Minnesota politics has been the focus of the nation and A4L has kept politicians’ feet to the fire by demanding they pledge to support the STRONGEST piece of legislation to stop unilateral lockdowns like Tim Walz did for Covid from ever happening again: The Never Again Bill (HF26).

A4L President Erik Mortensen championed this bill in the State House during the height of Covid tyranny under Tim Walz and it remains a top priority for grassroots conservatives across the state. The closure of churches, schools, businesses, and everyday society combined with mask/vax mandates was arguably the worst infringement on Minnesotans’ natural, God-given rights in the state’s history. The bill remains active in the Legislature with Sen. Nathan Wesenberg (SD10) and Rep. Drew Roach (58B) as the chief authors.

The Never Again pledge became a way for voters to know which candidates would terminate the Governor’s unilateral Emergency Power authority and which power-hungry, Uniparty swamp-creatures would stand in the way of that legislative priority.

While the Governor race has dwindled in recent months, at least 11 GOP candidates remain. Of those candidates, four have signed onto the Never Again Pledge: My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell, minister John Krhin, Catholic school/church administrator Phillip Parrish, and conservative activist Raul Estrada.

Each of the candidates shown above fought Covid tyranny during the thick of it and have come out the other side demanding freedom! Lindell, Krhin, Parrish, and Estrada have planted their flags and made it known that they care more about YOUR freedom than THEIR power! Estrada called out Covid corruption on social media and Parrish has written extensively on the topic. As the most well-known name on that list, Mike Lindell made major waves by signing the Pledge live at A4L's Christmas Party which making it clear that he is running an anti-establishment campaign like the three others mentioned. Minister John Krhin even kept his church open during lockdowns and wouldn't allow his congregation to have their Right to Worship trampled on by Tim Walz.

Five GOP candidates have refused to sign the pledge, signaling to voters that they will not actually fight to restore our God-given, Constitutional Rights. Those five include: House Speaker Lisa Demuth, Rep. Peggy Bennett, businessman Patrick Knight, Rep. Kristin Robbins, and Kendall Qualls. In addition to refusing to sign the pledge, Reps Bennett, Demuth, and Robbins have all voted AGAINST the Never Again Bill on the House floor and instead pushed Robbins’ weak, fake version of the bill.

Two other Republican candidates, Ross Nova and Lee Wickboldt, have filed and were requested by A4L to sign the pledge by an upcoming deadline. Wickboldt refused to sign. Former UFC heavyweight fighter Brad Kohler has signed the Never Again Pledge but he is no longer seeking the GOP nomination and is instead running for Governor as an Independent. 

Beyond the Governor, the elected statewide positions sit on the Executive Council and vote on Executive Orders made by the Governor. With this role, A4L expanded the Never Again Pledge to encompass the Auditor, SOS, and AG races as well. 

In the State Auditor race, only Braham Mayor Nate George has signed onto the pledge. Meanwhile, his GOP opponents Elliott Engen and Scott Jensen refuse to stand with grassroots conservatives on this pivotal issue. While Jensen has made his opposition to Democrat Covid policies a centerpoint of his campaigns, he will not take the necessary step of supporting legislation that can prevent it from ever happening again. Like some of the RINO Governor candidates, Elliott Engen voted AGAINST the Never Again Bill on the House floor to support Robbins’ weak, fake version of the bill instead. As the only signer of the Pledge for Auditor candidates, Nate George is making sure to differentiate himself.

The Secretary of State race features two Republicans running, former Judge Tad Jude and businesswoman/former CD1 MNGOP Executive Committeewoman Wendy Phillips, and both have signed A4L’s Never Again Pledge. As an active participant in the fight against lockdowns and mandates, Wendy Phillips has likely built some good-will with on-the-ground conservatives.

The Attorney General race only has one Republican filed. Mega-donor and former Tim Pawlenty presidential campaign chair Ron Schutz. While conservatives would hope that a candidate seeking the chief legal position of Minnesota would be prepared to stand up for our Constitutional liberties, Schutz has refused to sign the Never Again Pledge. Action 4 Liberty would love to update our reporting if Schutz decides to change his mind.

Democrats have made it clear that when they control the government, they do whatever they want and trample our liberties. Republican candidates that refuse to take bold action expose themselves as weak, Uniparty, Establishment, pro-big government RINOs. 

The Never Again Pledge remains the tool and litmus test of grassroots conservatives. Politicians will always try to say the right thing and make you think that they align with your interests. A4L puts that to the test, creates needed differentiation, and informs We The People where these politicians actually stand. A4L will continue leading the charge and will never waiver in our mission to protect liberty for the next generation.

Minnesota’s fraud scandal was exposed nationally yet crooked politicians like Tim Walz and Keith Ellison are doing nothing to end the scheme funding these fraudsters. As previously reported by A4L, Walz and Ellison were compelled to testify in front of the U.S. House Oversight Committee to answer for the waste, fraud, and abuse of tax dollars seen in Minnesota. This testimony happened just two days after Keith Ellison announced he would sue the Trump Administration for withholding $243M for Medicaid payments to deter fraud.

While Walz has exited the Governor race, radical Socialist Keith Ellison is still running for Attorney General despite being even more intimately close to the Somali fraudsters than Walz was. In typical partisan political theatre, Ellison and Walz were grilled about the various elements of MN fraud by Republican members while given a pass by Democrats. While Globalist RINO Tom Emmer does not sit on the Oversight Committee, he was given speaking time by some other GOP committee member to performatively trash Walz and Ellison. The entire Congressional hearing can be viewed here and the full fraud report the committee put together can be viewed here.

Emmer made sure to attack Keith Ellison for his connections to Somali fraudsters but conveniently failed to mention that he partnered with Ellison in Congress to form a Somali Caucus! Emmer berated conservative constituents who dared to question the mass Somali migration into St. Cloud and even argued that Somalis are one of the fastest assimilating cultures in the world. Emmer partnered with Ellison to send U.S. dollars to Somalia in a program that Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent brutally attacked (remittance program that funded Muslim terrorist group Al-Shabaab) and partnered with Amy Klobuchar to waste tax dollars funding welfare to Somalia!

Tom Emmer even DELETED the press release he had that formed the Somali Caucus with Ellison! Unfortunately for Emmer, you can see it for yourself below thanks to internet archive websites. See below:

As seen in previous A4L reporting, President Trump taunted Emmer for his love of Somalia during a Congressional speech stating “He’s a big fan of Somalia”, which took place shortly before Emmer deleted the above press release. As many may remember, this is not the first time Trump has swung at Emmer. When Emmer desperately wanted to become Speaker of the House, Trump put out a Truth Social post that labeled Emmer a “Globalist RINO” and argued he is “totally out-of-touch with Republican Voters.” See post below:

During Emmer's Speaker bid, Charlie Kirk labeled Tom Emmer as "the worst of all of them". 

Tom Emmer is as phony as they come on the Somali issue. He had nothing to say about the Somali fraud scheme until it blew up nationally and he couldn’t avoid it. Some Republicans will be fooled by Emmer’s new-found tough rhetoric while true conservatives see through the flip-flopping. As the GOP Whip, Emmer has whipped votes for continuing resolution bills that fund all kinds of fraud nationwide! Emmer is not whipping votes in Congress for the conservative political position, he is whipping votes for the Uniparty’s political position!

There is only one way to eliminate fraud but Tim Walz, Keith Ellison, and Tom Emmer are ALL opposed to it. The abolition of pork-filled, multi-subject, fraud-ridden omnibus bills is the ONLY way to gut out the fraud. Massive bills that spend money every which way with no accountability is the root cause but Walz, Ellison, and Emmer all love over-spending omnibus bills. The government should only serve legitimate, Constitutional purposes and the federal government may have to defund Minnesota to make that message completely understood.

Emmer currently faces Marine veteran Mike Foley for the GOP endorsement and as seen in previous A4L reporting, Foley confronted Emmer at a BPOU convention about his unwillingness to engage on a veteran-related issue. Foley argues on social media that Emmer has backstabbed the Somali community. Constitutional conservative, 2024 CD6 GOP candidate, and professional golf caddy Chris Corey tells A4L he is still exploring another run against Emmer.

Action 4 Liberty will continue to advocate for the taxpayers that crooked politicians continue to screw over. Walz and Ellison are not going to be held accountable by blowhard politicians in DC, they are going to be held accountable by grassroots action. It was not Congress that exposed the MN fraud scandal, it was an independent journalist named Nick Shirley. In the same spirit, A4L remains committed to exposing MN corruption and never wavering in our mission to protect liberty for the next generation.

Grassroots conservatives in Otter Tail County (OTC) have been through the political wringer for years with the RINO Establishment making one failed attempt after another to ban and oust conservative delegates. Local Patriots have refused to give up and have continued in their battle to reclaim the Republican Party. 

In OTC’s recent GOP BPOU convention, local conservatives won the vast majority of delegate positions for the CD7 and State conventions! OTC Patriots say they won 30/35 of the available delegate positions, see their graphic below:

This is a HUGE victory for the Grassroots! Sources tell A4L that bold, unapologetic Constitutional conservatives like Merle and Carol Hexum received some of the most votes and earned top delegate spots while RINOs like lunatic Tommy Merickel couldn’t win a delegate position at all!

Like other conservatives in OTC, the Hexums were banned from attending CD7 conventions that they were delegates to. In 2024, they and other OTC conservatives received major attention at the GOP State Convention as they fought to have their delegate status restored while wearing brightly colored yellow t-shirts. While the vote to accept the MNGOP credentials report was narrowly passed, Royce White won the U.S. Senate endorsement in commanding fashion and OTC conservatives flooded the stage with Royce thanks to White's then campaign associate Tom Madden.

Now, the very conservatives who were shut out of the process are back in the driver’s seat!

OTC has the largest delegation to the CD7 convention and they have been shut out of the process because the Establishment fears they will endorse a conservative challenger against RINO Michelle Fischbach. In 2024, businessman Steve Boyd impressively withheld the GOP endorsement from Fischbach by winning grassroots support for his candidacy even though many OTC delegates were blocked from voting and participating in the convention.

Now in 2026, Fischbach faces an even more formidable challenge for the GOP endorsement in U.S. Air Force veteran Major Dave Hughes.

Picture provided from Hughes' campaign website

Hughes is a 21-year Air Force combat pilot, officer, and veteran according to his campaign website bio and has strong name recognition in CD7 as their two time GOP nominee for U.S. Congress. While the district previously elected Democrat Collin Peterson, it is now Minnesota’s reddest, most reliably conservative Congressional district in the state. Hughes also has the support and endorsement of Steve Boyd, showing that his candidacy is coalescing grassroots Republicans.

As the former GOP nominee, Dave Hughes earned President Trump’s endorsement in 2018 and has remained tapped-in with America First conservatives in Minnesota from his local BPOU on up. While President Trump has chosen to support incumbent RINOs to gain favor with them, many conservatives would prefer to elect Patriots who actually believe in the America First agenda. Career politician Michelle Fischbach has been in office for nearly 3 decades and is serving the interests of the DC Swamp far more than she is serving the interests of her constituents.

CD7 conservatives are already fired up because their elected Chair, Bret Bussman, was unjustly ousted from his post. A4L reported extensively on Michelle Fischbach puppets' corrupt scheme to overthrow the delegates' choice of Bussman for CD7 Chair. The RINOs illegitimately stacked the deck against Bussman in the CD7 Executive Committee and used bogus arguments to remove him that were very reminessant of federal Democrats' ridiculous impeachment efforts against President Trump. Though Bussman fought and refused to concede, the RINOs ousted him and installed crooked Tiffany Liemaster-Knott. While RINO Michelle Fischbach tried to play dumb about her cronies illegitimately removing Bussman as Chair, grassroots conservatives in CD7 know exactly what is going on.

OTC delegates may also be excited to support Wendy Phillips' Secretary of State candidacy. Phillips was previously the CD1 Committeewoman for the MNGOP State Executive Committee but was unjustly removed from her position by corrupt David Hann cronies after she chaired OTC's convention after the party tried to strip the local conservatives of their delegate status. Since Phillips stood up for grassroots conservatives and the election integrity movement, the Establishment painted a target on her back. Phillips has come back swinging and will likely have the backing of many OTC Republicans who shared moments with her like group prayers and singing of the song "God Bless America".

Action 4 Liberty will continue to be on the forefront of the MN conservative movement because we prioritize the interests of the grassroots over the Establishment. A4L will continue providing Patriots with cutting-edge, bold, liberty-based reporting that cannot be found anywhere else.

The 16 year incumbent that's never actually shrank government just said the quiet part out loud on X.  Rep. Mary Franson admitted on X this evening that the members of the Rules committee will KILL articles of impeachment that have been filed against Keith Ellison and Tim Walz.  

The rules committee is comprised of two Republicans, Harry Niska and Elliott Engen, and two Democrats, Athena Hollins and Jamie Long.  

Harry Niska and Elliott Engen COULD choose to actually fight their committee members to get articles of impeachment out of committee.  Or any member of the body could make a motion to discharge Articles of Impeachment out of committee and force a floor vote.

One would think Elliott Engen, who's primary message as a State Auditor candidate is "accountability", would at least put up a fight.  

But that's too much work for Mary Franson and her RINO colleagues that refused to support Articles of Impeachment against Walz 5 years ago when I originally authored them.

So Mary is throwing in the towel already and she knows that's exactly what Niska and Engen will do also.  But should we even be surprised?  Franson wore her precious little mask every day during COVID.  She votes for bigger government and bigger budgets all the time.

The problem with Minnesota Republicans is they have NO FIGHT in them.  They're so scared of losing that they don't even know how to win - electorally or legislatively.  

What I do find comical though, is just 3 days ago Franson was expressing her envy about the new MN Freedom Caucus on X.  She was clearly emotionally charged by the fact that she wasn't accepted as a member of the MN Freedom Caucus.  She even went so far as to pull from the radical left's playbook and accuse the Freedom Caucus of being sexist against women...simply because she wasn't chosen to be a founding member.

Of course the reality that I suspect is that the Freedom Caucus actually has standards - you know like voting conservatively or favorably towards freedom.  I may be taking too big of a leap here with this assumption but something tells me the Freedom Caucus promotes...Freedom, less government, smaller budgets.  And that's not what Mary's legislative scorecard looks like with her 33% 2025 voting record.  

What Mary Franson and her colleagues ought to be working on is holding the Walz administration accountable for the BILLIONS of dollars of fraud that's occurred under his watch.  She should be locking arms with the MN Freedom Caucus and going to war with them to Impeach Tim Walz, Impeach Keith Ellison and defund the CCAP program.  That's what liberty-loving Minnesotans want!

We're done being taxed into oblivion and watching pale, palpitating mounds of political Play-Doh like Mary Franson get so squishy and fearful of taking meaningful action.

Tell Mary and her worthless, weak-kneed, cowardly RINO friends to either FIGHT NOW or get the hell out of the way so someone else can.

Legislators are supposed to be fighting for their constituents every single day using every lever at their disposal to deliver results. Unfortunately, the St. Paul Swamp lures politicians in to maintain the status quo, grow government, and undermine the fight for liberty. 

Many politicians are know-it-alls who have inflated egos but nobody fits that bill better than Walter Hudson. Anyone that takes a look at Hudson’s social media will see that it is flooded with self-congratulatory, ego-driven posts that attempt to make him sound profound. While he usually frames things as if he is opposing the Democrat’s far-left agenda, he revealed that he collaborated with a Democrat to do nothing on the House floor on Thursday, Feb. 26th. Rather than fighting for his constituents by bringing forward popular, single-subject bills for floor votes, Hudson would rather go home and tweet all weekend in just the second week of the legislative session.

See X post below:

Hudson is a prime example of how political power can change someone. Hudson loved Action 4 Liberty while he was a regular citizen but now that he is the one in office, it’s turned upside down. In Hudson’s first term in the House, he championed A4L’s Never Again Bill but never forced a floor vote. Once Hudson began working for the MNGOP to be the Somali/minority outreach coordinator under the direction of corrupt MNGOP Chair David Hann, Hudson began to change and ultimately started arguing that A4L supporters should be purged from the party (an action he opposed when Jennifer Carnahan was MNGOP Chair). See announcement of MNGOP hiring Hudson below, including his (self-admitted) failed focus on Somali voters in the final paragraph:

The GOP House could be proposing single-subject bills that shrink the size of government, lower taxes, eliminate fraud, reduce regulations, and protect our God-given liberties. By calling a truce with Democrats, Hudson made sure the GOP did nothing to deliver for their base. Democrat politicians have shown that they will vote against measures that have 80-20 or even 90-10 support levels among Americans, Hudson could be showing how radical they are with pointed floor votes but it appears he does not want to actually fight legislatively. Perhaps it is actually a good thing that Hudson and Dems are collaborating to do nothing as opposed to doing something like when Hudson did when he worked with Democrats to pass anti-free speech legislation that made it illegal to share AI memes of politicians or you could face 5 years in prison and/or a $10K fine.

As seen in previous A4L reporting, Hudson started the Uniparty domino effect on the House floor earlier in the week by supporting a Democrat, anti-ICE bill to advance from one committee to another right after the Democrats refused to advance the bill that creates an office of the Inspector General to investigate MN fraud. Grassroots conservatives continue to be fed up with the GOP getting played by the Democrats while getting nothing in return. As seen in the reporting, only 18 GOP Reps voted no and saw through the Democrats and Walter Hudson while another 6 Republicans abstained.

While in office, Hudson has chosen to protect RINOs like Ron Kresha from allegations of PPP loan fraud and protect Tom Emmer from conservative opposition for the GOP endorsement. Rather than fighting for grassroots conservatives, Hudson has been a loyal member of the Establishment RINO cult and refuses to oppose them on anything. 

Action 4 Liberty will never waiver in our conservative principles or defense of liberty. The St. Paul Swamp does not have the answers and Establishment henchmen like Walter Hudson only pretend to fight corruption. A4L will continue to be consistent in the fight to shrink the size and scope of government to protect our Constitutional liberties.

Minnesota’s latest budget forecast was released today by the office of Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) and it reveals that the budget package passed by Demuth and RINO House Republicans was billions more than anticipated. This forecast revealed how much our government is actually spending and how politicians are currently sitting on a roughly $7.2B surplus! 

Many may remember Republicans, notably Empty Suit Lisa Demuth, touting that the state budget faced its largest cut in MN history thanks to the House GOP following out of control leftist spending during the Democrat trifecta. Upon digging into our state's finances we learn that is not true.

Demuth and House Republicans initially proposed a state budget that eerily totaled $66.6B and Minnesotans were told that the final state budget number agreed to behind closed doors with Tim Walz was a little over $66B. A4L and grassroots conservatives demanded the budget be brought back to pre-Covid spending levels but RINOs instead cemented in Democrat trifecta spending. See a graphic below that shows spending levels over the years. Purple represents a split legislature while blue represents the Democrat trifecta. As seen below, Demuth and RINO leadership did not give us a spending cut from the Democrat trifecta, we are actually on pace to spend MORE in this biennium than the Democrat trifecta:

When you view the February 2026 budget forecast, you realize that the GOP was not telling the truth about the spending levels they passed within unconstitutional omnibus bills. The spending total for the budget will be over $70.2B! This is barely a cut from Democrat spending levels and it maintains the fraud and corruption our state has been nationally exposed for. See circled section below showing how much Minnesota’s government is actually spending:

It is no big surprise that crooked politicians over-spent and lied for political benefit, but that does not mean the well is dry! There is STILL money sitting around and it should ALL go back to the taxpayers!

Minnesota currently has an over $7.2B surplus!

A surplus is when there is money left over after the state has already passed their biennial budget. Since this money was not spent, they are over-taxed dollars that should be totally returned. In the graphic below, the state currently has over $7.5B with over $3.4B sitting in the Budget Reserve fund. The Budget Reserve fund has become obsolete and unnecessary as it was not even tapped during Covid, proving it does not serve a useful function anymore. There is also $350M in the Cash Flow Account, which allows normal government operations to continue. The surplus is calculated by subtracting the Cash Flow Account from the Balance Before Reserves, bringing us to nearly $7.27.B. See below:

If this surplus was evenly distributed among taxpayers, each individual would receive around $2,400! You would never know this listening to Democrats, RINOs, or the mainstream media! As seen in previous A4L reporting, the media and politicians are lying by claiming that there is a deficit, not a surplus! The truth is that there will be a deficit in the next biennium if the legislature does not cut spending. Simple solution to that: CUT SPENDING!

As seen in a press conference following the release of the budget report, Lisa Demuth strung together an AOC-style word salad about the report! It is painfully clear that Lisa Demuth has no idea what she is talking about and is blurting out random budgeting words. With Demuth's incompetence on full display, Republicans may look elsewhere for leadership in the Governor race.

Action 4 Liberty will continue informing Patriots with information they cannot get anywhere else. The Establishment does not want you to know that they overspent and that taxpayers should have the $7.2B surplus completely returned. The legislature has done enough harm with their spending and supplemental budgets will only make it worse. They should relieve taxpayers while they struggle economically by returning the budget surplus immediately!

Republicans used to argue that the government was the problem and its interference in the free market stifled competition. As conservatives know, competition brings prices down and the artificial influence of government rigs the system. One of the industries that the failures of government is most prevalent is healthcare insurance as Americans and Minnesotans see undeserved outrageous costs thanks to government intervention.

This is not just a Democrat issue, there is a Republican issue too! The Uniparty loves to frame bailing out healthcare companies with nicer terms like “reinsurance” so the average citizen doesn’t know what is happening. Now, RINOs in the MN House are pushing to make the socialized healthcare “reinsurance” program permanent!

RINO Tim O’Drisocoll is the sole author of HF3388 that makes the healthcare bailout program permanent. This bill does not presently have a Senate companion but if it is a GOP priority, we may see the RINOs in the Senate pounce on this.

As seen in a recent House GOP press conference, the official stance of the Republican leadership is to make a broken government program permanent! GOP Floor Leader Harry Niska (31A) specifically brought up the bill as the GOP’s way to deal with affordability with Lisa Demuth nodding along in the background. Minnesotans are struggling to make ends meet and THAT is all the GOP leadership has to offer? A socialized healthcare bailout!?!

What Republicans should be doing is passing laws to remove regulations and mandates. This would drastically cut costs and allow each individual to tailor their health insurance to their circumstance. Things like allowing truly free telemedicine, ending evil "Certificate of Need" laws that restrict healthcare services to build hospitals, add beds at medical facilities, eliminate laws that prohibit medical equipment in geographic areas without a government permission slip of "need", and allow access to healthcare across state lines.

Action 4 Liberty will continue to expose the corrupt agenda of the Establishment and will fight for smaller government, lower taxes, and more liberty.

The St. Paul Swamp is in session and Republicans are already caving to radical left Democrats! While the obstructionist Dems withheld their votes for a fraud prevention bill, RINOs are bending over backwards to advance the Dems’ pro-illegal alien, anti-ICE agenda!

The House floor session on Wednesday, Feb. 25th, featured two votes where legislators sought to move legislation from one committee to another. One bill was pushed by the GOP and another bill pushed by Dems. This began with Rep. Jim Nash seeking to re-refer a bill (SF856) from one committee to another that creates an Inspector General.

The bill could be stronger to combat fraud but more government oversight is necessary. The main reason the House GOP is pushing this bill is because it has already passed with bipartisan support in the Senate and only requires House approval before it can be signed or vetoed by Tim Walz. Democrats refused to vote to advance the bill because they are playing games to gut the bill and give all of the appointment power to Tim Walz.

After all Democrats voting against the Inspector General bill advancing, they hypocritically offered their own bill and asked it be advanced by moving it from the Judiciary Committee to the State Government Committee.

The Democrats offered HF3477 which allows new lawsuits for alleged civil rights violations and supposed racism. The bill permits lawsuits that can come from anyone in the country, even illegal aliens. The legislation would even turn Minnesota into a total sanctuary state by requiring all state and local law enforcement to not cooperate with ICE if ICE does not comply with their judicial nonsense! See the bill below:

This bill has obvious Constitutional violations that should not jump to the State Govt. Committee until the legal issues are resolved in the Judiciary Committee! Minnesota’s judicial system should not become the hub for illegal aliens and radical leftists to file frivolous lawsuits that undermine the deportation operation that President Trump was elected to complete.

While lunatic leftists like Brad Tabke pontificated from their phony moral high horse on the topic of ICE and immigration, GOP Rep. & House Judiciary Committee co-chair Peggy Scott initially argued Republicans should vote no on advancing the bill to another committee but she ultimately caved. Then, Establishment tool Walter Hudson began speaking and set off the Uniparty domino effect by telling Democrat Leader Jamie Long “you got my vote” to advance the bill to the State Govt Committee because there was no harm in having another discussion. Of course, there is serious harm in liberalizing our already broken judicial system.

RINO Jim Nash then stood up to say that he will also vote to advance the bill so that Democrats can enjoy their stench of hypocrisy. NEWS FLASH: Democrats do not care about being hypocritical and manipulative. Jim Nash didn’t play the Democrats, the Democrats played Jim Nash.

The majority of RINO Representatives caved and advanced the bill, falling for Democrat tricks yet again with only 18 having the guts to vote no. See vote below:

As seen above, 43 GOP Reps voted with the radical left and six Republicans were present but chose not to vote on the motion at all which includes Ben Davis (6A), Elliott Engen (36A), Danny Nadeau (34A), Duane Quam (24A), Drew Roach (58B), and Mike Weiner (5B). Since none of these legislators should have any kind of personal conflict of interest with the legislation, they could have easily voted no to prevent the Democrats from advancing their leftist agenda. By not voting, these legislators ensured Democrats had a majority of legislators voting. Of course, these GOP legislators would likely argue that they did not have enough information to vote on the bill since the vote was unplanned and sprung upon them. With Engen seeking statewide office (State Auditor) and is seeking the MNGOP endorsement, he is proving that he will sit idly by as Democrats pull hypocritical stunts.

The GOP got played by Democrats yet again even with Republicans controlling the gavel. Demuth and GOP leadership gets fooled while Democrats continue to get everything they want. To make matters worse for Republicans, Democrat Cedrick Frazier was absent so if the GOP stood strong and voted no, the bill would not have advanced!

If the GOP wanted to be serious with negotiations with the bad faith Democrats, they could've argued that they will not advance any Democrat bill until they advance the Inspector General bill. Or, even better yet, the GOP will not advance any Democrat bill until the entire surplus is returned to Minnesota taxpayers!

The Establishment can stop wondering why grassroots conservatives are fed up with RINO politicians because the reason why was on full display in the House floor session. Democrats obstruct GOP bills while the GOP advances the Democrat bills. Conservatives know that they’ve been getting the short end of the stick for a long time and know Action 4 Liberty will continue to be their premier resource. A4L will continue exposing MN corruption and will never waiver in our mission to protect liberty for the next generation.

Once politicians feel entitled to stay in power, you know they’ve been in political office for too long. Career politicians like Tom Emmer (CD6) have made a living off of serving the interests of the Establishment while giving just enough lip-service to their districts and their party’s base to continue to get re-elected. Eventually, the grassroots becomes fed up with the bad votes, double-speak, and crony behavior of swampy politicians and Tom Emmer is no different.

The SD31 BPOU held their convention on Saturday, Feb. 21st, and this legislative district sits in Congressional District 6. Beyond the regular business the party unit had to conduct, it is typical for candidates to show up and make their case to delegates. Tom Emmer appeared at the convention to pretend to show interest in his constituents’ concerns while his cronies tried to block his opponent, Mike Foley, from being allowed to speak or even be present at the convention.

Mike Foley is a Marine and Iraq War veteran who is running for the CD6 GOP endorsement. One of the focuses of his campaign has been Tom Emmer’s unwillingness to engage with constituents which Foley evidences by stating that he has tried for a year concerning an issue related to stolen valor claims against Republican Congressman Cory Mills (FL-7). 

Foley politely confronted Emmer at the SD31 convention, shook his hand, Foley told him “You’re a hard person to get a hold of” and Emmer snapped back. Rather than having a friendly conversation with Foley, Emmer ran off after giving an insincere ‘thank you for your service’. See the video below:

Been trying to speak with @GOPMajorityWhip for over a year. He finally showed his face in Minnesota and lasted 20 seconds before running away. This is what Emmer's representation looks like in the 6th District. pic.twitter.com/HPWOAlZsgv

— Mike Foley For Congress (@MikeFoley4REAL) February 21, 2026

Emmer is a shape-shifting politician that now occupies the GOP Whip position (3rd most powerful while GOP has control) and is tasked with demanding other Representatives vote however their special interests want. Emmer is not whipping votes to cut federal spending, eliminate bureaucracy, slash regulations, or protect our Constitutional liberties; He’s been whipping votes for bills that add to our national debt, send billions upon billions of our tax dollars overseas, hide unconstitutional laws in massive omnibus bills, protect Epstein co-conspirators, and much more.

Tom Emmer pretends to be an America First conservative despite President Trump trashing him as a “Globalist RINO” in his 2023 Speaker bid (a Truth Social post that has never been deleted). This effectively ended Emmer’s Speakership chances so this time around he has attempted to be as loyal of a lapdog as possible in hopes for another chance at the Speakership or other higher office. While Trump tries to put lipstick on a pig by selling pork-filled omnibus bills, Republican members of Congress have not delivered on a majority of issues they were elected on and Emmer is maintaining the status quo by not demanding the passage of hundreds of single issue bills that are pro-liberty, government-shrinking, and tax-cutting. 

As seen in previous A4L reporting, Emmer previously teamed up with Keith Ellison to send U.S. money to Somalia and did nothing to stop the mass Somali influx into CD6 while Obama was in charge. He and Ellison co-chaired the Congressional Somali Caucus in order to represent Somali interests in DC while also Emmer was teaming with Amy Klobuchar to give Somalia welfare. Emmer had a press release published about this Caucus but DELETED it after it became viral following Nick Shirley’s exposure of MN Somali fraud. The press release can still be viewed using internet archive websites. Emmer even scolded conservative constituents concerned with mass Somali migration into their communities and argued Somalis were some of the fastest integrating cultures in the world. President Trump trolled Emmer about this by saying in a speech “He’s a big fan of Somalia” and he also re-truthed Laura Loomer showing Emmer was a lobbyist working to destroy the Electoral College and install a national popular vote. Tom Emmer was even labelled “the worst of all of them” by Charlie Kirk during Emmer's Speaker bid.

Flip-flopping Tom Emmer goes with the wind and the constituents of his red district are getting fed up. Emmer has faced Republican opposition in each of his primary elections for Congress and 2026 will be no different. Another expectation to have is a rigged endorsing convention. As known by conservatives like Chris Corey, A.J. Kern, and others, the RINOs will rig the convention every which way to block you from even competing from the CD6 GOP endorsement. 

A4L founder Jake Duesenberg interviewed Foley on Monday, Feb. 23rd about his interaction with Tom Emmer and the lead-up. Foley discussed how he was not allowed to speak in front of the SD31 convention and why he will not abide by the endorsement controlled by paid Tom Emmer staffer Bobby Benson. See interview below:

Foley’s confrontation with Emmer has gone viral on Facebook and he has drawn a ton of new attention to his campaign. He may struggle to win hardcore conservatives due to his overt defense of the Somali community, as he was critical of Emmer for turning his back on them. Foley also has been critical of ICE and called it federal overreach, which puts him in a minority among GOP primary voters. People can learn more about him and his positions on his campaign website.

2024 GOP primary candidate, professional golf caddy Chris Corey, tells A4L that he is also exploring another run against Emmer. As seen in previous A4L reporting, Corey was blocked from seeking the party endorsement despite following every rule in place. He argues that CD6 deserves representation that adheres to the Constitution and has a strong conservative voting record. Corey out-performed primary challengers to GOP incumbents in CD1 and CD8 with a limited campaign and says that if he runs again, he will run a stronger and more fierce campaign than the one previous.

Pressure is mounting against Establishment RINOs because grassroots conservatives have raised their standards. Tom Emmer has major conservative opposition in his district because he has failed to represent their interests. Action 4 Liberty will continue exposing Minnesota’s political corruption and will be Patriots’ cutting-edge source in doing so.

The Senate District 10 GOP endorsing convention has been a long time coming with tensions boiling over between the Establishment and the Grassroots. The convention took place on Saturday, Feb. 21st, and featured three legislative endorsement contests. Most notably, the grassroots endorsed a conservative to replace RINO Ron Kresha in the House after he announced his retirement due to A4L exposure of his alleged PPP loan fraud. 

As seen in previous A4L reporting, bad faith Establishment RINOs were attempting to block an endorsing convention from happening at all. Aitkin County RINOs Dale Lueck and Jennifer Cummings were being uncooperative in selecting a convention date and lied to obfuscate the truth while 6 out of 7 other BPOUs were in total agreement. The majority of the MNGOP State Executive Committee failed to initially schedule the convention but did so following A4L and Grassroots pressure.

Sen. Nathan Wesenberg (SD10) and Rep. Isaac Schultz (10B) each ran unopposed in their respective races and were endorsed by the delegate body. While Sen. Wesenberg has upset the RINO Establishment by holding firm to conservative principles in the legislature, the constituents of his district made it clear that they stood by his side. After battling through a rigged endorsing convention and competitive primary in 2022, the support for Wesenberg has become insurmountable for the Establishment. Attendees tell A4L that Sen. Michael Kruen (SD32) was fair as the convention’s Chair, which is much more than can be said of RINO Tony Albright or RINO Justin Krych.

For the 10A race, three candidates competed for the endorsement: former Dept. of Agriculture county director Bernie Penner, former police chief Brian Lindquist, and healthcare businessman Mark Striemer. As seen in previous A4L reporting, RINO Ron Kresha failed to win a delegate position within his own precinct at the caucus! Local conservatives did not want Kresha in office or even influencing who would be his successor. Sources tell A4L that Kresha and the Establishment’s preferred and recruited candidate was Brian Lindquist. However, Lindquist could not count on Kresha because he no-showed the SD10 endorsing convention!

Five rounds of voting took place in the 10A race and grassroots Republican Mark Striemer led each ballot. Following the 2nd round results, Bernie Penner, another conservative candidate, was eliminated which left the race down to Lindquist and Striemer. Striemer won over delegates as a new candidate with his pro-life, anti-woke, and Constitutionalist agenda. On the final ballot, Striemer won 66% of the vote, passing the 60% requirement for the endorsement, while Lindquist had just 27% and the “no endorsement” option had an additional 7% of the vote. Sources tell A4L that Lindquist left the convention after losing and did not endorse Striemer.

Each candidate signed a pledge to abide by the party endorsement and Bernie Penner has posted on social media that he will live up to his word and has ended his candidacy. Brian Lindquist has not publicly announced on his campaign social media or elsewhere he will end his campaign or endorse Mark Striemer, making many conservatives question if he will betray his endorsement pledge. If lying to Republican delegates is the first impression 10A voters have of Brian Lindquist, he may be in for another trouncing in the primary election.

A4L congratulates grassroots conservatives in SD10 for remaining active in the political process, fighting the corrupt Establishment, and unifying behind a conservative candidate to replace RINO Ron Kresha. The conservative delegation that Sen. Nathan Wesenberg has cultivated replaces decades of RINO politician control. A4L encourages all Patriots to be involved locally and to support candidates that will advance the liberty agenda. A4L will remain the cutting-edge, liberty-based reporting that Minnesotans cannot get anywhere else.