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LakeVermilion

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October 29, 2020

Why Isn't This Part of the Discussion?

(sorry, but I don't participate often enough to know if this has been discussed)

If the Supreme Court strikes down the ACA (Obamacare), many rural hospitals will be closed. Do rural people understand that they will be driving for 100s of miles to get hospital treatment? It's my understanding that the expansion of Medicaid allowed many rural hospitals to stay open. By supporting the Republicans, rural people may be dooming their health care.

My apologies if this topic has been important in the campaign. Nothing I hear the candidates say talks about keeping hospitals open.

October 21, 2020

Passionate 'Front Row Joe' Trump supporter dies in highway crash near St. Peter

Source: Star Tribune

A southwestern Minnesota man whose passionate support for President Donald Trump took him to dozens of political events around the country and recently to the White House was killed in a highway crash while returning from a political celebration in Florida.

Randal J. Thom, 60, of Lakefield died in a collision shortly before 4:30 p.m. Monday on Hwy. 169 north of St. Peter, the State Patrol said. Thom was driving his minivan south and hit a pickup truck that also was heading south, the patrol said.

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Thom was the unofficial ringleader of "Front Row Joes," a group that travels the country to Trump rallies starting during the 2016 presidential campaign.

He's been to dozens of Trump gatherings, 23 alone in 2016, earning himself national media attention on CBS News and from as far away as Australia. He would usually show up a half-day early to claim a good spot.

Read more: https://www.startribune.com/passionate-front-row-joe-trump-supporter-dies-in-highway-crash-near-st-peter/572804072/



Everything Trump touches ...

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