'We are taking a stand to fight for our rights to earn a living, to fight for our employees and their families and to fight for ALL MN SMALL BUSINESSES!' the restaurant's GoFundMe page proclaims.
"My office has the duty to enforce the law and the Governor's order, to protect Minnesotans' health, and to protect businesses that are complying with the order from unfair competition. I take that duty seriously," Ellison wrote in a statement explaining his decision to pursue legal action against Schiffler.
Last Sunday, 52 Republicans from the state House of Representatives signed a letter accusing Walz of bringing the state economy to"the verge of collapse" and of arbitrarily choosing which businesses are essential and which ones aren't. "We would like to think the Attorney General's office has better things to do than to financially punish people who have gone without a paycheck for nearly two months," the representatives wrote."The reality is, when a Main Street business in rural Minnesota shuts down, it never reopens."At the time of publication, the page has already raised $209,129; over double its initial $100,000 goal.
"We, along with countless other MN small businesses, have suffered long enough," the business's GoFundMe page reads."We unfortunately can't survive on just take-out orders. We need our business back just like so many others do.
Various commenters on the crowdfunding campaign have called Ellison and Walz"scumbags","dictators","politically misguided" and have made various claims about"government overreach" and protecting constitutional freedoms. One commenter declared,"Small Businesses Matter," and another said that legal battles are the only way to ensure that the state lockdown order doesn't end in bloodshed.
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