RED WING, Minn. – Police ticketed a man who attacked Trump signs and paraphernalia at the Republican headquarters on Main Street during business hours. Ticketed for property and issued a formal no-trespass order was Broderick Wilson, 31, of Red Wing. When police arrived, Wilson was outside the shop. A shopkeeper said Wilson had been inside screaming, swearing, and yelling at staff. He damaged a flag and threw a piece of metal from the flag display as he stormed out, the shopkeeper told police. State Representative Pam Altendorf, a Red Wing Republican, said she had no tolerance for political violence. This was despite the violence theme espoused by Donald Trump as the GOP standard-bearer. “Calm down the rhetoric,” Altendorf said. “There used to be a time where we could talk about politics and not think the other person that has a different opinion than ‘you is evil.’”
Soliciting door-knockers. A sign in the GOP office in Red Wing. The office dispatches proselyting crews all around Goodhue County and also to Rochester 45 miles away in the next county.