DFL Party Blasts Senate GOP for Voting to End State of Emergency

DFL to Paul Gazelka: Emergency Is Not Over

SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA – Today, Minnesota Senate Republicans voted to end the state of emergency that Minnesota is using to combat COVID-19. Prior to that vote, Senator Paul Gazelka declared that “the emergency part of this pandemic is over.”

This comes despite the fact that over 3.3 million Americans, or 1 in every 100 Americans, has tested positive for COVID-19, and despite the fact that the United States is regularly breaking records for the number of positive cases that come in every day. Amidst this surge, the COVID-19 death rate has started to increase again after months of slowly declining. Continue reading “DFL Party Blasts Senate GOP for Voting to End State of Emergency”