DFL Party Statement on Pence's Plan to Visit Minnesota Next Thursday

St. Paul, MN - Today, DFL Party Chairman Ken Martin released the following statement in response to reports that Vice President Pence will visit Minneapolis, Minnesota next Thursday:

“There is nothing Pence can say to Minnesotans that will distract the reality of the Trump administration’s failed leadership in our state. As we near 2,000 coronavirus deaths in Minnesota and an economic crisis that is devastating small businesses and hard-working families, Donald Trump and Mike Pence have abandoned states and left us to fend for ourselves. Trump himself admitted to purposefully downplaying the virus, and continues to pursue a response based on conspiracy theories and Twitter rants, rather than facts and science. Minnesotans deserve better, and we look forward to holding him accountable this November by electing Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and DFLers up and down the ticket.”