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Best Served Cold

Best Served Cold

It looks like the pro-Nullification presumptive Republican nominee for Governor in Minnesota is going into damage control mode. But not for saying that Minnesota shouldn’t have to obey any federal laws. He’s back tracking because his plan for getting the state’s economy back on track was to cut the wages of waiters and waitresses by about 2/3 — a move he said would “level playing field [between waiters and employers] so the employers can continue to exist, survive and thrive.” Now he’s going on a listening tour next week to hear from the servers.

Josh Marshall

Josh Marshall is editor and publisher of TalkingPointsMemo.com.

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