Free speech is under attack in our country despite the protections granted through the First Amendment. We have a federal and state government that no longer adheres to our Constitution. From social media censorship to “hate speech” laws, there is a dangerous attempt by Elitists to block grassroots Patriots from expressing themselves. We The People continue to see our freedoms be diminished and it is unfortunately a bipartisan issue. Minnesota is unfortunate enough to have anti-free speech laws on the book thanks to Democrats AND Republicans! 

Imagine a government that is so desperate for control and so out of touch with the People that they decide to pass a law that makes Artificial Intelligence (AI) MEMES illegal! Despite how ridiculous and unconstitutional as that sounds, Minnesota’s Legislature passed that law with flying colors!

HF1370 was a bill authored by Democrats and was co-authored by supposed conservative Walter Hudson (30A). We previously reported on this law and we were the ONLY organized opposition to this anti-free speech legislation. HF1370 created criminal penalties on two topics: 1. Pornographic deep fake (AI) image creation/dissemination. 2. Deep fake (AI) image creation/dissemination that could “influence elections”. 

If a meme is too accurate or believable, the creator/sharer of the image could be fined $10,000 and spend up to five years in PRISON! 

Despite our exposing the truth on this issue, the bill was passed UNANIMOUSLY by the State House and Senate with one exception: Senator Nathan Wesenberg (SD10). 

Now that Walz is being exposed on the national stage, more Minnesotans are waking up to what exactly was passed in the Legislature, and apparently that includes Legislators who voted for it!

RINO Rep. Mary Franson has managed to prove how unprincipled and stupid she is! Franson is now suing the state of Minnesota on free speech grounds concerning the deep fake bill that she voted for! See her vote highlighted below:

Franson showed ZERO skepticism about this bill on the floor during its debate on 3/30/23 and 5/16/23 and didn’t even speak on the floor! One attempt was made to amend the bill by RINO Rep. Ann Neu Brindley but it failed and Neu Brindley did not request a roll call vote, proving she was unserious about her Amendment. Reps. Jim Nash (48A) and Harry Niska (31A) showed a bit of skepticism but also went along with the Establishment’s anti-free speech bill. Like Nash and Niska, Franson went along with the sheep. She is not only late to the punch on this issue but it was a self-imposed disaster!

Franson now states that this bill “represents a dramatic overreach that goes farther than any other law in the country, and must be challenged in court.” While we appreciate that Franson has now seen the light, we would’ve preferred this challenge and fight be brought on the FLOOR instead of over a year after the fact! By filing this federal lawsuit, Franson is essentially admitting that she voted for an unconstitutional, big government, anti-free speech law that hurts Minnesotans! Why didn’t Franson have the GUTS to call it out when it mattered??

The real reason she didn’t speak up before is because she was not intelligent enough to have understood the legislation at the time or she was afraid to stand up to her own party; Neither are acceptable. The friendly interpretation and debate framework that she and other RINOs accepted proves that she performed her job INCOMPETENTLY, however, only Senator Wesenberg can argue he voted competently on HF1370. Now that Franson has seen the light she claims she only voted for the bill because of the pornography section but calls it a “poorly written bill”. Who would vote for a poorly written bill? Franson is FULL OF IT! 

While Alpha News writes up a puff-piece on Franson, we will expose her real record! Check out her in our legislative scorecards including her pathetic lifetime score of 63%! We certainly haven't forgotten Franson voting to grow government and spend BILLIONS of our overtaxed surplus dollars!

During debate on this bill on the House floor on 3/30/23, Rep. Walter Hudson took time to praise Democrat Zach Stephenson, the “proactive” nature of this bill, and that this bill showed the “type of thinking that we have to be able to do and willing to do”. He also said that the implementation may be “a little sloppy” but says “That’s okay, we’ll figure it out.” Sounds like some big government, anti-freedom talk! It is clear that Walter’s attempts to calm down any Republican opposition was successful which now allows an out of control Democrat Administration to lock up people for memes. Walter did eventually take his name off of this bill but it was only after Democrats added to the bill. Once the bill was back in it’s original state, Hudson was back on board as a supporter. Thank Walter Hudson for this the next time you see him!

We wish Rep. Franson and law firms Upper Midwest Law Center and Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute luck in their lawsuit and we hope they find success in removing this unconstitutional law. Action 4 Liberty is ahead of the curve on these important issues. Unlike the RINOs, we do not support bad bills and then act tough on them over a year after the fact (again, we were the only organized opposition to this bill)! We will expose truth as we learn it and include the grassroots Patriots looking to take our state back!