Abbey Zieska
RepublicanQ1 If elected, in what capacities would you refer to scientists when you are deciding how to vote on a policy?
“I’m very good at science. I admire certain scientists who have done more to progress the field than those who simply obtained a doctorate by writing an academic journal about something inconclusive that they needed to make seem significant, worsening the problem of distrust in science. I keep those real and good scientists in mind always and for everything, even if it’s just my starbucks order.”
KEYWORDS: Healthcare reform starts with reform and higher standards in academia.
Q2 Recently H.J. Res 140 passed, overturning a 20-year mining ban in the National Forest System land surrounding the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. What is your position on mining projects in this region and what policies, if any, would you support to protect the surrounding watershed?
“I want to protect preserved nature at all costs. I would definitely oppose anything that could risk other life forms we have never and will never have the right to take.”
KEYWORDS: Protect the environment over profits
Q3 Contamination from PFAS and other “forever chemicals” in 21 community water systems in Minnesota exceed national regulations, putting residents at risk of negative health impacts. What policies, if any, do you propose to protect Minnesota residents from the potential impacts of PFAS?
“It’s not too much to ask that we mandate use of new science that allows people to recycle water and have their own closed cooling systems. I would push to update science in a republican way. Keith Ellison will lose a lawsuit and gripe, I’ll vote to give financial incentives to companies that update their systems in order to protect the environment. Why is the democratic stance of suing businesses for doing business they initially allowed presented as scientific? Nonsense.”
KEYWORDS: Democrats are generally dumber and poorly educated, either that or lying evil people
Q4 There have been multiple hyperscale data centers proposed throughout the state, including one currently under construction. What policies and regulations, if any, do you support to assess and act on the potential impacts of these data centers?
“I do not support data centers. This is the exact type of thing that needs to have cooling mechanisms regulated. If y’all knew the information they’re storing and who gets to use it for what, you would be 2A mfs, too. Data centers are for cities that can’t manage an economy so they need to sell out the environment and worsen global warming to compensate for their incompetent leadership. Instead, we should push ScIeNcE in order to develop something less detrimental to the environment. I’ve seen proposed space centers naturally cooled by the vacuum, but that seems unnecessary costly. We could also prioritize life on earth over every narcissist’s every GRWM being saved because that is the real cost of these sell-out options tech gives to incompetent leaders.”
KEYWORDS: Ai is a bubble because it will never generate revenue to be worth every American’s retirement fund investing in it, so we should stop.
Q5 In 2025 alone, the National Institute on Health (NIH) awarded over $700 million for research grants and contracts to Minnesota universities, which directly supported over 7,000 jobs and $1.79 billion of economic activity in Minnesota. What policies, if any, do you plan to implement or support regarding funding for continued science research either at the state or federal level?
“I would support a fully government-run healthcare system that is a lot more competitive than the current industry because that would shift the incentives and push scientists to do real science again. The U of M just put out recently that they developed the first artificial cell. No they didn’t and I don’t want to pay for entitled kids to be deluded into thinking they did something significant only to be preachy and wrong while the government mandates that we listen to them. That was done at UNC last month and has been an ongoing project since last century. Science has started to feel like every 4 year old who built a robotic car with a pre-made kit gets a news segments for their genius invention and no, taxpayers shouldn’t be paying for any part of that ego-chasing, ignorant delusion.”
KEYWORDS: Universal healthcare cured cancer in Europe.
Q6 Fatal drug overdoses in Minnesota have significantly declined in recent years, representing a 28% drop from a record peak of 1,392 overdose deaths in 2022. However, compared to White Minnesotans, Indigenous Minnesotans are 7 to 15 times more likely to experience a fatal drug overdose, while Black Minnesotans are 2 to 3 times more likely to die from a drug-related overdose. What policies, if any, do you support to continue the downward trend of overdose deaths for Minnesotans?
“First of all, I worked at a nonprofit and no they’re not. The MN government just crashed the systems so they would not have to count the people who made it look like they were running the government terribly and Tim Walz would look like a good VP pick. Actually, no one in charge cares about them and when the bodies are found, no one investigates it at all. Native Americans just kept on keeping track of each other and they care when their people just start disappearing. Narcan is great, though. I also support the DEA, but this survey is full of misinformation in the questions. Legit journalists wouldn’t cite a hacked system unless it was to report on what was happening with the hack.”
KEYWORDS: Healthcare kills people for profit and there is no public health, only public illness and a few, “crazy” people who are healthy because they believe in cures instead of pain management, which goes against MN scientists.