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Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom
Emmer is turning down an invitation to talk immigration with the
man who dumped pennies in his lap.


      Emmer spokesman Bill Walsh says the campaign won't acknowledge
Nick Espinosa, who poured the pennies at a town hall meeting and
gave reporters a fake name, Robert Erickson, on Wednesday.


      On Thursday, Espinosa invited Emmer to an immigration forum at a
Latin American marketplace in Minneapolis.


      Espinosa says he made up the alias to get into a tea party
gathering and kept using it after getting threats. Espinosa says he
is an activist with the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action
Committee.


      In a letter to Emmer posted on his blog, Espinosa says he was 15
when his immigrant father was deported.

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Emmer faces testy group as he tries to fix tip jam

The man who dumped pennies in Republican
gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer's lap now wants to meet with him
on immigration.

Emmer turns down penny protester's invitation to immigration forum

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