{"id":1304905,"date":"2022-02-17T00:37:38","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T05:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1304905"},"modified":"2022-02-17T00:37:42","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T05:37:42","slug":"rep-angie-craigs-office-run-by-defund-the-police-supporters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-angie-craigs-office-run-by-defund-the-police-supporters\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Angie Craig\u2019s Office Run by Defund the Police Supporters\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frep-angie-craigs-office-run-by-defund-the-police-supporters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1304905&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Some of Democrat Rep. Angie Craig\u2019s (D-MN) top staffers are advocates of the anti-law enforcement \u201cdefund the police\u201d agenda, according to posts unveiled by a recent Washington Free Beacon&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/defund-the-police-movement-finds-an-ally-in-swing-district-minnesota-dems-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Liz Young, Craig\u2019s district director, called on Minnesota to \u201cfund counselors not cops\u201d in the midst of Minnesota\u2019s 2020 racial riots. On the same day she called for decreased law enforcement funding, she shared a report on police-involved deaths in New York with the caption: \u201cBurn. It. All. Down.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Young then&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200715122545\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/mnlizzy\/status\/1283374672789241860\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">downplayed<\/a>&nbsp;the burning of a Minneapolis police station and argued that replacing the station with a \u201ccommunity-led health care clinic\u201d or a library would \u201cdo infinitely more good.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>In addition to the anti-law enforcement tweets, Young encouraged her followers to donate to the Minnesota Freedom Fund, a nonprofit dedicated to bailing violent protesters out of jail. Young said the organization \u201cdoes important work\u201d in a since-deleted&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200528100925\/https:\/twitter.com\/mnlizzy\/status\/1265796483669987328\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17036144\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1228190509.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17036144\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1228190509.png\" alt=\"A Protester hold a sign reading &quot;Defund the Police&quot; outside Hennepin County Government Plaza during a demonstration against police brutality and racism&nbsp;on August 24, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. - It was the second day of demonstrations in Kenosha after video circulated Sunday showing the shooting of Jacob Blake -- multiple times, in the back, as he tried to get in his car, with his three children watching. (Photo by Kerem Yucel \/ AFP) (Photo by KEREM YUCEL\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A protester hold a sign reading \u201cDefund the Police\u201d outside Hennepin County Government Plaza during a demonstration against police brutality and racism&nbsp;on August 24, 2020, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by KEREM YUCEL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>After the Free Beacon\u2019s report, Young deleted these tweets, but they were preserved with web archive tools. A spokesperson for Craig said the representative \u201cdoes not hold the same views as those shared in her staffer\u2019s personal posts.\u201d The spokesperson claimed that Craig\u2019s staff \u201cincludes Minnesotans from across the ideological spectrum, from lifelong Democrats to supporters of former President Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, despite claims that Young\u2019s views are not representative of Craig\u2019s positions, the Minnesota congresswoman has fundraised with prominent defund the police activists. Last November, Craig&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/minnesota-dem-fundraises-with-california-group-that-backed-defund-the-police-movement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fundraised<\/a>&nbsp;in Los Angeles, California, with the Heart of LA Democratic Club, a progressive organization that endorsed defunding the police.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kistner for Congress Statement on the Breaking News that Angie Craig\u2019s District Director has been a Vocal Supporter of the Defund the Police Movement: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jG31OzQXYb\">https:\/\/t.co\/jG31OzQXYb<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S0F6DSPx7z\">pic.twitter.com\/S0F6DSPx7z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tyler Kistner for Congress (@KistnerCongress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KistnerCongress\/status\/1494042204582592513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Craig\u2019s opponent, Marine veteran Tyler Kistner, issued the following statement:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Earlier today the Washington Free Beacon reported yet another instance of Congresswoman Angie Craig continuing to tie herself to radical supporters of the defund the police movement. This time it was discovered that her top district staffer Liz Young tweeted to \u201cBurn it all down\u201d and encouraged her followers to donate to the Minnesota Freedom Fund which fully supports the defund the police movement and was responsible for bailing out violent criminals.<\/p>\n<p>While Congresswoman Craig continues to try distance herself from the defund the police movement, it would appear that she has no problem fundraising with and surrounding herself with individuals who publicly support the defund the police movement.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Kistner hopes to unseat Craig in 2022, as he lost to Craig by less than three points in the 2020 elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of Democrat Rep. Angie Craig\u2019s (D-MN) top staffers are advocates of the anti-law enforcement \u201cdefund the police\u201d agenda, according to posts unveiled by a recent Washington Free Beacon\u00a0report. Liz &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1304905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1304905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1304905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1304905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1304905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1304905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1304905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}