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    Republican Senate candidate says people may ‘have to vote with bullets’

    Johnni LopezBy Johnni LopezAugust 21, 2022Updated:October 6, 2022No Comments2 Mins Read
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    A screen shot captured from video of Stephen Lowell speaking at the Dakota County Patriot Block Party on July 30.

    In a speech about voting and trust in elections, a Minnesota Senate candidate said people need to “grow teeth” by “voting with a ballot before we have to vote with bullets.” 

    Stephen Lowell, the GOP-endorsed candidate for Minnesota Senate District 52, said Republicans should vote in droves, comparing the turnout needed to the number of protesters who demonstrated in the Twin Cities after George Floyd’s police murder in 2020.

    “We have to vote just like they’re throwing Molotovs up in Uptown. We have to vote just like they burned down buildings… We have to vote as hard as they went out and did that,” Lowell said.

    "We need to grow our teeth back, fast. So part of those teeth, in this particular set of terms, is voting with the ballot before we have to vote with bullets" — Stephen Lowell, a GOP-endorsed candidate for a Minnesota senate seat in the Twin Cities suburbs pic.twitter.com/B5LQigB74Y

    — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 18, 2022

    Lowell made the remarks in a July 30 speech in Rosemount at the Dakota County Patriot Summer Block Party.

    Lowell doubled down on his comment on Thursday. “Absolutely,” he said in a quote retweet of the video.

    An event flier said Republican secretary of state candidate Kim Crockett and Tyler Kistner, Republican candidate running for Minnesota’s 2nd Congressional District, also attended the event.

    Senate District 52 covers southeastern Twin Cities suburbs, including Eagan, Mendota Heights, Mendota and some of Burnsville.

    Lowell also described how he attended the 2020 Floyd protests and riots with “strapped-on plates and a rifle” and helped protect a tobacco shop near Minneapolis’ Third Precinct after he saw the business owners trying to shoo away protesters.

    “It was one of the most saddening things I’d ever seen,” Lowell said.

    Later in his speech, Lowell said he’s not afraid to make enemies to change Minnesota’s laws.

    “I’m more than happy to lay waste to whatever comes my way,” Lowell said.

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