Dems in disarray!
In a scene fitting for the city’s rising crime rate, Democrat loons started fighting each other at a local endorsing convention Saturday in Minneapolis.
Two people were injured.
The Daily Mail reported the commotion at the Minneapolis Democratic Farmer Labor (DFL) Party’s Ward 10 started once backers of Minneapolis City Council member Aisha Chugtai stormed the stage which infuriated supporters of her challenger, Nasri Warsame.
More than 40 people (over three dozen) took in the brawl.
The video shows a man waving a Warsame sign was the first to rush the stage. Then several other individuals joined him and brought the convention to a halt by shouting and also banging on tables.
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There were multiple confirmed reports of people fighting during the brawl.The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that two people were injured as a result.
CBS News reported a man in his 30s was taken to hospital and paramedics treated a woman in her 40s at the scene.
As the Daily Mail reported, Warsame said in a Facebook post that his campaign manager was “assaulted by one of the other campaign staff member, and he’s now being transported to hospital by an ambulance.”
Warsame also said in his post that everyone was asked to exit the building and that no endorsement was made.
Convention chair Sam Doten was humiliated by the violent scenes on stage and tried desperately to stop it.
“This is embarrassing,” he shouted. ‘We are shutting this down – this is no longer safe.”
The underfunded Minneapolis Police Department announced that no arrests have been made in connection to the fight and the investigation remain ongoing.
The Daily Mail reported:
A wild brawl broke out at a Democratic endorsing convention in Minnesota on Saturday when dozens of supporters of rival candidates clashed on stage.
The convention for the Minneapolis Democratic Farmer Labor (DFL) Party’s Ward 10 ended with at least one person hospitalized, another needing medical attention at the scene and no endorsement.
‘This is embarrassing,’ shouted convention chair Sam Doten as the ugly scenes escalated. ‘We are shutting this down – this is no longer safe.’
The confrontation erupted as backers of Minneapolis City Council member Aisha Chughtai took to the stage sending supporters of her challenger, Nasri Warsame, into a rage.
A man waving a Warsame sign was the first to rush the stage, before several others joined him, shouting and banging on tables – bringing proceedings to a halt.
The Minneapolis Police Department said it responded to reports of people fighting but did not observe any altercations and made no arrests.
CBS News reported a man in his 30s was taken to hospital and paramedics treated a woman in her 40s at the scene.
The underfunded Minneapolis Police Department announced that no arrests have been made in connection to the fight and the investigation remain ongoing.