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弗拉纳根在明尼苏达州民主党参议院初选最新民调中落后于安吉·克雷格众议员
作者：查尔斯·克赖茨
瓦尔茨副手抨击莱肯·赖利法案
明尼苏达州副州长佩吉·弗拉纳根在由佛蒙特州参议员伯尼·桑德斯领衔的“阻止寡头政治”巡回集会上猛烈抨击了《莱肯·赖利法案》。
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明尼苏达州副州长佩吉·弗拉纳根作为蒂姆·瓦尔茨州长的副手，上周末在由社会主义派参议员、佛蒙特州独立议员伯尼·桑德斯领衔的“阻止寡头政治”集会上，在欢呼的人群面前痛批《莱肯·赖利法案》。
弗拉纳根在RealClearPolitics公布的民主党参议院初选最新民调平均结果中落后于众议员安吉·克雷格，她正寻求接替即将退休的参议员蒂娜·史密斯；据报道，史密斯也在罗切斯特集会上为弗拉纳根背书。
弗拉纳根提到了亚历克斯·普雷蒂和蕾妮·古德——今年早些时候在警方参与的枪击事件中被杀害的两名反移民海关执法局（ICE）活动人士，称这个“万湖之州”陷入了反移民执法的混乱之中。
“我们必须暂时跳出眼前的局面，谈谈我们是如何走到这一步的，因为这也不是一场意外。唐纳德·特朗普曾在竞选纲领中宣称我们会让ICE更加强大，”弗拉纳根说道。
瓦尔茨副手怒斥ICE及民主党同僚，在丑闻缠身之际连发推文痛批《莱肯·赖利法案》
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“这不是突然冒出来的。也不是藏在细则里的。当时到处都是醒目的标语，写着‘现在开始大规模驱逐出境’。这根本不是什么秘密。特朗普在第二届政府任期内提出的第一项投票就是针对《莱肯·赖利法案》。”
弗拉纳根抨击这项由阿拉巴马州共和党参议员凯蒂·布里特提出的法案，称其目的是剥夺移民的正当程序权利，允许无限期拘留成人和儿童。
“这等于开了绿灯，让ICE拥有前所未有的权力，彻底恐吓我们的社区，”弗拉纳根继续说道。
蒂姆·瓦尔茨将明尼苏达州ICE执法行动比作大屠杀与安妮·弗兰克事件：‘躲在自己家里’
她补充道，她认为国会就《莱肯·赖利法案》的投票与明尼阿波利斯等社区的动荡存在“直接关联”；她称赞史密斯和明尼苏达州民主党参议员艾米·克罗布查尔投下了反对票。
她批评克雷格是两院中唯一一位投票支持《莱肯·赖利法案》的明尼苏达州民主党人，而克雷格上周刚表示，她现在对自己当时投下的赞成票感到后悔。
克雷格在《明尼苏达星坛报》的专栏中写道，她当时投下赞成票，是因为她认为自己的选民——明尼阿波利斯和曼卡托的郊区居民——大多认同拜登政府“在移民问题上处理失当”。
关键参议院初选的民主党人表示对《莱肯·赖利法案》的投票‘感到后悔’，引发共和党反弹
但克雷格补充道，她认为特朗普正超出法律范围，开展“令明尼苏达人感到恐惧的大规模移民突袭行动”，因此她对自己当时的投票感到后悔。
在“阻止寡头政治”集会上，桑德斯和弗拉纳根的身边还有明尼苏达州总检察长基思·埃利森——另一位在明尼阿波利斯动荡中扮演关键角色的人物。
弗拉纳根与克雷格的初选获胜者将面对共和党候选人，目前共和党初选的候选人包括前休斯顿火箭队前锋罗伊斯·怀特以及前NBC周日夜橄榄球记者米歇尔·塔福亚。
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尽管瓦尔茨选择弗拉纳根作为其竞选搭档，但包括《明尼苏达改革者》在内的多家媒体报道称，两人之间据称存在裂痕，这可以追溯到瓦尔茨未能成功竞选副总统之后——该媒体指出，这一情况原本会让弗拉纳根通过继任顺位升任州长。
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WATCH: Walz deputy lambasts Laken Riley Act in bid to keep Minnesota Senate seat blue
May 4, 2026 2:05pm EDT / Fox News
Flanagan is trailing Rep Angie Craig in the latest polling for the Democratic senatorial primary in Minnesota
By Charles Creitz
Walz deputy slams Laken Riley Act
Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan assailed the Laken Riley Act during a Stop Oligarchy Tour rally headlined by Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont.
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Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, second-in-command to Gov. Tim Walz in Minnesota, flamed the Laken Riley Act before a cheering crowd at a “Stop Oligarchy” rally headlined by socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., over the weekend.
Flanagan, who is trailing behind Rep. Angie Craig in the latest RealClearPolitics polling average for the Democratic senatorial primary, is seeking to succeed retiring Sen. Tina Smith, who also reportedly endorsed her at the Rochester rally.
Flanagan name-dropped Alex Pretti and Renee Good, two anti-ICE activists shot and killed in law enforcement-involved shootings earlier this year, as the Land of 10,000 Lakes descended into anti-immigration enforcement chaos.
“We’ve got to zoom out for a second and we have to talk about how we got here, because this also wasn’t an accident. Donald Trump ran on an agenda where we knew that ICE would be more powerful,” Flanagan said.
WALZ DEPUTY ERUPTS AT ICE AND FELLOW DEM, TORCHES LAKEN RILEY ACT IN FIERY TWEETSTORM AS SCANDALS PILE UP
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“This didn’t just sneak up on us. It wasn’t in the fine print. There were literally gigantic signs that said, mass deportees now. It was not a secret. And the very first vote in the second Trump administration that he brought forward was for the Laken Riley Act.”
Flanagan slammed the law, sponsored by Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., as a vessel to strip due process from immigrants and allow for indefinite detention of adults and children.
“It was the green light to give ICE unprecedented power to totally terrorize our communities,” Flanagan went on.
TIM WALZ COMPARES MINNESOTA ICE ACTIONS TO HOLOCAUST AND ANNE FRANK: ‘HIDING IN THEIR HOUSES’
She added that she sees a “straight line” from the Laken Riley Act vote in Congress to unrest in communities like Minneapolis; praising Smith and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., for voting against it.
She criticized Craig for being the only Minnesota Democrat in either chamber to vote for the Laken Riley Act, while Craig said just last week that she now regrets her vote for the law.
Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan speaks during a press conference in St. Paul, Minn., on June 25, 2022, joined by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Sen. Tina Smith, Gov. Tim Walz, and Planned Parenthood North Central States CEO Sarah Stoesz following the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade.(Photo by Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune via Getty Images)
Writing in the Minnesota Star Tribune, Craig said she cast her vote at a time she felt her constituents — in the suburbs of Minneapolis and Mankato — largely agreed the Biden administration had “fumbled the immigration issue.”
DEMOCRAT IN KEY SENATE PRIMARY SAYS SHE ‘REGRETS’ VOTE ON LAKEN RILEY ACT, DRAWS GOP BACKLASH
But, Craig added that she believes Trump is going beyond the scope of law to carry out “sweeping immigration raids that have terrorized Minnesotans” and therefore regrets her vote.
At the “Stop Oligarchy” rally, Sanders and Flanagan were joined by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, another key figure in the Minneapolis unrest.
The winner of the Flanagan-Craig bout will face the Republican nominee, as the GOP primary features former Houston Rockets forward Royce White and former NBC Sunday Night Football reporter Michele Tafoya.
Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan speaks at the United Center on the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Ill., on Aug. 19, 2024.(Mike Segar/Reuters)
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While Walz chose Flanagan as his running mate, several outlets including the Minnesota Reformer have reported on an alleged rift between the two stemming back to the aftermath of the governor’s failed vice presidential bid — which that outlet noted prevented Flanagan from rising to the governorship through the line of succession.
Fox News Digital reached out to Flanagan for additional comment and to Walz for any response to his deputy’s remarks.
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