Jamie Long

@jamiemlong.bsky.social

MN House DFL Floor Leader; climate wonk.

Every day, DFLers are working at the Capitol to lower costs for Minnesotans - even when it means standing up to corporate lobbyists, health insurance companies and Big Pharma. You deserve healthcare, childcare, housing, energy, and groceries you can afford. #mnleg

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So, when can we expect the DOJ’s press conference announcing federal prosecutions for those who killed Alex Pretti or Renee Good, or who shot and injured Cesar Sosa-Celis?

The MN GOP opened their convention with a moment of silence for Derek Chauvin. Not for those we lost to gun violence. Not for soldiers killed overseas. To a literal convicted murderer. Disgusting.

We know what it’s like to have Lisa Demuth deny election results she doesn’t like. (And lose) When you build a whole party on election-denying, it’s really hard to have elections. Also, you end up attacking incredible, trusted elected officials like @Brad Tabke.

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So… Trump sues himself. Settles with himself. And gives himself a $1.8B slush fund that he controls to hand out to his allies and convicted Jan 6 rioters? And we’re supposed to think the GOP takes fraud and fiscal responsibility seriously?

🚨APPALLING: Minnesota Republicans are literally hiding legislation in a desk drawer to prevent it from coming up for a vote. One of Speaker Lisa Demuth's deputies just admitted that he was "instructed not to report" a bill banning assault weapons/high-capacity magazines the Senate already passed.

SCOTUS continues to demolish our proudest civil rights achievements. It is now open season for states to gerrymander in favor of white voters and remove any minority representation. Shameful.

Every GOP House member voted no last night on advancing assault weapons and high capacity magazine bans. The public overhwelmingly supports action on both. This is not the end of the fight. But GOP members have now shown they are choosing the gun lobby over kid safety.

Seven weeks before the end of session, 90% of House Republicans just voted to adjourn for good. They voted for no more action on gun violence prevention, fraud, or affordability. Total abdication of their responsibilities as elected officials.

Dems have demanded reasonable protections from ICE overreach: warrants, no ICE agents in schools, no secret police. Trump this week stopped a bipartisan proposal to fund TSA and DHS because ... he wants to leverage federal workers for his voter disenfranchisement obsession.

It’s becoming harder for average MN families to make ends meet. The wealthy are doing great while the rest of us struggle. House DFLers rolled out a plan today to help reduce costs for 2/3 of a typical family budget: health care, housing, child care, energy, and groceries.

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Bills the MN GOP refused to let out of committee today alone: - Ban assault weapons (69% public support) - Ban high capacity magazines (64% public support) - My civil right of action for Constitutional violations (88% public support) The GOP is on the wrong side and Minnesotans will remember.

This week Demuth and the House GOP blocked bills to: - Keep ICE out of schools - Require BCA to investigate federal agent shootings - Provide emergency rental assistance They don’t even want to acknowledge the harm Metro Surge has caused Minnesotans.

Trump's EPA just said climate change is a hoax. They can't avoid the science or the law, but in the meantime this will do real harm to Americans' health and add over $6K in costs to new vehicles.