PHOTOS: Kistner Attempts to Cover Up Ties to GOP Senate Candidate Who Said People May “Have to Vote with Bullets”

Close Kistner ally Stephen Lowell volunteered with the Kistner campaign as recently as July's Pan-o-Prog Parade in Lakeville; Kistner deleted the pictures from social media after Lowell's threats

Lowell threatened political violence in recently surfaced video from July Dakota County event; Lowell endorsed Kistner’s re-election campaign three days after threats

Burnsville, MN –– GOP Congressional candidate Tyler Kistner attempted to cover up ties to a Minnesota State Senate candidate who, in a recently surfaced video, threatened that people may “have to vote with bullets.”

Stephen Lowell made the statement during a July Dakota County Patriots event where MN-02 GOP Congressional candidate Tyler Kistner was listed as a featured attendee.

When Lowell’s comments were made public on Thursday afternoon, the Kistner campaign attempted to cover up another recent joint appearance at the Lakeville Pan-o-Prog Parade earlier this summer.

“Stephen Lowell’s threats are horrifying and un-American. Tyler Kistner must renounce Lowell’s dangerous rhetoric and reject his endorsement immediately,” said Rep. Angie Craig. “I was in the Capitol on January 6th, I know firsthand the impact of statements like these and I will not remain silent in the face of violent threats against our democracy.”