Paul David Wellstone (July 21, 1944 – October 25, 2002) was an American academic, author, and politician who represented Minnesota in the United States Senate from 1991 until he was killed in a plane crash in Eveleth, Minnesota, in 2002. A member of the Democratic Farmer-Labor Party, Wellstone was a leader of the progressive wing of the national Democratic Party.
He opposed the first Gulf War in 1991 and, in the months before his death, spoke out against the government's threats to go to war with Iraq again.
Wellstone was one of only eight members of the Senate to vote against the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act in 1999.
In the 2002 campaign, the Green Party ran a candidate against Wellstone, a move which some Greens opposed. The party's 2000 Vice-Presidential nominee, Winona LaDuke, described Wellstone as "a champion of the vast majority of our issues".[18] The Green Party's decision to oppose Wellstone was criticized by some liberals.
On January 9, 1999, Wellstone called a press conference at the Minnesota State Capitol. Despite expectations that he would announce his candidacy, he stated he could not muster the stamina necessary for a national campaign, citing chronic back problems he ascribed to an old wrestling injury. His pain was later diagnosed as multiple sclerosis. He thereafter endorsed the candidacy of former Senator Bill Bradley of New Jersey, the only Democratic candidate to challenge Vice President Al Gore.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Wellstone
Being born and raised in Minnesota, I was very familiar with Paul Wellstone growing up. I really disliked him and his platform. This was back before I took the red pill though and didn't think anything of it.
But I randomly remembered him the other day and thought it's a bit bizarre. 11 days before reelection sounds a bit coincidental. The Green Party deciding to run a candidate that year as well seems suspicious. But why would the D's kill off one of their own? Someone getting things done for them. Why did they need him out of the way?
I found this part especially interesting:
The FBI, which initially sent agents to help recover debris, investigated possible foul play in the crash. After a few days, the Bureau determined that the crash was accidental, but only after following several criminal leads involving death threats. Wellstone had been receiving death threats since he took office; the FBI tapped his phone to locate the callers. Documents about the FBI's involvement in investigating Wellstone's death were not publicly released until October 2010.[26] Government documents also indicated that the FBI had been following Wellstone before he became a senator, and included records dating as far back as his arrest at a 1970 antiwar protest.
If you read some of his Wiki page, there are many, many notable accomplishments from his time in office. I feel like there is more here... I think he might have been one of the last honest D's and was killed for it.
Does anyone else remember Paul Wellstone? Or was red pilled enough back then to read between the lines? What do you think happened?
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[–] 21454747? [S] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
That's what got me thinking about this more deeply. The wiki describes the investigation pretty well. Blamed pilot error and weather.
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https://web.archive.org/web/20190402222857/https://www.alternet.org/2002/10/was_paul_wellstone_murdered/
many others
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Wow that was a great article. Never read that before. I find this list interestinf. Almost all democrats. We're they killing old the party's "old guard", the somewhat still honest D's?
Holy cow!