DAVID MARCUS: Peggy Flanagan's DEI record and fraud scandal put Minnesota Senate race in the spotlight

"The lieutenant governor [Peggy Flanagan], even as we sit here today, continues to take absolutely no accountability for any of the fraud issues, and she continues to blame the governor.And I'm going to be honest: It's pissing me off."The above quote is not from a Republican, but from Democratic Rep.
Angie Craig, D-Minn, in July when she was running in the Senate primary against Peggy Flanagan.While harsh words are often lightly thrown in primary battles, in this case, one must ask: Where is the lie?While Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed and Colorado’s House candidate Milot Kiros have snagged headlines for their far left views, Flanagan has been able to hide a bit.However, the tightening race in Minnesota, as shown both through on-the-ground reporting and in polling, is putting Democrats everywhere in an awkward position because they had thought Flanagan’s leftist lunacy would float under the radar this cycle.Well, not anymore.Peggy Flanagan, Minnesota’s lieutenant governor and Senate hopeful, is facing backlash over her progressive activism and outreach amid the state’s sprawling fraud controversy.
(Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)DAVID MARCUS: IN DEEP BLUE MINNESOTA A RED DAWN MAY BE RISING AHEAD OF THE MIDTERMSNow that the Gopher State is firmly in the political spotlight, voters will be reminded, for example, of Flanagan wearing a T-shirt that says "Protect Trans Kids" on it, with a picture of a large Bowie knife — which can only be rationally read as a threat of physical violence.We know what the shirt means because not just threats, but also acts of physical violence by, or in defense of, members of the trans community have become commonplace in our society.Harry Potter author J.K.
Rowling is threatened constantly for simply believing that men cannot become women.Trans-related mass shootings have become a norm.Progressive protests and internet forums echo with terms like "Kill All TERFS (Trans Excluding Radical Feminis...