Open Letter to the Republican Party of MInnesota and their Affirmative Action Regime
By Don Allen Dear Republican Party of Minnesota, Congratulations. You have managed to accomplish something remarkable in modern American politics: convincing a political centrist who leans to the right that he has no political home, no local party worth claiming, no movement to call his own, and apparently no place at the table of a party that routinely preaches individual liberty, equal opportunity, and the virtues of competition. And I should know. In 2013, I ran for chairman of the Minnesota Republican Party . After a couple of votes, I finished third, with Keith Downey emerging on top. It was one of the most interesting political experiences of my life. Not necessarily because of the election itself, but because of what it revealed about the people who claimed to represent the party of Lincoln , free markets , and personal responsibility . Some Republicans at that convention had to be practically begged to sign off on my candidacy. Imagine that. A Black American man see...