Voters are hearing about Joe Teirab’s biography, especially his experience in the military and as a criminal prosecutor. Then, voters will see contrast messaging on the border and immigration, followed by contrast messaging on crime and public safety.
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Joe Teirab B-Roll
- Joe Teirab knows the Minnesota way is to work hard, work together, and solve problems. In Congress, he’ll work with anyone, Republican or Democrat, to get the job done and deliver results.
- As a Marine and tough on crime prosecutor, Joe Teirab has the utmost respect for our police. In Congress, he’ll fight back against soft on crime policies and fight for more funding and training for our brave police and first responders. He will not stop fighting to keep our families and our neighborhoods safe.
- In Congress, Joe Teirab will stand up to China. He knows it will take strong leadership to stop China from stealing our intellectual property, our jobs, and outbidding Americans for property and farmland.
- Joe Teirab knows we made a promise to our seniors. In Congress, he will fight to protect their Social Security and Medicare benefits to honor that promise and preserve the benefits they’ve earned.
Joe Teirab has lived the American Dream. Joe is the son of an immigrant from Sudan and grew up in rural Minnesota where he learned small town values. After college and Harvard law school Joe joined the Marine Corps and deployed to Iraq. Joe then became a prosecutor putting Minnesota’s worst criminals behind bars including the Feeding Our Future COVID fraud scandal in which over $250 million of taxpayer dollars meant to feed children was stolen to fund the fraudster’s lavish lifestyles.
Stock Act
New York Times: “These 97 Members of Congress Reported Trades in Companies Influenced by Their Committees”
Defunding the Police
• In 2021, Craig traveled to Los Angeles to fundraise with a liberal group that has repeatedly backed calls to defund police.
Craig participated in a Black Lives Matter Rally, and she is endorsed by and has taken money from organizations that want to defund the police, such as Planned Parenthood and NARAL
Angie Craig’s top state staffer endorsed defund movement, promoted group that bails out violent criminals
Angie Craig co-sponsored and voted for H.R. 1280, the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021, legislation that would enact restrictions on policing practices, cost hundreds of millions of dollars each year, and eliminate protections for law enforcement.
• H.R. 1280, the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021, would “establish reporting and oversight requirements” for policing data and “restrict the use of certain policing practices.”
• The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act would also “eliminate ‘qualified immunity’ protections for law enforcement officers,” among other things
o H.R. 1280 would “cost local departments hundreds of millions of dollars in training, data collection and equipment costs.”
Outsourcing
Under Angie Craig’s leadership, St. Jude Medical opened a manufacturing facility for its cardiac rhythm management division in the Bayan Lepas industrial zone of Penang, Malaysia
• In January 2009, Malaysian Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng announced that St. Jude Medical had committed to investing $30 million in Penang and would begin construction of its facility that year, which would be fully operational by 2011.
• St. Jude Medical had attempted to set up a similar manufacturing plant in China, but it did not work out.
In March 2011, it was reported that St. Jude Medical opened its new manufacturing facility in the Bayan Lepas industrial zone, which employed about 150 people producing for St. Jude’s cardiac rhythm management division.
In 2010, Amnesty International released a report claiming that Malaysia had migrants who were forced into labor.
According to an Amnesty International Report from 2011, Nepalese people were trafficked for forced labor in Malaysia.
Layoffs in the U.S.
Pioneer Press Headline: “St. Jude Medical cutting 300 jobs in reorganization, 80 in Minnesota”
• In November 2012, it was reported that St. Jude Medical laid off another 500 people, 100 of which were in Minnesota, as it restructured to deal with slumping sales of its heart devices.
Voting to Destroy Minnesota’s Economy
On November 19, 2021, Angie Craig voted for H.R. 5378, the Build Back Better Act
o The National Federation of Independent Business determined that the Build Back Better Act would hit small businesses with “significant tax increases, inflexible mandates, and unaffordable penalties.”
• Build Back Better could lead to $530 billion in tax hikes on American workers and $470 billion in tax hikes on corporations.
• “The Democrats’ $1.75 trillion social spending bill would massively increase fines imposed on employers for occupational hazards. President Biden’s vaccine mandate will be enforced through social securities.”
• The Build Back Better Act would introduce a methane fee that could raise costs for consumers.
• A coalition of energy industries determined that “new fees or taxes on energy companies will raise costs for consumers,” specifically creating a burden for lower-income Americans.
The Build Back Better Act provides $3 billion in kickbacks for green energy special interest groups under the guise of environmental and climate justice
• “If passed into law, President Biden’s Build Back Better bill would create the largest mass-legalization program for undocumented immigrants in U.S. history.”
• In 2021, Craig said Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan was “probably one of the most fiscally responsible packages” ever considered by Congress.
Additional
Craig doesn’t want Biden to run again in 2024, but votes with him 100%
Angie Craig has repeatedly used her position in Congress to promote a program run by her wife that trains elementary school teachers to start teaching gender identity to elementary school children. The group even encouraged students, as young as 4, to read books about gender transition.