The same is true on the border: no results. Craig is quick to brag about being an independent voice and standing up to her party. But when the rubber meets the road, that’s just simply not the case. In May 2023, there was a commonsense border security bill, the Secure the Border Act, that would have given border patrol more resources, resumed the construction of the border wall, and reformed the asylum process. But Craig sided with her party over the American people and voted against the bill.
And then there is the issue of public safety. After the 2020 riots, Craig once again put party over principles and voted for the Justice in Policing Act that would have kneecapped law enforcement and eliminated qualified immunity. Then, once she realized that Minnesotans are proud to support law enforcement and that her re-election chances might be in jeopardy, she changed her tune. She backtracked on qualified immunity and now goes out of her way to appear sufficiently pro-law-enforcement. Is there anything she wouldn’t change her tune on in the name of political expediency?
I’m a proud Minnesotan. The best days are ahead of us, both as a state and as a country. But that’s only the case if we keep fighting to protect the American dream, generation after generation. My grandpa helped protect it as a POW in World War II. My father realized the American dream when he immigrated here from Sudan. And now I’m living the American dream. I helped protect it as a federal prosecutor and as a Marine, and it would be my honor to carry that forward as your congressman.
Joe Teirab, of Burnsville, is the Republican candidate for Congress in Minnesota’s Second District. See joeformn2.com.
