In the 1930s, this state's governor proclaimed, "I am not a liberal.
In the 1930s, this state's governor proclaimed, "I am not a liberal. I am what I want to be - a radical." A畔ter Walter Liggett accused that governor of organized crime ties, Liggett was mysteriously murdered in this state. A branch of the Teamsters, Local 574, unionized this state's largest city a畔ter a 1934 general strike launched by the Trotskyite Dunne brothers. The anti-communist positions of a politician from this state drew Thomas Dewey's retort that "You can't shoot an idea with a gun." In addition to Governor Floyd Olson, this state's progressive representatives included the man who fought to include a civil rights plank in the Democratic platform in 1948. The Western Federation of Miners unionized immigrant laborers working in America's major deposit of iron ore, this state's Mesabi Iron Range. For 10 points, name this state whose Democratic Farmer-Labor Party bred staunch liberals like Hubert Humphrey.
In the 1930s, this state's governor proclaimed, "I am not a liberal.
Minnesota