Representative Josh Heintzeman is a perfect embodiment of the clowns, dweebs, and trolls that the RINO establishment cooks up and force feeds to the public. Despite lacking interpersonal skills and ethical boundaries, Heintzeman has climbed the ladder of the GOP establishment in the State House and is the Chair of the House Republican Campaign Committee (HRCC) which violated the MNGOP Constitution by giving nearly $35K to unendorsed incumbent RINOs in deep red district primaries. He now finds himself in new hot water over dirty tactics he tried to employ against a POLICE CHIEF!

Many readers of Action 4 Liberty articles are well-aware of how slimy, crooked, and incompetent Heitzenmen is. A perfect display of Josh’s incompetency can be seen here when he drove 160 miles then knocked on Erik Mortensen’s door and unknowingly tried to convince Mort’s WIFE to vote for RINO boozin’ Bob Loonan INSTEAD of Mort! Heintzeman can be seen getting out of dodge as soon as Mort rolled into the driveway!  

Now Heintzeman is facing a new trouble in his own district (Crow Wing County) where it appears that he used his power and influence to try to manipulate Pequot Lake Police Chief Mike Davis after Davis signed a petition to allow Troy Scheffler on the ballot. Scheffler is running against Josh Heintzeman under the “America First” party label in House district 6B. Chief Mike Davis says he signed the petition while off-duty, has not endorsed any candidate publicly, and the petition signature did not signify an endorsement. He was quoted in the Star Tribune saying "People are tired of the two-party system," "Why not give a third option?"

Scheffler filed a complaint including an affidavit from Police Chief Davis with the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) which can be seen in full at the bottom of the article. It alleges that on 6/12/24 corrupt RINO Heintzeman discovered Davis’ name on the petition and called him up. The petition continues stating that Heintzeman tried to get the police chief to say his petition signature was a joke and then tried to shame him into withdrawing support and get Davis to support Heintzeman instead. As seen at bottom, around 6/25/24 Heintzeman threatened Davis that he would retaliate over support for Scheffler on a call over unrelated matters. 

Heintzeman allegedly then called the Pequot Lakes Mayor, the Pequot Lakes City Administrator, the Minnesota Police Chiefs Association, and the Minnesota Peace Officer Standards and Training Board to allege that Police Chief Davis was breaking the law! The Police Chiefs Association gave Chief Davis a heads up about Heintzeman’s call and their Exec. Dir. Jeff Potts said in the Star Tribune article “Honestly it felt like [Heintzeman] was trying to bring me into it, but I don’t live up there, so I don’t know the situation”. The calls to the city were seemingly intended to put Davis’ employment at risk by accusing him of political criminal activity. Heintzeman reportedly denies that the calls were about gaining Davis’ support despite the complaint alleging the following from Pequot Lakes Mayor “the Mayor ‘felt that Respondent’s [Heintzeman’s] intent was to have [the mayor] convince Davis to not vote for Complainant [Scheffler].”'

Probable cause was found for Scheffler’s complaint on Minn. Stat. §211B.07 while the complaint on Minn. Stat. § 211B.075 was dismissed purely due to the court’s lack of jurisdiction. The court further ordered Heintzeman and Scheffler to appear before Administrative Law Judge Megan McKenzie via videoconference at 10AM on October 15, 2024 for the probable cause hearing.

The petty, insecure, and ego-driven nature of Josh Heintzeman is not a unique quality in politicians but it has gotten out of control at this point. It is perfectly legal for Chief Davis to sign a petition while off duty to allow a candidate on the ballot in the district he resides in. Government employees are obviously prohibited from engaging in political activities while on the job or using their offices to benefit a candidacy. Again, Davis has not endorsed any candidate. It is also corrupt for Heintzeman to use his title to threaten a conservative Police Chief instead of building a bridge. Heintzeman should do some serious soul-searching as to why so many conservatives in his district are fed up with him instead of attacking them and lying. Heintzeman's tactics as a campaigner are indicative of his leadership in the House and as Chair of the corrupt HRCC.

Among the claims about what Heintzeman said on the phone to Davis includes that a Democrat can win the district if the conservative vote is split. This claim is laughable for many reasons. The first is perhaps the most obvious and cynical: The vast majority of voters are trapped in the two party mindset and will refuse to vote against it, even when they know it is in their best interest. Even in the deepest of red or blue districts, some voters will be fooled into thinking that a vote for a third party candidate could cost the ‘lesser evil’ the election. However, this would be inaccurate in district 6B because roughly two-thirds of the electorate supports the GOP in local races and it is far from a swing district. Due to typical propensity of voters, Scheffler will likely not be competitive. Also, due to the “America First” party label he will hold on the ballot, he will appeal almost exclusively to conservative voters. He may outperform standard third party runs due to Heintzeman being a RINO who is unworthy of being called the "America First" candidate.

In the hypothetical where Troy Scheffler is competitive with Heintzeman and each candidate gets 33% along with their Democrat opponent, which is the only reality in which Heintzeman’s argument could make sense, Scheffler would only have to shave off 1-2% of Democrats into voting for him to win! This theory, while fun, is not based in reality. Also not observing and accepting reality is Josh Heintzeman. Only rare opportunities would allow for a third party candidate to either win the race outright or win a serious enough percentage to give the race to the Democrats. Heintzeman’s fearmongering is typical of crony politicians on the ropes. 

One interesting note is that Police Chief Mike Davis is the brother of State Rep. Ben Davis in District 6A. Many consider Ben Davis to be very conservative because only he and Senator Nathan Wesenberg (SD10) endorsed President Trump. Wesenberg endorsed Trump in November 2023 and Rep. Davis endorsed Trump in December 2023. No other incumbent MN legislator publicly endorsed Trump before the primary. With a district in the same Senate district as Heintzeman, Rep. Davis appears to be friendly and has posted many pictures with Heintzeman on his Facebook page. While this may look like support, we suspect that Rep. Davis has simply been using this as a tool to inform voters of how short Heintzeman the troll is! See below:

The full OAH complaint filed by Troy Scheffler can be seen below:

See the full Prima Facie Court Order below: