Over the weekend, the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party of Minnesota held an event in Minneapolis to nominate a candidate for city council. Aisha Chughtai is the incumbent candidate, and Nasri Warsame is the challenger.
At one point in the meeting, Warsame supporters rushed the stage. There was some violence in the chaos, and police had to be called.
The DFL put out this statement:
After reviewing video evidence and speaking with numerous attendees of the Ward 10 convention, DFL Party Chairman Ken Martin released the following updated statement:“As we learn more about the incident that took place at the Ward 10 endorsing convention, it is clear that the conflict was instigated by supporters of city council candidate Nasri Warsame. Harassment and violence are unacceptable, and we expect candidates and their campaign teams to work hard to curb such behavior when it comes from their supporters, staffers, or volunteers. Warsame and his team took the opposite approach at today’s convention by escalating the situation and encouraging conflict. Reprehensible behavior like this from any DFL Party candidate and campaign will not be tolerated.”“I would like to apologize to City Council Member Aisha Chughtai, her supporters, and her campaign team for the way they were treated at the Ward 10 convention. Our candidates and supporters deserve a safe forum to campaign at, and the Ward 10 convention fell far short of that. Our party will work with local leaders in Minneapolis to ensure future events are not marred by reprehensible conduct.”
See a video of the incident below:
According to the Star Tribune, some people actually ended up in the hospital:
No one was arrested but police officers called to the scene heard reports of fights and injuries; a man in his 30s was taken to HCMC for treatment of a medical condition, and a woman in her 40s was treated by EMS at the scene for a minor injury, a police spokesman said.”It is clear that the conflict was instigated by supporters of city council candidate Nasri Warsame,” read a statement from DFL Party Chairman Ken Martin. “Harassment and violence are unacceptable, and we expect candidates and their campaign teams to work hard to curb such behavior when it comes from their supporters, staffers, or volunteers.”
This is the party that claims to be the defender of democracy?
Featured image via YouTube.
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