Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, Democrat, sparked considerable confusion on social media with her latest campaign ad.
Flanagan is running against her Republican opponent, Michelle Tafoya, for a U.S. Senate seat, but her recent video is turning heads for all the wrong reasons. While she tried to call out Tafoya for saying she would “protect” the Trump administration’s SNAP cuts, Flanagan’s platform ended up being a backseat issue entirely.
Watch:
Michele Tafoya said she’ll “protect” Trump’s Big, Ugly Bill in the Senate.
I’m going to fight to restore the cuts to Medicaid and SNAP – the same programs that saved my life as a kid. pic.twitter.com/FIDB5v8PH0
— Peggy Flanagan (@peggyflanagan) October 1, 2026
“I’m running to serve you, and not Donald Trump,” she said, pointing to a headline about benefit cuts under the president. “Since last July, 1.2 million children have lost SNAP benefits. When I was growing up, my single mom worked hard, but she couldn’t always make ends meet without a little help. SNAP, which we called food stamps, kept food on the table and in my belly.”
“But now the Trump administration is gutting programs like SNAP and Medicaid to cut taxes for billionaires and corporations who don’t need them,” she continued. “My MAGA opponent has said she’ll protect those devastating cuts in the Big, Ugly Bill. But in the Senate, I’m going to fight to restore the cuts to Medicaid and SNAP because I’m running to serve you, and not Donald Trump.”
X users had a lot to say about the ad, namely about Flannagan’s interesting outfit choice:
She’s wearing the same outfit that a ventriloquist would use to dress up their puppet. https://t.co/8oPLXZlCAo
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) October 2, 2026
Dude. Look at this outfit.
Tafoya should pay to run this outside of MSP. I guarantee none of them have encountered a human like this. https://t.co/H3Alb1CRot— Josh Holmes (@HolmesJosh) October 2, 2026
You keep thinking to yourself surely she’ll acknowledge the outfit. Like this has to be a bit.
Nope lol https://t.co/Jdv53KArWI
— Michael Duncan (@MichaelDuncan) October 2, 2026
Didn’t anyone tell her to fix her collar? Or anything else?
She looks like a professor at a third tier liberal arts college whose dissertation was on indigenous Ecuadorian transgender mime. https://t.co/mP5a2fzyBV
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) October 3, 2026
What the heck is she wearing? 🤡
— Jack Frost (@frostyjack77) October 1, 2026
It takes balls to stand in a state that’s leading the league in Medicaid fraud and say “I’ll help there be more of it” I’ll give you that.
— Upstate Federalist (@upstatefederlst) October 3, 2026
New sleep paralysis demon unlocked pic.twitter.com/aYHc9VLc5B
— Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) October 1, 2026
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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