InfluenceWatch Podcast #139: Illegal Ballot Harvesting

Minnesota: Land of ten thousand lakes, home to the perennially unfortunate Minnesota Twins, and the only state not to vote for Ronald Reagan in 1984. This week, we’re joined by John Hinderaker, Minnesotan and president of the Center of the American Experiment, a free-market think tank holding the line against the state’s historic left-of-center populist tendencies. We’ll discuss the Project Veritas allegations of illegal ballot harvesting in Minneapolis, ruminate over how true defunding the police has never been tried, and talk a little bit on Big Labor in the state.
 
Listen to “Episode 139: Illegal Ballot Harvesting (with guest John.Hinderaker)” on Spreaker.

After recording, Hinderaker sent us this correction note:

Mike, after we finished taping yesterday I realized that I had misspoken near the end of the podcast. I said that the private sector unions on the Iron Range had endorsed President Trump in this year’s election cycle. What I should have said is that most or all of them have endorsed Pete Stauber, the first-term Republican Congressman who is running for re-election in the 8th District, which includes the Range. I am not sure whether they have also endorsed Trump or not. The point that private sector union leadership is now swinging to the GOP in northern Minnesota (while union members are voting overwhelmingly for candidates like Trump and Stauber) is correct, but I mixed up Trump and Stauber. I apologize for the error!

• Center of the American Experiment: John Hinderaker
• National Review: Minneapolis Police Department Investigating Reports of Illegal Ballot Harvesting by Ilhan Omar Supporters
• RealClearPolitics: 1 in 5 Ballots Rejected as Fraud Is Charged in N.J. Mail-In Election
• Minnesota Public Radio: With violent crime on the rise in Mpls., City Council asks: Where are the police?
• New York Times: How a Pledge to Dismantle the Minneapolis Police Collapsed
• New York Post: Minneapolis City Council alarmed by surge in crime months after voting to defund the police
• InfluenceWatch: Communities United Against Police Brutality
• Vox: 8 cops allegedly used an elite Baltimore police team to plunder the city and its residents
• MinnPost: Union membership in Minnesota has been declining for decades. How are unions changing to stay relevant?