ICYMI: Leading up to NDGOP Convention, Cramer garners more brutal headlines for putting politics before North Dakotans

Cramer said voting against President Trump is like cheating on a wife

(BISMARCK, ND) – In case you missed it, Congressman Kevin Cramer is once again churning out more embarrassing headlines this week by suggesting that voting against the president – even when it’s bad for North Dakota – is equal to cheating on a wife. Apparently, Kevin Cramer would rather be a loyal foot-soldier for the president and his party than a foot-soldier for North Dakota families.

That begs the question – does Kevin Cramer have what little courage it takes to stand up to the president on his devastating trade and tariff policies? Or would that count as cheating, too? Based on his deleted tweet, it sure doesn’t look like he can be an independent voice for North Dakota. Kevin Cramer has some serious explaining to do.

Here are some highlights (or lowlights?) from the coverage:

Washington Examiner: Trump trade war will test the faithfulness of rural GOP candidates

  • Rep. Kevin Cramer has a really interesting understanding of marriage and faithfulness.
  • Palling around with the president, he is at risk of ignoring the farmers who have been some of the Republican Party’s most loyal supporters for decades. Trump went to war over trade and Cramer cheered him on.
  • But if the White House has found ways to shelter red-state farmers, those guys with Trump bumper stickers on their trucks, they’ve been keeping it to themselves.
  • Cramer should be furious about the president stumbling into a trade war and endangering that industry. If he is, he hasn’t shown it publicly. Instead, Cramer is standing by his man.
  • If prices continue to plummet on soybean futures, voters will be the ones wondering about Cramer’s faithfulness as they head to the polls.
  • North Dakota Democrats are calling out Rep. Kevin Cramer after the U.S. Senate candidate compared his election rival’s votes against the agenda of President Donald Trump to cheating on a spouse.
  • A Thursday news release from the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party highlighted excerpts of the CNN article. “In an interview with a right-wing radio host yesterday, Kevin Cramer compared voting against President Donald Trump to cheating on a wife. This is not The Onion,” the release said.
  • But Cramer told The Forum on Thursday that his comments weren’t a “gaffe.”
  • “So, my illustration was that’s like going home and telling your wife, ‘Honey, I’ve been faithful to you 55 percent of the time.’ That’s a very low percentage, to say the least.”
  • The cringe-worthy comments continue for Congressman Kevin Cramer.
  • He believes loyalty to Trump is either above his responsibility to North Dakota or that they are one in the same. Either way, he is utterly wrong.
  • In his remarks, Cramer displays his eagerness to be obedient and subservient to President Donald Trump. It is loyalty to Trump over North Dakota.
  • There has been and will continue to be times where President Trump is wrong about what is best for our state. In those moments, North Dakota deserves an independent thinker.
  • Rep. Kevin Cramer, the Republican challenging Sen. Heidi Heitkamp this fall in North Dakota, compared voting against President Donald Trump in Congress to cheating on a spouse.
  • “Here’s the good news about Donald Trump: Most of the time, he’s for North Dakota, and that’s my point where I’ve heard her say, ‘Gee, I voted with him 55% of the time,'” Cramer said. “Can you imagine going home and telling your wife, ‘I’ve been faithful to you 55% of the time?’ Are you kidding me? Being wrong half the time is not a good answer.”
  • Cramer’s penchant for off-key remarks was part of why Republicans spent part of 2017 searching for an alternative Senate candidate before settling on him as their best option. Cramer waffled himself, opting against a run this year before changing his mind.
  • Last year, in a radio interview, he criticized Democratic women for wearing “bad-looking white pantsuits” to Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress in solidarity with women’s rights.
  • He also raised eyebrows by saying that then-White House press secretary Sean Spicer’s analogy between Adolf Hitler and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is “not without some validity.”
Read even more about Cramer equating voting against Trump to adultery in USA Today, The Hill and the Washington Examiner.

Federal Judge Strikes Down Portions of the Jaeger Voter ID Law

(BISMARCK, ND) – North Dakota Secretary of State Al Jaeger played a key role in advising the legislature on the legality of the voter ID measure they passed in 2017. Unsurprisingly, many sections of the measure Jaeger helped draft were struck down this week in a decision by U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Hovland.

Hovland, a Republican appointee, ruled that the state must accept multiple forms of identification or other documentation that includes a residential or mailing address. The ruling also states that Jaeger must create a voter education system to fully inform voters of the ID requirements that are still in force. Unfortunately we have already seen that when a task like this is placed in the hands of Al Jaeger, it is not ‘easy as pie.’

“Judge Hovland’s ruling, once again proves to North Dakotans that Al Jaeger is simply not capable of handling the modern demands of the office of Secretary of State,” said Scott McNeil, Executive Director of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party. “Ensuring our elections are run smoothly and fairly and that the citizens of North Dakota can vote easily is the most important role of the Secretary of State’s office. Once again, Secretary Jaeger has fallen down on the job.”

McNeil continued, “I would like to thank the members of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa and Bismarck attorney Tom Dickson for filing this lawsuit and fighting to maintain North Dakotans most fundamental right as citizens.”

Zinke: Higher costs, less access for National Parks

Teddy Roosevelt National Park has nearly 600,000 visitors per year
(BISMARCK, ND) – From health care to national parks, Ryan Zinke and Kevin Cramer are cut from the same cloth: they believe in higher costs and less access for hardworking families.

Just this month, the North Dakota Republican Party’s 2018 Convention keynote speaker has come under fire from more than 100,000 Americans for drastically increasing costs for families who want to visit our National Parks. In fact, Zinke’s entrance fee hike is the largest increase since World War II.

“Whether it’s health care or our national parks, Ryan Zinke and Kevin Cramer share a radical ideology that will lead to higher costs and less access for North Dakota families,” said Scott McNeil, Executive Director of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL. “Theodore Roosevelt National Park is an integral part of North Dakota’s spirit and history, and it’s’ a shame that Ryan Zinke wants to hike costs and limit access for folks who want to visit our state.”

On top of increasing costs for folks visiting National Parks, Zinke cut the number of free access days by more than half. Here in North Dakota, Theodore Roosevelt National Park attracts nearly 600,000 visitorsper year.

DIVAS: Zinke is just as reckless with taxpayer dollars as Kevin Cramer

From fancy doors, personalized coins and tax cuts for billionaires, don’t trust Zinke or Cramer with your wallet

(BISMARCK, ND) – Yesterday, Kevin Cramer got a hearty laugh out of his vote to add more than $1.5 trillion dollars to the national debt. So it’s no surprise to us that the keynote speaker for the 2018 North Dakota Republican Party Convention, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, is just as reckless with hard-earned taxpayer dollars as the big-spender himself, Kevin Cramer.

“Ryan Zinke and Kevin Cramer both share an affinity for swindling the American taxpayer so it’s fitting that the North Dakota Republican Party chose such a scandal-plagued Washington insider to keynote their convention,” said Scott McNeil, Executive Director of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL. “From office doors that cost twice as much as the average household income in North Dakota to a tax bill that adds more than a trillion dollars to the national deficit, Zinke and Cramer are two peas in a pod that can’t be trusted with taxpayer dollars.”

Independent watchdogs have raised serious concerns with Zinke’s use of taxpayer resources on personal vacations to Greece and Turkey. And even his home-state newspaper called into question if taxpayers can trust Zinke to be a good steward of their resources after his obscene travel expenses on the government’s dime.

In addition to Zinke’s jet-setting, he’s commissioned a commemorative coin to be personalized for his tenure at Interior. He also came under fire for spending a whopping $139,000 to replace doors in his office. For context, the median household income in North Dakota is less than $60,000 and the average home costs approximately $165,000.

Whether it’s Ryan Zinke or Kevin Cramer, North Dakotans can always trust them to put their own personal interests over that of the American taxpayer.

Taking Orders from Washington: Cramer Flips, Flops and Deletes Tweets to Support Trump’s Tariffs, Leaving North Dakota Farmers Behind

 

AUDIO: Listen to Cramer Flip Flop on Trump’s Tariffs This Week 

Cramer Really, Really, Really Has a Tough Time Saying No To Trump –Here Are His Deleted Tweets


FARGO, N.D. – It’s no secret that Congressman Cramer values loyalty to Washington and President Trump over what’s best for North Dakotans, and perhaps the starkest example came this week when he flip-flopped, then fumbled on Twitter, abandoning North Dakota farmers to toe the party line.

“North Dakota farmers won’t forget that when it came time for Congressman Cramer to defend them against back-breaking tariffs, he left them in the dust,” said Scott McNeil, Executive Director of North Dakota Dem-NPL. “By defending President Trump’s tariffs as part of the president’s ‘long game,’ Congressman Cramer proved he doesn’t have what it takes to stand up to the president when North Dakota producers needed him most. North Dakotans deserve a U.S. Senator that will represent them – not someone who is running scared of the president.”

North Dakota exports more than two-thirds of its soybean crop to China. But when it came time for Cramer to stand up for farmers against President Trump’s tariffs, which could have a crippling affect on North Dakota soybean growers and producers – particularly if China’s retaliatory 25 percent levies on soybeans go into effect – he refused. When asked on KFGO this week about President Trump’s tariffs, Cramer first called the policy one of the president’s “emotional reactions”:

 

FLIP:

“So, yes, there are these short-term sort of emotional reactions by the markets and others, and frankly, by the president himself.  And this is one of my concerns again. He tends to have rather emotional responses rather than you know sort of long game more thought out perhaps communication.”

But it didn’t take long for Cramer to remember his marching orders – and quickly changed his tune to support the tariffs as part of the president’s “long game” strategy.

FLOP:

“Well, Joel, because I think we have a president who is looking at the long game.”

The next day, Cramer was still so focused on doing what’s best for Trump over North Dakotans, he forgot to deliver the message to his social media team, who wrongly assumed he would want to do the right thing for North Dakota and oppose President Trump’s harmful tariffs. Here are their tweets he deleted:

 

Instead, he chose to leave North Dakota farmers behind, making it perfectly clear that he takes his cues straight from the White House:

NDGOP keynote speech by Secretary Zinke reportedly closed to North Dakotans

Public lands secretary terrified of… the public

 

(BISMARCK, ND) – Yesterday, the North Dakota Republican Party announced their 2018 Convention keynote speaker, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. Unfortunately for the NDGOP, even their most reliable cheerleaders are underwhelmed by the announcement. The announcement also came on the same day it was reported that the FEC was probing Zinke’s PAC for more than $600,000 in unreported contributions.

But the bad news doesn’t stop there.

According to a report from the Forum, Zinke’s speech will be closed to the public. In stark contrast, Vice President Biden’s keynote address at the Democratic-NPL Convention was free and open to the public. And this isn’t the first time a cabinet leader in the Trump administration has ruffled feathers in North Dakota by shutting out the press.

It begs the question – what’s the NDGOP trying to hide?

“If Secretary Zinke and the Trump administration’s endorsement of Congressman Cramer is so strong, what are they afraid of?” said Scott McNeil, Executive Director of the North Dakota Dem-NPL. “Maybe the administration hasn’t gotten the memo – because they haven’t in the past – but North Dakotans value a free and open press, and expect transparency of their public leaders. It’s time Congressman Cramer looked up from his rubber-stamping duties for his party and delivered the fair and open election North Dakotans want – and deserve.”

Vice President Pence set to fundraise for ND GOP…after praising their top opponent

(BISMARCK, ND) – As North Dakota Republican Party-faithful welcome Vice President Pence to North Dakota, it’s important to remember who Pence championed the last time he was in town: None other than North Dakota’s favorite red-headed, blue-collar Senator, Heidi Heitkamp.

TODAY: Vice President Pence is set fundraise for North Dakota Republicans in Fargo.

THROWBACK: Vice President Pence last visited North Dakota in October. Back then, he praised Heidi as a “strong leader” with whom both he and President Trump enjoy a “great relationship.”

“You know Republicans are in a tough spot when their top endorser of the 2018 election praised their top opponent the last time he was in town,” said Scott McNeil, Executive Director of the North Dakota Dem-NPL. “That’s because Vice President Pence – and President Trump, who called Heidi a ‘good woman’ – both know that Heidi puts North Dakota over partisan politics every time. And that’s the kind of ‘strong leader’ no GOP rubber-stamp will ever be for our state.”

Vice President Mike Pence: Too partisan and extreme for North Dakota

(BISMARCK, ND) – When Vice President Mike Pence stumps for Kevin Cramer in Fargo, it begs the question: Where does Pence stand on the issues that matter to North Dakotans? It’s certainly not in the sensible middle. Throughout his career, Pence has staked out the most extreme, reckless positions – from ripping away health care from working families, to pulling out the safety net for folks who rely on Medicare and Social Security.

“Mike Pence has a lifelong record of putting massive corporations and party loyalty ahead of the families he’s elected to serve,” said Scott McNeil, Executive Director of the North Dakota Dem-NPL. “From his reckless crusade on health care, to his attempts to privatize Social Security, Mike Pence is too extreme for North Dakota.”

HEALTH CARE

Pence pushed for a health care plan that would have kicked more than 30,000 North Dakotans off their insurance coverage, as well as a plan to repeal the ACA, without replacement, jeopardizing care for the nearly 300,000 North Dakotans with pre-existing conditions.

Changes pushed by President Trump and Pence will cause premiums to skyrocket.

Pence was criticized for a lackluster response to an HIV outbreak in Indiana and undermined efforts to combat other public health crises.

Pence compared the Supreme Court ruling which upheld the Affordable Care Act to the horrific attack on September 11th, 2001.

SOCIAL SECURITY

Pence pushed to privatize Social Security and even said former President Bush’s privatization plan didn’t go far enough.

TRADE

From the White House, Pence is advocating for trade policies that could crush North Dakota farmers, ranchers and our energy economy.

ECONOMY

Pence offered tax breaks for companies that outsourced good-paying Indiana jobs.

As Governor, Pence was roundly criticized for signing legislation that would have allowed companies to discriminate against LGBTQ citizens. As a result, it has been estimated that Indianapolis has already lost $60 million in economic impact.

FIRST AMENDMENT

As Governor, Pence tried to start a state-run news agency that would have featured news written by state press secretaries.

Vice President Joe Biden to headline North Dakota Democratic-NPL 2018 Convention

(BISMARCK, ND) – Today, the North Dakota Democratic-NPL is proud to announce that former Vice President of the United States Joe Biden will headline their 2018 Convention in Grand Forks on Saturday, March 17th.
 
Vice President Biden served as a U.S. Senator from Delaware for nearly four decades and as Vice President of the United States from 2009-2017. Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Vice President Biden has been a lifelong champion for the working class and, in the Senate, authored landmark legislation such as the Violence Against Women Act, which Senator Heidi Heitkamp helped implement as North Dakota’s Attorney General.
 
“Heidi lives and breathes North Dakota – she fights with every fiber of her being for rural America,” Vice President Joe Biden said. “Heidi has been a strong leader in the Senate and most importantly, she gets the job done for the people she serves. From the Case New Holland worker in Fargo building agriculture equipment for the world to the small business owner in Williston, North Dakotans should know that Heidi has their back in the Senate – I’ve seen it firsthand. I’m looking forward to showing my support for Heidi in Grand Forks and throughout this campaign.”  
 
“I’m proud to call Vice President Biden a friend – but more importantly, he’s been a friend and champion for hardworking men and women throughout his entire career,” Senator Heidi Heitkamp said. “We both come from humble beginnings, and that’s why we feel so passionately about a better future for folks across North Dakota and across the country. Whether it was writing the Violence Against Women Act or fighting for good-paying jobs that can support a family, there’s no stronger advocate for working people than Vice President Biden. I’m grateful for his generous support and look forward to welcoming him to North Dakota next month.”
 
“Democrats are the party of hardworking men and women – and whether it’s Heidi or Vice President Biden, we’re lucky have such strong leaders fighting for us every single day,” Kylie Oversen, Chair of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL said. “Vice President Biden has been a fighter for workers, families and retirees for his entire career – and whether he was serving in the U.S. Senate or in the White House, he never lost touch with his working-class roots. Dem-NPLers are fired up for 2018 and we’re thrilled to welcome Vice President Biden to North Dakota and to our convention on March 17th.”

Hey, Big Spender: Kevin Cramer’s conversion from Deficit Hawk to Deficit Hiker

Cramer champions “tweaking” Social Security, Medicare & implementing “means testing” to pay for his bad spending habit

(BISMARCK, ND) – We all know sticking to a budget can be hard – but it’s especially tough when you ran for office campaigning on the need to eliminate the national debt, but are now trying your darndest to please a president you really, really like.
 
Just ask Kevin Cramer. On the campaign trail in 2012, Cramer painted himself as a dyed-in-the-wool deficit hawk – decrying national debt, proclaiming “North Dakotans have a responsibility to sacrifice,” and that the federal budget should be rolled back to 2008 levels.
 
In another case of Cramer saying one thing and doing another, now that there’s a new president in office, Cramer is whistling a much different tune – trading his once stringent, conservative opinions for the role of Presidential Rubber Stamp, North Dakota be damned.
 
Let’s take a look at just a few examples of the funny math and harmful cuts Cramer is now championing to explain the trillions he is putting on the credit card of North Dakotans:
 

#TBT: Throwback Thursday to Kevin Cramer trashing the Senate, saying North Dakota needs him in the House

(BISMARCK, ND) – It wasn’t long ago – only a month or so – that Rep. Kevin Cramer was adamant that North Dakota’s interests were best served by him staying in the U.S. House of Representatives.
 
But now, the D.C. swamp and the political winds of opportunity, a guiding compass for Cramer, are calling his name. Despite months of purported soul searching – which initially led him to conclude he would best serve North Dakotans by remaining in the House – Cramer has now decided to listen to some…more persuasive voices. Voices like the Washington swamp elite and out-of-state political bosses.
 
“In a turnaround so fast it could give you whiplash, Cramer is now taking his cues from Mitch McConnell – putting what he deemed as best for North Dakotans on the backburner,” North Dakota Democratic-NPL Chairwoman Kylie Oversen said. “If Cramer jumps into the Senate race, North Dakotans will be reminded that he has always been in this career for himself, to rise in the political ranks and curry favor with the D.C. swamp while lining his own pockets with campaign contributions from out-of-state millionaires.”
 
For Throwback Thursday, let’s remind Cramer of his own words and remind North Dakotans that Cramer is only in this for himself:

#TBT: Cramer said he couldn’t be an effective member of Congress if he ran for Senate:

“And you could ask Rick Berg how effective you can be, you know, running for the Senate.”
 
“And so, I think when North Dakota only has one that one member of the House, it’s really important to consider what that member’s, you know, ability is and what, you know, what kind of capacity they have. What kind of clout they have. And given that, I think this is a really important thing for the state of North Dakota.”
 
“[T]here’s a strong patriotic case to be made and I’ve made it my own heart in my own head, that staying here is what’s best for the people that, after all, do hire me to represent them.” [KTGO-AM, 1/11/18] 

#TBT: Cramer said you can’t influence the upcoming Farm Bill if you’re running for Senate:

“So, a Farm Bill where I have many, you know, amendments and ideas that I’ve shared with the committee and the committee’s chairman and I want to see these things through. A fix for ARC for example, some conservation fixes. You can’t do that if you’re running for the Senate.” [KTGO-AM, 1/11/18]  

#TBT: Cramer said the best thing for North Dakota was to run for the House:

“We’ve decided that the best thing for our family, and for me, and I think frankly for North Dakota, is for me to seek re-election to the House of Representatives.” [KTGO-AM, 1/11/18]  

#TBT: Cramer said he’s on the most powerful committee in either the House or Senate:

“You know I’m on the most powerful committee in the United States Congress, either the House or the Senate. I’ve been on the steering committee. I’ve got, you know, some status that takes a long time to earn if you’re a new member and I feel like I’ve gotten there pretty quickly. So, it’s not like it’s not like it’s insignificant to give up the House seat either.” [WZFG, 11/22/17]

#TBT: Cramer said the House is much more productive than the Senate:

“Well because the House isn’t unimportant either. I mean on the one hand, yes, the House has been very productive, and the Senate is not.” [WZFG, 11/22/17]

GREATEST HITS: Would the gaffe machine fuel a Kevin Cramer Senate run?

Cramer Has “Akin-like tendencies that make a lot of people nervous.” 

(BISMARCK, ND) – Kevin Cramer is back at it again – boldly re-announcing his tepid interest in joining a legislative body he claims to loath. But at this late stage, it’s worth rewinding to the Cramer Gaffe Machine that soured GOP leaders on his candidacy for the better part of last year – and left them empty handed on viable alternatives.
 
When Cramer’s “penchant for controversial remarks,” reached a fever pitch last year, his “out of control”behavior caused Republican faithful to panic, likening him to failed Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin – the former U.S. Congressman whose own penchant for ‘unfiltered,’ crude comments tanked his political career. Now that GOP leaders are back to coaxing Cramer into a Hail Mary run after vetting a parade of even more unsavory alternatives, the question is: Will the Cramer Gaffe Machine that initially deterred Republicans continue to fuel him in a Senate run?
 
“It’s pretty clear that Kevin Cramer has spent more time running his mouth than delivering real, legislative accomplishments for North Dakota families – perhaps that’s why his party searched under every rock for someone else and came up short,” said Scott McNeil, Executive Director of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL. “North Dakotans deserve a U.S. Senator who works hard, reaches across the aisle and gets results – not one who kowtows to party leaders and embarrasses North Dakotans in the headlines with his disrespectful, thoughtless comments.”
 
As Cramer flirts – again – with a Senate campaign and flails for media attention, let’s take a look back at some of the comments he’s become best known for (hint: they’re not very senatorial):

1. TRASH-TALKING WOMEN 

Sometimes, Cramer just can’t seem to help himself – especially when he talks about women. After his female colleagues wore white for a Joint Address to Congress, Cramer lashed out – saying they were “poorly dressed” and wearing “bad-looking white pantsuits.”
 
True to form, instead of apologizing for his disrespectful statements – Cramer doubled down, accusing his female colleagues of having a “disease” where they “groan and moan and hiss.”
 
Just like your average schoolyard bully, Cramer told the Grand Forks Herald that his remarks were intended to insult and diminish his female Congressional colleagues.
 
Rather than ‘North Dakota Nice,’ Cramer’s attacks are often undignified and mean-spirited.
 
2. DEFENDING OFFENSIVE COMMENTS ABOUT … HITLER?
 
Speaking of undignified…
 
Last April, former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer made an offensive – and nearly universally condemned – remark comparing Syrian President Bashar Assad to Adolf Hitler, stating incorrectly that Hilter “didn’t even sink to using chemical weapons.”
 
Even though Spicer apologized, calling his own comments “inexcusable and reprehensible” – because millions of Jews were, in fact, murdered by Hitler using chemical weapons – guess who ran to his defense?
 
None other than Kevin Cramer, saying Spicer’s comments were “not without some validity.” Cramer then doubled down again, saying, “It’s a factual statement.”
 
3. DISCRIMINATING BASED ON PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS
 
Any North Dakotan who values affordable health care – or has a pre-existing condition – ought to be terrified by the prospect of Kevin Cramer in the U.S. Senate.
 
Not only has he voted dozens of times on legislation that would strip millions of Americans of their health care, raise premiums, add to the deficit, destabilize the insurance markets and increase costs for people with pre-existing conditions – he’s also spoken disparagingly about people who were born with pre-existing conditions at no fault of their own.
 
In an interview with a right-wing TV personality, Cramer said, “we’re not going to allow you to just abuse the system because you have a pre-existing condition.” And in another interview, he insinuated that people with pre-existing conditions were trying to “game the system.”
 
Maybe Cramer should consider that women with breast cancer and children born with birth defects don’t want to “game the system” – they just want affordable, quality care without the fear of bankruptcy.
 
4. TRAMPLING ON THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND THE FREE PRESS
 
In response to press coverage he didn’t like – and in a truly Nixonian threat to the First Amendment and free press – Cramer called for Congressional hearings to probe media bias and suggested that some networks could lose their licenses issued by the federal government.
 
Newspapers across North Dakota – from the Grand Forks Herald to the Williston Herald – roundly condemned Cramer’s assault on the First Amendment. Another Fargo columnist slammed Cramer, saying: “The congressman’s latest stunt, however, crosses lines of congressional propriety and common constitutional understanding of the role of a free press.”
 
Ouch.
 
5. THREATENING INDIAN COUNTRY

North Dakota is home to nearly 40,000 Native Americans – but they certainly can’t count on Cramer.
 
At a meeting regarding the protection of women and children in Indian Country, Cramer physically threatened members of the Spirit Lake Tribal Council, saying he wanted to “(w)ring the Tribal Council’s neck and slam them against the wall.”
 
Cramer also said that due to the Violence Against Women Act, “As a non-Native man, I do not feel secure stepping onto the reservation now.”
 
As a state with five tribal reservations and one of the highest percentages of Native Americans, we need a Senator who will fight for all those in Indian Country – and Cramer has demonstrated he isn’t up for the job.