Gaining nothing, losing credibility. This is the unfortunate case of State Senator Nathan Wesenberg (SD10) who fell prey to the RINO Establishment in the Governor's endorsement race.

This is not a fun story. This is a situation where it is what it is.

Wesenberg has reliably supported liberty in the legislature but that does not give him a pass.

Nathan Wesenberg joined the stage with RINO Dave Osmek to try to save liberal Lisa Demuth from losing to Kendall Qualls. Despite the American flag attire, Wesenberg found out that Lisa Demuth LOST votes following his speech.

Wesenberg did not gain or maintain votes for Lisa, he muddied the water and made delegates no longer trust him.

In round 8, Qualls led with 59.11% to Demuth’s 38.53%. Wesenberg then took the stage and foolishly threw his support behind Demuth. In round 9, Qualls led with 59.52% to Demuth’s 37.84%. Demuth LOST 30 votes after Wesenberg spoke! See results below:

This is a disappointing move by Wesenberg that surprised delegates. He seems to reconcile this by claiming that Ryan Wilson, Lisa Demuth’s running mate, supposedly helped him secure his uncontested state senate endorsing convention.

Doing favors for RINOs, under the spotlight at the MNGOP State Convention, is always a mistake. In this case, it is worse than a mistake, it is wrong.

Wesenberg’s senate district, SD10, initially struggled to schedule an endorsing convention. Since the district covers parts of 7 different counties, each county had to agree on a date. This had an issue due to RINO leadership in Aitken County refusing to be cordial and honest. This forced Action 4 Liberty to publicize this issue and pressure the MNGOP State Executive Committee to resolve the issue.

It was Action 4 Liberty pressure that caused this endorsing convention to be scheduled. The party leadership knows that Action 4 Liberty was willing to cause major problems for them if they refused to do the right thing. If we had not published our story exposing this issue, Wesenberg could’ve ended up with no endorsing convention at all.

Relevant BPOU Chairs and State Executive Committees members confirmed to A4L that Wilson had little to nothing to do with the scheduling of Wesenberg’s convention. The MNGOP State Executive was forced to schedule this due to A4L pressure, not internal whispers.  This is a fact that many in the Establishment will never admit, they do not want to confess that A4L pressure makes their knees buckle.

In the legislature, Wesenberg has opposed most of the corrupt omnibus bills negotiated by Lisa 'Kamala' Demuth and Tim Walz. Wesenberg is a Senate author for A4L's Never Again Bill, a bill that Lisa Demuth previously KILLED on the House floor. Despite the extreme contrasts in their record, Wesenberg tarnished his image and failed at his attempt to prop up a RINO.

After Wesenberg spoke, Qualls had the opportunity to address the convention and he made sure to call out the “desperation” of legislators doing all they could to prop up Demuth and block him from being endorsed. 

Action 4 Liberty will always be principled and will call out any politician who fails to fight for liberty. Conservatives across our state know that the state government needs to be drastically cut and Demuth has done nothing but maintain the status quo.

A4L looks forward to Senator Nathan Wesenberg publicly correcting his mistake and rejoining the fight for liberty.