WINONA, Minn. — The grassroot citizen organization Winona Indivisible encouraged people to join a protest Thursday against Congressman Brad Finstad in Rochester. Organizing the new protest is the regional grassroots group Driftless for Democracy. Time: 4:30 p.m. on the bike path at 2746 Superior Drive Northwest, a few blocks west of IBM’s former Big Blue complex. Finstad has been targeted by Driftless for months for been unwilling to listen to his southern Minnesota constituents in conventional open townhall meetings. Finstad, a Republican from New Ulm, is seeking re-election from Congressional District MN-1, which spans the state’s southern counties. Finstad has been unwavering in support of Trump’s xenophobic and racist campaign to purge 1 million immigrants. this year These include the estimated 7,000 Somalis in Rochester and also dark-skin Latinos.
Poster circulating in Winona. New protest to be outside Finstad’s Rochester office.