Friday, May 30, 2025

They don't much like Donald Trump in Grand Marais (Cook County) Minnesota and now they have even more reason for their dislike

 
Election results and map:  Wikipedia
3rd party votes:  28.1% in 1992, 13.8% in 1996, 9/6% in 2016
(Alabama segregationist George Wallace received 5.7% of the vote in 1968)
Headline:  Minnesota Star Tribune, 

Christopher Vondracek and Christa Lawler report:
But this year, amid animosity between Canada and the U.S., only 33 Canadian riders came down. It’s a race, Kershaw said, that typically draws 600 competitors. The missing Canadians, in other words, won’t decimate the ranks. But the absences are noticed. And the informal boycott, Kershaw said, is just another regrettable tension between these closest of allies that is felt most sharply along the U.S.-Canadian border. 
“One guy wrote to me and told me he loves coming across the border and supporting events like mine,” Kershaw said, “But he’s, in principle, holding his ground this year.” 
Canadians are not happy with President Donald Trump. He has upped bellicose rhetoric between the U.S. and Canada from nil to level 100. He calls their country a state and says he wants to annex it. Then, there’s his on-again, off-again tariffs on Canadian goods. 
And it appears from anecdotal evidence that Canadians are showing their displeasure with their wallets. Fewer are choosing to travel to the U.S., including to northern Minnesota.


No comments: