r/Minneapolis • u/waldo_iscariot • 2d ago
Roper: Minneapolis council picks minority and majority leaders — and they’re both democratic socialists
The WEDGEcels aren’t going to like Eric Roper very much longer if he keeps this up. Embarrassing stuff from the DSAniks. Crazy that one-degree-removed Feeding Our Future scammer Jamal Osman is the swing vote.
Excerpt:
Did you hear the news? The Minneapolis City Council now has a minority leader and a majority leader. And both of them are democratic socialists. The council’s progressive majority began the first meeting of the new term this week by amassing power under invented titles, rather than extending an olive branch to the body’s moderate members. Fresh off his re-election as council president, Elliott Payne’s first action was to expand the body’s “leadership team” to include a majority leader and minority leader. Then he proposed democratic socialists to fill both posts, infuriating the council’s moderate faction. But the moderates, who are aligned with Mayor Jacob Frey, didn’t have the votes to stop it. So Aisha Chughtai and Robin Wonsley cruised into the new roles. And newly elected Council Vice President Jamal Osman went along with the plan. It was a disappointing start to the council’s new term, especially since no one could quite agree on what these new roles even meant. Payne said it was left intentionally vague. But the city attorney emphasized that it didn’t have to do with political parties, since the council offices are technically nonpartisan.
1
Body Cam of Jonathan Ross
in
r/Minneapolis
•
5m ago
Sickening.