In December of 2024, @kip_mn presented a plan to professionalize and supercharge the @mngop. He had done the work. He had studied successful party organizations. He had lined up donors who were excited to dump millions into the party and support entities that would focus on various essential political activities - comms, grassroots organizing, field work, etc. The original plan was for him to run for chair with me as his vice chair. Institutional pressures demanded that David Hahn remain chair. So Kip agreed to run as Hahn's vice on the condition that he would be empowered to implement his vision. A gentlemen's agreement. Delegates said no. Their hatred of Hahn, fueled by the grifting con of @action_liberty, and a naive romantic attachment to "volunteerism" and an aversion to "establishment professionals" drove them to torpedo the Hahn/Christianson ticket. This weekend's convention crap-show is the earned result. Conservatives need to get their heads out of their rears. Politics is a business. It's not a hobby. It's not a "public service." It's war by other means that requires trained professional "soldiers" to fight. The DFL understands this... We... do not. I call for the universal rejection of this weekend's endorsements. Every candidate who is willing and able should run to the primary. And next year, we need to either professionalize our party or dispense with the caucus/convention system. I'm here to win, not muck around for the sake of unjustified egoes.

Let me get this straight: #MNGOP is going to give Amy Klobuchar 3 months w/o opposition where she can connect with Minnesotans & out raise them 15 to 1, while Republicans spend the little resources they have tearing each other apart until August. Got it. #MNGov