Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., says she is running for Senate to replace Sen. Tina Smith, leaving a gaping hole in a very competitive district.<\/p>\n
Craig will join a hotly contested Democratic primary<\/a> to replace Smith, who announced last year that she would not seek re-election. Craig currently occupies the seat for Minnesota’s second congressional district, a toss-up that Republicans are now hoping to take in her absence.<\/p>\n “Out of touch Democrat Angie Craig just announced she\u2019s running for Senate, and MN-02 is now an extremely competitive open seat. With this district wide open \u2013 and many House Democrats racing for the exits for a promotion \u2013 national Democrats are in deep trouble,” National Republica Congressional Committee spokesman Zach Bannon said in a statement.<\/p>\n “The writing is on the wall for House Democrats,<\/a> and their vulnerable members like Angie Craig are racing for the exits. Republicans look forward to flipping this open seat red,” he added.<\/p>\n DEMOCRATS’ IDENTITY CRISIS: YOUTH REVOLT ROCKS PARTY AFTER TRUMP COMEBACK<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n In her announcement video, Craig attacks President Donald Trump for “trampling our rights and freedoms as he profits.”<\/p>\n “There’s chaos and corruption coming out of Washington, crashing down on all of us every day,” she says before setting her sights on Elon Musk. “An out-of-control, unelected billionaire is trying to take over our government and burn it to the ground.”<\/p>\n SENATE PUTS TRUMP TEAM IN PLACE, SETS UP AGENDA FIGHT AFTER 100-DAY SPRINT<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n She then blasts Republicans in Congress as “cowardly” for “rolling over and letting it all happen.”<\/p>\n “We\u2019re proud Minnesotans \u2014 a state of fierce independence, freedom and community. People willing to take on the powerful and fight for what\u2019s right,” Craig continues. “It\u2019s why I\u2019m running for U.S. Senate: to listen, to fight for all of Minnesota and to win.”<\/p>\n DNC’S DAVID HOGG TAKING ON DEMOCRATS IS \u2018THE BIGGEST GIFT TO REPUBLICANS EVER,\u2019 SAYS STRATEGIST<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Recent polls<\/a> have shown Democrats struggling to gain support, particularly among young Americans, a demographic they have typically held with no problems.<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n A new poll from the Harvard Kennedy School\u2019s Institute of Politics<\/u><\/a> shows approval of congressional Democrats among young Americans has dropped to 23%, down from 42% in early 2017. Approval for congressional Republicans stands at 29%, slightly improved from previous years. President Donald Trump<\/u><\/a>\u2019s approval rating among 18-29-year-olds is at 31%, virtually unchanged from the beginning of his first term.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., says she is running for Senate to replace Sen. Tina Smith, leaving a gaping hole in a very competitive district. Craig will join a hotly contested Democratic primary to replace Smith, who announced last year that she would not seek re-election. Craig currently occupies the seat for Minnesota’s second congressional district, … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40104\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}