Gov. Mark Dayton used his third State of the State address to make an expected defense of his budget proposal and declared of his support for legalizing same-sex marriage.
Here’s how it played out on Twitter:
Governor Dayton is taking $2.1 billion more in taxes from all Minnesotans! #MNSOTS #mDayton
— MN Senate GOP (@mnsrc) February 7, 2013
Dayton: “Cutting our way to a better Minnesota is a failed experiment.” DFL standing ovation line, GOP not. #mnleg
— Patrick Condon (@pcondonap) February 7, 2013
Governor Dayton: “I believe that every Minnesotan should have the freedom to marry legally the person she or he loves.”
— Minnesotans United (@MN4allfamilies) February 7, 2013
Rep. Greg Davids reax to Dayton’s speech: “That was 45 minutes of horse hooey.”
— Heather J. Carlson (@PBhcarlson) February 7, 2013
“@mlahammer: Like Pres. Obama, Gov. Dayton speaking for the environment & gay marriage in this speech #mnleg #tptalmanac”. Hooray!!!
— Senator John Marty (@JohnMarty) February 7, 2013
Senate Minority Leader David Hann calls Dayton’s State of State Address “unremarkable” but says successes he mentioned were GOP’s. #Mnleg
— UpTake Minnesota (@uptakemn) February 7, 2013
Dayton: We can lead.That is what the people of Minnesota elected us to do. #bettermn #mnsots #mnleg
— Minnesota AFL-CIO (@MNAFLCIO) February 7, 2013