There is no shortage of bad senators, and more than one can qualify as so progressive as to be labeled "radical."
But if both Abdul El-Sayed and Peggy Flanagan get elected, God forbid, they'll compete for the title of "most radical" in the country.
There's a lot of competition for the position, of course. Massachusetts has Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren, who are arguably the two most progressive Senators at the moment. But Flanagan and El-Sayed are on another level.
STORY: https://t.co/5zpRApB11w
— Alpha News (@AlphaNews) August 17, 2026
No doubt you are quite familiar with Abdul El-Sayed, given how high-profile his race to become the Democrat Party nominee in Michigan was. But you are much less likely to be familiar with Flanagan. It's not like being Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota is generally considered a high-profile position.
Minnesota Dem Pushes Hardcore Communist Views At Senate Campaign Rally
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) July 21, 2026
Peggy Flanagan isn’t even trying to hide her radical socialist views, including a government takeover of healthcare and abolishing ICE.
“That’s why I support Medicare for all. That’s why I support universal… pic.twitter.com/jYoMEeVm9h
If the Vice Presidency of the United States is "not worth a bucket of warm spit," Lieutenant Governor of a state like Minnesota is more in line with a bucket of cow urine, at least outside of India, where apparently it is a prized health elixir. (No, I am not kidding.)
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— Alpha News (@AlphaNews) August 17, 2026
If you are a regular reader of mine, you have run across Flanagan a few times now. I love to use her picture as an example of how deeply embedded Alphabet ideology is in the Democrat Party, and how it is tied to radical and violent rhetoric.
That's Flanagan at the bill signing that designated Minnesota a "Trans Sanctuary State," which in practice means that it is the policy of our state to aid non-custodial parents who kidnap their children to have them undergo sterilization and mutilation, even when court orders explicitly prevent it.
That, my friends, counts as radical. And if you disagree with her, she has a knife to shove in your back. It is the only way to enforce kindness and empathy.
🚨Peggy Flanagan’s Minnesota TRANSGENDER double standard🚨
— Summer (@EclipeByDeath) August 17, 2026
Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan (now the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate) has repeatedly said:
“When our children tell us who they are, it is our job as grown-ups to listen and to believe them.”
She said it while wearing a… https://t.co/7BTrIeSZlq pic.twitter.com/EJB0x8DBnH
At the Capitol, many believe Flanagan was the brains behind the Walz administration. I can't speak to that directly, except to say that Tim Walz most certainly was not the brains behind anything at all. I think we can all agree on that point. If the Lieutenant Governor's position is usually worth a bucket of cow urine, Tim Walz's brain is filled with the product of the other form of bovine waste.
Q: Should gender affirming care have a minimum age?
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) August 12, 2026
FLANAGAN: People need healthcare
Q: Should there be an age limit?
FLANAGAN: Gender affirming care is healthcare
Q: So if a 10-year-old wanted it you would be okay with that?
FLANAGAN: This should be between a family... pic.twitter.com/lo8Y80sONP
Flanagan has been busy working behind the scenes to hand over as much state land as possible to the White Earth band of Ojibwe, of which she is a member because she is half White Earth herself. She is a firm believer in every shibboleth mouthed by progressives, whether it be universal medical care, redistribution, or every crazy social justice position under the sun.
And she is not, even a little bit, responsible for anything bad that has happened in Minnesota under Walz.
Minnesota Democrat Peggy Flanagan dodges when asked about ignoring billions in fraud under her watch.
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) August 12, 2026
CNN: "Do you take any accountability for the fraud that has happened under your administration's watch?"
FLANAGAN: "Fraud of any kind is completely unacceptable." pic.twitter.com/WTxRnv5iWX
Of course, fraud became unacceptable only when it became a hot political topic. Prior to that, it was standard operating procedure.
🔥🚨 JUST IN: Tim Walz’s Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan has won the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Minnesota.
— The Patriot Oasis™ (@ThePatriotOasis) August 12, 2026
A strong backer of the Somali influence in the state who openly stands by their radical Muslim ideology. pic.twitter.com/3Mkd78rbCg
El-Sayed obviously takes radical positions, but Flanagan actually aided and abetted the anti-ICE riots and was part of the organizing team that planned the assaults on ICE agents and doxxed federal agents. She is not only responsible for dangerous illegal alien escaping deportation; she actually sent out fools to "put their bodies on the line" to fight ICE and the CBP agents.
Peggy Flanagan encouraged far-left activists to stand up to ICE by putting “your body on the line” because ICE was “disappearing” their neighbors.
— Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) August 12, 2026
Two people died after taking her advice.
This is the Minnesota Democrats’ nominee for U.S. Senate. pic.twitter.com/FywW8Yppkx
Being dangerously radical includes having radical positions and using your power to put them into law; but the most dangerous radicals go further and foment revolutionary behavior in others, and Flanagan definitely fits that category.
Unfortunately, while El-Sayed is facing an uphill climb to win his election in Michigan, Flanagan is the favorite in the senate race here.
GEIST: Do you deserve any responsibility though, Lt Gov, for those fraud schemes that have taken place in your state over the past several years?
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 13, 2026
FLANAGAN: The governor says the buck stops with him. More should have been sooner. And I agree. pic.twitter.com/LRPAxEFiKz
She is certainly no shoo-in: Michele Tafoya will be a formidable opponent for Flanagan, and we haven't had that many formidable Republicans running in recent years. But no Republican has won a statewide election since Tim Pawlenty did in 2008. Either that means we are due, or it means that it is almost impossible.
Let's hope that means we are due, because Flanagan will be a dangerous Senator and a senate counterpart to AOC.
Her Indian name is Whiter Than Elizabeth Warren. https://t.co/FrJ3xlOWid
— Lake Bum (@dustopian) August 18, 2026
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