The Minnesota Republic

Joe Biden: Savior or Liability?

January 1, 2020

Is Joe Biden okay? After a strong start in the polls, American voters are seeing a different side of the former Vice President and veteran senator: a frail, forgetful side befitting a man of his age. The 77-year-old is currently the overall frontrunner of the entire Democratic field, but is lagging behind...

Tags: 2020 election, 2020 primaries, Joe Biden

The Curious Case of Tulsi Gabbard

Thomas Farrell, Contributor

September 26, 2019

From day one, Tulsi Gabbard has had a hard job convincing people on why she should be president. However almost no one doubts that she is qualified – the first Samoan American and first Hindu elected to Congress, the youngest woman ever elected to a state legislature, a combat vet deployed to Iraq...

Tags: 2020 election, 2020 primaries, democrats, trump, tulsi gabbard

Hidden in the flock: fake Catholics in the Democratic Party

Thomas Farrell, Contributor

September 12, 2019

The days of religion influencing public policy in meaningful ways are over, no matter what watchers and readers of The Handmaid’s Tale may say. While America has always had the “separation of Church and State,” there was an undeniable reality that America was a nation apologetically founded by Christians, and for...

Tags: 2020 election, catholic, catholicism, christianity, democrats, religion