posting comments on Twitter calling Pres. Barack Obama a “power hungry arrogant black man.”

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Video: Sen. Hall on Minneapolis and integration funding

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By Andy Birkey | 04.01.11 | 3:07 pm

The DFL has released a video of this week’s statement by Burnsville Republican Sen. Dan Hall on school integration. “I watched Minneapolis get destroyed, so I not only didn’t want my kids in the school system,” he said. “I took them out of Minneapolis because they ruined our neighborhoods with integration and [de]segregation.” Hall made his remarks during debate about a move by Minnesota Republicans to repeal school integration laws, specifically a decades-long program that aims to diversify schools in the Twin Cities metro area and Duluth.

Minnesota Capitol. Photo: Paul Weimer, Flickr

Sen. Hall: Minneapolis ‘destroyed’ by integration

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By Andy Birkey | 04.01.11 | 8:23 am

A move by Minnesota Republicans to repeal school integration laws resulted in heated debate about the decades-long program that aims to diversify schools in the Twin Cities metro area and Duluth. During a floor debate on elimination of desegregation programs Thursday, Sen. Dan Hall, R-Burnsville, said, “I watched Minneapolis get destroyed, so I not only didn’t want my kids in the school system. I took them out of Minneapolis because they ruined our neighborhoods with integration and [de]segregation.”

Rep. Michele Bachmann. Photo: Republican Conference, Flickr

Bachmann suggests Obama is buying votes with funds from discrimination settlement

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By Andy Birkey | 10.06.10 | 8:46 am

Rep. Michele Bachmann “sincerely” wants to know: Is President Obama trying to buy votes in minority communities using funds from a class-action settlement against the U.S. Department of Agriculture over discrimination against African American farmers?

Bachmann “shocked” by NAACP charge of racism in tea party movement

By Andy Birkey | 07.19.10 | 7:54 am

Delegates at last week’s NAACP convention in Kansas City  voted to repudiate what it calls racist elements within the tea party. Rep. Michele Bachmann, a tea party darling who is leading the effort to create a House…

Racist sign at Tax Cut rally?

By Andy Birkey | 05.10.10 | 8:21 am

Minnesota Public Radio’s Bob Collins took note of a sign at the Tax Cut Rally on Saturday at the Capitol that read, “Obama: Even a monkey can figure it…

Bachmann: No racial tensions in tea party protests

By Andy Birkey | 04.01.10 | 8:20 am

In a wide-ranging interview with CNS News, a conservative outlet run by prominent Republican campaign staff, Rep. Michele Bachmann reiterated her belief that no tea party protesters were responsible for spitting…

St. Cloud church buys anti-Islam ad

By Andy Birkey | 03.25.10 | 10:42 am

Granite City Baptist Church raised some eyebrows this weekend when it bought an ad (pdf) in the St. Cloud Times that questioned whether Muslims are a “threat” to America. “How do Moslems seek to take control of a…

Barney Frank blasts Bachmann on Tea Party anti-gay slurs

By Andy Birkey | 03.22.10 | 8:00 am

On two days over the weekend, Tea Party Patriots hurled anti-gay epithets at Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., the openly gay chair of the House Financial Services Committee. The insults came as several black members of Congress had racial slurs shouted…

Senate candidate scrubs racist comments from Twitter

By Andy Birkey | 12.31.09 | 10:48 am

Republican State Senate candidate Mike Parry scrubbed more than 43 tweets after fellow Twitterers found racist and homophobic content in the candidate’s Twitter stream. Parry is running to replace retiring Sen. Dick Day in southeastern Minnesota.