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Tim Pawlenty Can’t Shake Off The Rust

It’s Time To Admit That He’s Just Not A Good Candidate On Sunday, Tim Pawlenty sat down with Minneapolis CBS affiliate WCCO. It did not go well. First, he has no answer when it comes to his support for Donald Trump. Conservatives in Minnesota have criticized him for his less than enthusiastic support during the…

Tim Pawlenty Headlines Hate Group Dinner To Discuss His Homophobic Record

Pawlenty Will Never Evolve And Always Deny Equal Rights for LGBTQ Minnesotans Tim Pawlenty is set to headline the Minnesota Family Council annual dinner tomorrow night (though, the party outside hosted by Outfront Minnesota sounds a lot more fun). You may recall the Minnesota Family Council advocated “for laws that criminalize lesbian, gay, and bisexual…

Tim Pawlenty: 2018’s Ed Gillespie

Pawlenty Flops When Attempting the Trump Two-Step A GOP gubernatorial candidate who, after a role in public service, went on to become a high-priced D.C. lobbyist is now trying to convince a changed electorate he’s actually a fervent Trump supporter. Sound familiar? In Virginia last year, Ed Gillespie tried, and failed, to embrace Donald Trump’s…

Tim Pawlenty Whines About Accurate Description Of His Record

It’s indisputable Tim Pawlenty left behind a $6.2 billion budget deficit, schools underfunded by $2 billion, and hundreds of thousands of unemployed Minnesotans to go make millions lobbying for Wall Street. However, after months to prepare his talking points on how to discuss his record, the best spin his campaign could come up with was…

ICYMI: Editorial: Pawlenty rips Trump then votes for him a month later? How does he reconcile that?

In case you missed it, Tim Pawlenty’s flip-flopping on his support for President Trump is already causing problems in his run for governor. The Crookston Times published an editorial slamming Pawlenty for touting his support for Trump after calling him “unfit” and “unhinged” a month before the 2016 election. The editorial rightly asks Pawlenty the…

Tim Pawlenty Says He’s No Lobbyist And Simply Oversaw Them

Conservatives Declare Announcement A “Belly Flop”, Describe Him As “Rattled” After months of buildup, and plenty of time to prepare for the inevitable questions about his lobbying career, Tim Pawlenty failed his first test last Friday in attempting to explain exactly what he did in D.C. You may believe the Financial Services Roundtable (FSR) –…

It’s Day 1 On The Trail, And Pawlenty Has Already Made A Mess Of Things

It took less than 24 hours since Tim Pawlenty officially announced his candidacy for governor, and he’s already flip-flopped on Donald Trump and admitted he has a hard row to hoe to getting elected. In 2016, Pawlenty said Trump was “unsound, uninformed, unhinged and unfit to be President of the United States, and I am…

Democratic Governors Association Unveils “PawlentyforGovernor.com”

Yesterday, Tim Pawlenty launched his post-lobbying career with a snooze of a video announcing his candidacy for governor of Minnesota. Ironically, after two failed terms as governor, and one epic disaster of a presidential campaign, Pawlenty still believes that experience is what Minnesotans want in their next governor. Today, the Democratic Governors Association launched PawlentyforGovernor.com.…

DGA Statement on Tim Pawlenty’s Entry into the Minnesota Governor’s Race

Today, DGA Deputy Communications Director David Turner released the following statement in response to Tim Pawlenty’s entry into the Minnesota governor’s race: “Tim Pawlenty left the state of Minnesota in shambles to go make millions shilling for Wall Street. Upon heading to Washington D.C., Pawlenty left the state of Minnesota with a $6 billion budget…

Tim Pawlenty Files Fundraising Committee For Governor, Forgets His Record As Governor

In what clearly must be an inside joke, Tim Pawlenty filed a fundraising committee to run for governor today. His candidacy is based on the bold notion that his two failed terms as governor taught him “what it takes to lead [Minnesota] in the right direction.” What’s Pawlenty’s vision of the “right direction”? Based on…

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