The MNGOP State Central Committee met on Saturday, Sept. 13th at Jackpot Junction Casino in Morton, Minnesota to complete party business such as rule changes and establishing the dates for BPOU and Congressional District Conventions. The meeting was chaired by Sen. Gary Dahms, who preferred eye-balling 'division' votes rather than actually counting the votes. Many delegates were unimpressed with Dahms as Chair and some characterized him as old and inept. Remarkably, Dahms is running for reelection in 2026 and would be sworn into a 6th four-year term just 9 days before his 80th birthday. On a positive note, delegates enjoyed the setting and accommodations of the convention's location selected by party leadership.

Following the assassination of Charlie Kirk and the left’s open celebration of it, Patriots decided to make their voices heard. One conservative delegate, Jay Saterbak, requested the body vote in support of the legislation introduced by Sen. Nathan Wesenberg that commissions a statue of Charlie Kirk at the University of Minnesota campus. This was approved by the delegate body in a nearly unanimous vote. When the chair asked if there was any opposition, only one faint 'no' was heard, which some delegates speculated was uttered by Mandy Heffron, a RINO who has previously rigged GOP caucuses and conventions on behalf of the Establishment.

Action 4 Liberty highlighted this bill and Sen. Wesenberg’s press release in previous reporting. Charlie Kirk was scheduled to visit the U of M just 12 days after he was tragically assassinated, leaving behind his wife and two young children. Kirk will be remembered as a devout Christian and a free speech champion who challenged the status quo of woke liberalism on college campuses.

A4L has created a petition in support of this legislation and are demanding all legislators pass it at their next convening. Sign petition here:

Everyone, especially the evil in society who are openly celebrating, must be reminded that open debate is how to handle political conflict among citizens, not violence and bloody murder. Free speech is a critical principle that we cannot abandon. Those that want to silence, imprison, and kill political opponents for simply expressing their views are the real authoritarians and fascists.

An interesting detail about this legislation is that the funding for the statue would come from Minnesota’s Legacy Amendment which has been used to fund all kinds of Somali services, lgbtq+ causes, and even openly demonic events. Minnesota taxpayers have been forced to fund a “demon summoning” event through this fund. 

The Legacy Amendment was a ballot measure that increased the sales tax by 1% and required the funds be spent on environmental, cultural, or arts causes. A little more than half of Minnesota voters passed this measure in 2008 and Constitutionally mandated this spending. Since this is required spending that will otherwise fund leftist causes, a statue of Charlie Kirk at an institution that Kirk was soon going to visit is as just a cause as any and it certainly promotes a better narrative than the “demon summoning” event your taxes would otherwise fund through the Legacy Amendment.

The leftist death cult cannot be treated as a co-equal. All who have celebrated Kirk’s death likely have violent tendencies themselves and may not be trustworthy enough to live freely in a civil society. Some on the left even have the audacity to suggest that a right winger killed Charlie Kirk when it is known that the shooter had a transgender boyfriend and called Kirk a “fascist” (used as an attack by liberals ad-nauseam despite fascism being a socialist, anti-free speech ideology). Liberals need to accept the reality of their words leading to a riled-up liberal base that is seething and celebrating murder.

Action 4 Liberty understands the magnitude of this moment and sees it as a Turning Point for our nation. To meet the moment, legislators must pass the Sen. Wesenberg/Rep. Ben Davis legislation. Sign the A4L petition here and contact your legislators here. We cannot back down as the Left calls for our heads, we must stand up proud and double-down in the fight for liberty.