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THREAD: Since he was first elected, Congressman @JimHagedornMN has proven himself to be entirely unfit for public office.
Folks in Southern Minnesota need and deserve a champion in Congress, and that's not Jim Hagedorn. Here's why: #MN01
Folks in Southern Minnesota need and deserve a champion in Congress, and that's not Jim Hagedorn. Here's why: #MN01
America has faced unprecedented challenges since Hagedorn took office, yet Hagedorn has done virtually nothing to help our state and nation overcome them.
After a year in office, Hagedorn was easily the least productive Congressmen in Minnesota. https://www.postbulletin.com/news/news/politics/hagedorn-is-minnesota-s-least-productive-congressman-dfl-says/article_0300a97c-0bc6-11ea-bffa-1f40f3d13dc4.html
After a year in office, Hagedorn was easily the least productive Congressmen in Minnesota. https://www.postbulletin.com/news/news/politics/hagedorn-is-minnesota-s-least-productive-congressman-dfl-says/article_0300a97c-0bc6-11ea-bffa-1f40f3d13dc4.html
We ran the numbers again for 2020 and Hagedorn remains the least productive Congressman in Minnesota and one of the worst in the nation.
The average Congressman has written 21 bills.
Hagedorn has written just 5, placing him in the bottom 7% nationwide. https://www.dfl.org/media/minnesotas-least-productive-congressman-tries-to-rewrite-history/
The average Congressman has written 21 bills.
Hagedorn has written just 5, placing him in the bottom 7% nationwide. https://www.dfl.org/media/minnesotas-least-productive-congressman-tries-to-rewrite-history/
That begs the question, how exactly does Hagedorn spend his time?
Well, it turns out that Congressman Hagedorn is better at breaking laws than making them. On Friday, Politico revealed Hagedorn has been breaking campaign finance law for 7 straight years. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/09/jim-hagedorn-may-violated-election-law-428181
Well, it turns out that Congressman Hagedorn is better at breaking laws than making them. On Friday, Politico revealed Hagedorn has been breaking campaign finance law for 7 straight years. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/09/jim-hagedorn-may-violated-election-law-428181
As if that wasn't bad enough, Hagedorn has also been funneling almost half a million of our tax dollars into campaign-style mailers and into the pockets of his cronies.
This is a massive violation of House rules. https://www.medcitybeat.com/news-blog/2020/hagedorns-office-spent-440k-companies-connected-to-staffers-review-finds
This is a massive violation of House rules. https://www.medcitybeat.com/news-blog/2020/hagedorns-office-spent-440k-companies-connected-to-staffers-review-finds
Congressmen are not allowed to use our tax dollars to line their own pockets or the pockets of their friends.
However, Hagedorn directed government business to his own staff and paid them well-above market rate, earning him an official ethics complaint. https://minnesotareformer.com/2020/09/16/exclusive-minneapolis-lawyer-files-first-known-ethics-complaint-against-hagedorn/
However, Hagedorn directed government business to his own staff and paid them well-above market rate, earning him an official ethics complaint. https://minnesotareformer.com/2020/09/16/exclusive-minneapolis-lawyer-files-first-known-ethics-complaint-against-hagedorn/
When this misuse of our tax dollars was exposed, Hagedorn's first response was to lie to the people of Minnesota about it.
Hagedorn tried to claim he was not involved in this at all, but that ended up being a complete and total lie. https://www.startribune.com/fired-staffer-to-rep-jim-hagedorn-pushes-back-after-mail-controversy/572353672
Hagedorn tried to claim he was not involved in this at all, but that ended up being a complete and total lie. https://www.startribune.com/fired-staffer-to-rep-jim-hagedorn-pushes-back-after-mail-controversy/572353672
For a better sense of just how many tax dollars Hagedorn wasted on campaign-style mailings at businesses owned by his cronies:
Hagedorn spent 20% of his entire yearly budget on mailers in the first 3 months of 2020. The Congressional average was 0.8%
https://www.legistorm.com/pro_news/view/id/2586.html
Hagedorn spent 20% of his entire yearly budget on mailers in the first 3 months of 2020. The Congressional average was 0.8%
https://www.legistorm.com/pro_news/view/id/2586.html
As if that wasn't enough misuse of government resources, Hagedorn also used his taxpayer-funded congressional staff to try to secure perks for his wife, including free entry and free, guided tours through numerous national monuments and parks. http://www.citypages.com/news/mn-gop-chair-jennifer-carnahan-wanted-a-free-tour-of-the-grand-canyon/572655951
We’re not done with Hagedorn's ethical scandals. Hagedorn also got in trouble for hiring a news radio host as a campaign ad man.
That radio host, paid by Hagedorn's campaign, would regularly book Hagedorn on his program and lob him softball questions. https://minnesotareformer.com/2020/09/28/minnesota-gop-political-ad-mans-side-hustle-as-radio-host-could-draw-attention-from-regulators/
That radio host, paid by Hagedorn's campaign, would regularly book Hagedorn on his program and lob him softball questions. https://minnesotareformer.com/2020/09/28/minnesota-gop-political-ad-mans-side-hustle-as-radio-host-could-draw-attention-from-regulators/
The financial relationship between Hagedorn and this news radio host was so sketchy that the host was taken off the air.
It's pathetic that Hagedorn had to essentially buy positive news coverage, but not surprising given his abysmal record. https://minnesotareformer.com/briefs/after-revelations-about-payments-from-hagedorn-al-travis-taken-off-the-air-until-after-election/
It's pathetic that Hagedorn had to essentially buy positive news coverage, but not surprising given his abysmal record. https://minnesotareformer.com/briefs/after-revelations-about-payments-from-hagedorn-al-travis-taken-off-the-air-until-after-election/
Of course, Jim Hagedorn isn't just a legal and ethical disaster, he's a moral disaster too.
Hagedorn recently faced severe criticism for jeopardizing the health of Minnesotans by flying commercial after being exposed to COVID-19. https://www.startribune.com/3-minn-gop-house-members-fly-delta-home-after-covid-19-exposure/572619782
Hagedorn recently faced severe criticism for jeopardizing the health of Minnesotans by flying commercial after being exposed to COVID-19. https://www.startribune.com/3-minn-gop-house-members-fly-delta-home-after-covid-19-exposure/572619782
Hagedorn also came under fire for spouting white nationalist talking points on social media. Hagedorn attacked racial justice protesters using, per the Washington Post, "language that advocacy groups note has long been used to promote white nationalism." https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/06/23/jim-hagedorn-matt-gaetz-black-lives-matter/
Hagedorn's bigoted dog whistling got so loud that some of his corporate donors asked for their money back. https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/07/23/intel-calls-for-minnesota-rep-hagedorn-to-return-campaign-donation-following-black-lives-matter-criticsm/
. @JimHagedornMN's habit of saying awful things led the conservative Washington Examiner to label him “the worst Republican candidate in America.”
To be called the worst Republican candidate in a year where @SteveKingIA was also on the ballot is telling. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/jim-hagedorn-the-worst-republican-candidate-in-america
To be called the worst Republican candidate in a year where @SteveKingIA was also on the ballot is telling. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/jim-hagedorn-the-worst-republican-candidate-in-america
This came after old blog posts from Hagedorn surfaced where he called two female Senators “undeserving bimbos in tennis shoes” and wrote “leave it to liberals to ruin John Wayne’s wisdom of the only good Indian being a dead Indian,” among other things. https://www.startribune.com/gop-u-s-house-hopeful-defends-old-posts-that-lambasted-women-gays/272379051/
Hagedorn's habit of saying ridiculous and offensive things didn't end when his old blog did.
Not long after he was elected, Hagedorn falsely claimed that “nobody [in America] goes to sleep at night wondering if they’ll be able to feed their families.” https://www.nujournal.com/opinion/2019/05/02/yes-people-worry-about-food-mr-hagedorn/
Not long after he was elected, Hagedorn falsely claimed that “nobody [in America] goes to sleep at night wondering if they’ll be able to feed their families.” https://www.nujournal.com/opinion/2019/05/02/yes-people-worry-about-food-mr-hagedorn/
Maybe that absurd belief is why Hagedorn supported a heartless Trump-administration plan to cut access to nutrition support for thousands of working families across Minnesota. https://www.fox9.com/news/changes-to-snap-draw-concern-from-twin-cities-metro-food-bank
That's not all.
When asked about the disastrous impacts of climate change and how he would prevent those, Hagedorn suggested a better solution would be to allow human activity to wreck the climate, then “deal with the effects and move people around...” http://www.citypages.com/news/rep-jim-hagedorns-solution-to-climate-change-move-people-around/564931752
When asked about the disastrous impacts of climate change and how he would prevent those, Hagedorn suggested a better solution would be to allow human activity to wreck the climate, then “deal with the effects and move people around...” http://www.citypages.com/news/rep-jim-hagedorns-solution-to-climate-change-move-people-around/564931752
It’s worth lingering on that for a minute. Hagedorn is suggesting, instead of increasing efforts to curb emissions and allow our country to be a world leader in energy innovation, he'd prefer to move around huge population centers suffering devastating effects of climate change.
. @JimHagedornMN's solution on climate change is so absurd that it didn't pass muster on a children’s cartoon.
If Patrick Star-level solutions are the best Hagedorn has on an issue as urgent as climate change, it's clearly time for new leadership in #MN01.
If Patrick Star-level solutions are the best Hagedorn has on an issue as urgent as climate change, it's clearly time for new leadership in #MN01.
When Hagedorn isn’t saying ridiculous things, he’s taking ridiculous votes, like this vote against lowering the price of prescription drugs. Instead of saving families almost $2,000 a year, Hagedorn caved to pressure from big pharma. https://dccc.org/minnesotans-protest-hagedorn-pledge-vote-lowering-cost-prescription-drugs/
In fact, Hagedorn faced so much criticism for his anti-Minnesota votes that he actually decided to ban a group of constituents from visiting his office and voicing their concerns. http://www.citypages.com/news/congressman-jim-hagedorn-bans-liberal-group-from-his-mankato-office/512844911
Hagedorn even insulted a veteran who lost his legs and arms in Vietnam by calling him a "half-soldier" and telling him to "roll away."
Minnesota, we can do so much better than that. https://www.mankatofreepress.com/news/local_news/walz-hagedorn-square-off-at-forum/article_0f86cb8e-89d5-11e6-8323-1f7452c5a1c4.html
Minnesota, we can do so much better than that. https://www.mankatofreepress.com/news/local_news/walz-hagedorn-square-off-at-forum/article_0f86cb8e-89d5-11e6-8323-1f7452c5a1c4.html
Luckily, there's a better choice for Minnesota: @danielfeehan.
Dan is a teacher, an army veteran, and a leader with the integrity we need to guide Minnesota through these difficult times. To learn more about Dan and help him beat Jim Hagedorn, visit https://www.danfeehan.com/
Dan is a teacher, an army veteran, and a leader with the integrity we need to guide Minnesota through these difficult times. To learn more about Dan and help him beat Jim Hagedorn, visit https://www.danfeehan.com/