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The Minnesota DFL State Central Committee has passed a resolution for a moratorium on copper-nickel mining, which has negatively impacted workers of the Iron Range. 

“The recent decision by the MN DFL State Central Committee to turn their backs on the hardworking men and women on the Iron Range by passing a resolution calling for a moratorium on copper-nickel mining is discouraging. This vote demonstrates the MN DFL looks down on Minnesota’s diversity, natural resource opportunities, and the important rural way of life," the Republican Party of Minnesota said in a released statement in a press release on their website. 

The Minnesota GOP sees this action as Democrats being more interested in radical environmentalists than they are for the laborers that their party was named after. 

“Copper-nickel mining is being done safely in other states, and in Minnesota numerous environmental reviews and studies have been completed. Minnesota has the largest untapped copper-nickel deposit in the world and has the potential to create 15,000 jobs with a $6 billion annual economic impact," MN GOP said in the press release. “Given how the MN DFL has turned away from its roots, it is not a surprise that many Democratic Iron Range mayors have endorsed President Trump and Jason Lewis.”