City Council Vote Forces Uber Out of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis City Council voted to overturn Mayor Frey’s veto on Thursday, passing a requirement for rideshare companies to pay their contractors a $15.75 minimum wage. Uber and Lyft both have announced that they will be ceasing operations in Minneapolis due to this development.
Specifically, this new rule requires rideshare companies to pay $1.40 per mile and $0.51 per minute for time spent driving passengers. This metric does not include tips. When this goes into effect on May 1st, Uber and Lyft plan to have nothing to do with it.
In a far-left effort to get higher wages for their constituents, the Minneapolis City Council actually killed their chances for making any kind of income through these services. When you put too many regulations on the free market, businesses have no choice but to close up shop!
The Minnesota legislature tried passing a near identical proposal in 2023. In fact, almost every legislative democrat voted for it – despite threats from Uber and Lyft to pull out of the state entirely. Governor Walz vetoed the bill then, but that does not stop it from coming back this session.
Read the legislature’s 2023 bill here.
Minneapolis residents will need to think long and hard about what they want out of their city council. A lack of rideshare options in a big city only stands to hurt workers, which will come back to bite the politicians. If Democrats in St. Paul had their way, they would force Minneapolis’ misery on the whole state.
LEAKED AUDIO - MNGOP Chair David Hann Says He's Not "Obligated to Share Any Information' about Otter Tail County Delegates
Action 4 Liberty President Erik Mortensen confronted MNGOP Chair David Hann this morning at a Republican convention to ask him about how he plans to restore the delegates in Otter Tail County in response to the State Executive Board's vote to create a task force. We reported last week how Hann unilaterally invalidated hundreds of Otter Tail County conservative delegates - despite not having the authority under the MNGOP Constitution.
According to Hann, he's not "obligated to share any information" about the process or who is going to be on the special committee. Mortensen is actually a state central delegate of the MNGOP. When Mortensen shared this information with Hann, he responded "you do not have the right to know what I'm going to do." This begs the question: who holds Hann accountable if not state central delegates?
Even more shocking from this leaked audio, is Hann referred to members of the State Executive Committee as "dishonorable" for releasing information about the emergency meeting held on Tuesday so the public would know what happened. Hann voted to kick the public and state central delegates out of the meeting.
Erik Mortensen published the audio on X (Twitter):
Bumped into @davidhann today; the failed chair of the @mngop. He refused to answer any questions about Otter Tail County and referred to his fellow board members as "Dishonorable People". #RestoreOTC pic.twitter.com/rMvOEWgh8O
— Action 4 Liberty (@action_liberty) March 16, 2024
Off His Rocker - MNGOP Treasurer Lee Prinkkila Sending out Disinformation to Activists
The bizarre, and maybe mentally unstable treasurer that MNGOP Chair David Hann fired, then reappointed, is sending out disinformation to activists about Hann's unilateral removal of Otter Tail County delegates. Treasurer Lee Prinkkila was one of the four "No" votes on the vote to suspend Hann's unilateral decision at Tuesday's MNGOP State Executive emergency meeting.
Prinkkila is now responding to activists with a lie about Otter Tail County delegates not being properly elected at the February 27th caucus. It's unknown if Lee has physically seen any of the evidence or he's just foolishly reiterating the talking points of corrupt chair David Hann. But his ignorance on the topic is showcased by his canned response.
In texts and emails, Prinkkila arrogantly asks conservative activists if he should "ignore state statue [sic] 202A.18 since it appears nominations and elections and delegates did not occur in time per the Secretary and other evidence." Action 4 Liberty president, Erik Mortensen and MNGOP State Executive representative Wendy Phillips met with over one hundred Otter Tail County delegates last night and saw the evidence first hand that they were properly elected in their precincts on caucus night.
There are dozens upon dozens of signed affidavits and personal testimonies that validate it. Here's a snapshot of some of the ones presented to us last night in Fergus Falls.
State Statute 202A.18 clearly states that "election of delegates and alternates must begin within one hour of convening a caucus." The evidence is overwhelming that the Otter Tail County delegates began the elections within one hour of the start, despite Prinkkila's disinformation. Multiple attendees told us that the Otter Tail County leadership, which is run by notorious Establishment hack Tommy Merickel, tried to delay voting for delegates in an attempt to disenfranchise the voice of those who attended the caucus.
What a crony move by Establishment Republicans to try and silence the voice of conservative activists. This is no different than telling someone who is in line at 7:50 pm at a polling location that they can't vote because polls close at 8:00 pm (they can't do that, by the way). In a Party that hasn't won a statewide election in 18 years, who are these jokers to turn people away from participating???
This isn't the first time people have seen the erratic, unhinged behavior by MNGOP Treasurer Lee Prinkkila. In November of 2022, Lee sent out a bizarre and incoherent email to Republican State Central delegates - a move that eventually led to him being fired by David Hann. But quietly, Prinkkila maneuvered his way back to becoming treasurer of the Party again and a reliable vote for Hann's agenda on the State Executive Committee.
Here's Prinkkila's bizarre email from November 2022:
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The MNGOP State Executive Committee MUST reinstate ALL Otter Tail County delegates when they meet this Thursday. We've seen the evidence at it is overwhelmingly in support of the grassroots. Delegates were elected inside their precincts, the Party is in possession of forms that show it, and the matter can easily be decided on Thursday night.
Enough lies by David Hann and Lee Prinkkila. Reinstate the Otter Tail County Slate!
These are the people @davidhann is trying to kick out of the @mngop. pic.twitter.com/e40RRMeXBo
— Erik Mortensen (@MortForUs) March 16, 2024
Establishment Rep. Destroyed in Endorsing Convention
On Friday March 15th, career politician Brian Johnson was soundly defeated for the 28A GOP Endorsement. Brian Johnson has been a Representative for the past 12 years.
In a major upset, Johnson was crushed on the first ballot by Isanti Mayor Jimmy Gordon. Gordon won with a demanding 80% of the delegates’ votes. This by far surpassed the 60% threshold necessary for a party endorsement. 28A is a solid red district and cannot fall into the hands of the Democrats. Gordon is also a business owner and a volunteer firefighter.
Mayor Jimmy has pledged to defend our Second Amendment Right and supports election integrity, parental rights, term limits, and life at conception to natural death. Brian Johnson has a 60% lifetime score on our scorecards and got only 58% as recently as 2022.
Gordon’s victory over Brian Johnson is a persistent and nagging problem for the establishment; Conservative voters are fed up with the same old, same old do nothing politicians who do not fight for freedom. Minnesotans know that our state is crumbling and change is needed.
Voters across our state should continue to participate in Minnesota’s delegate process and attend endorsing conventions. Being a delegate is the strongest civic power a single individual can wield and it is well worth your time to participate in electing individuals who truly represent YOUR interests.
MNGOP State Exec Votes to Form Committee to Determine Otter Tail County Delegates, Despite Hann's Objections
(Pictured: MNGOP Chair David Hann on the left, and MNGOP Deputy Chair Donna Bergstrom on the right)
Corrupt MNGOP Chair David Hann unilaterally threw out all delegates in Otter Tail County last week, disenfranchising the voice of hundreds of grassroots, conservative activists. When we learned of this tyrannical style move, we sprung into action and were able to get members of the 15 person State Executive Committee to call an emergency meeting. That meeting occurred last night at 8:15 pm at the MNGOP headquarters in Edina, MN.
The meeting began on a bad note. Several activists attended the meeting, including our own President Erik Mortensen, who had an interesting encounter with Hann in the parking lot beforehand. Congressional District 6 Chair Bobby Benson made a motion to take the meeting into an executive session and kick out the public. Benson is the State Chief of Staff for Globalist RINO Tom Emmer; a job that pays him a $130,000 salary from taxpayers. His motion passed and despite state central delegates being in attendance, they were not allowed to stay and observe the meeting.
Our sources tell us that Hann's objective in the meeting last night was to talk the issues of the night to death so no vote would occur. Hann wanted a filibuster on important issues to the grassroots.
However, he was delivered a blow on the issue dealing with House District 57A. We wrote about the illegitimate endorsing convention that RINO Rep Jon Konznick claimed gave him the Republican endorsement last Saturday. Turns out, 7-5 members of State Executive agreed that Congressional District 2 Chairman Joe Ditto properly called a March 16th convention, and the illegitimate convention will not be recognized.
This decision is a big deal because it confirms that Koznik and the HRCC have been fraudulently staking claim to an endorsement that never actually occurred.
Following the vote on 57A, Congressional District 4 Rep Mark Bishofsky made a motion to reinstate all Otter Tail County delegates. That led to a lengthy discussion amongst the Executive Committee. Hann reiterated that he had the authority to remove delegates (he does not). It became clear that members of the State Executive committee did not want to vote NO after receiving hundreds of phone calls, texts and emails yesterday from activists all across the state of Minnesota. They did not want to go against the will of the people. Pressure works!
The meeting went into the early hours of the morning, with an amended motion being introduced around 1:30 AM to form a special committee that will go through the Otter Tail County paperwork to determine who was elected delegate. This is a victory for the grassroots and a HUGE blow to Corrupt MNGOP Chair David Hann, who preferred that his unilateral decision to remove ALL delegates stand.
We're not in the clear just yet. There will certainly be efforts by David Hann and his cronies to derail the committee process. So Action 4 Liberty will work with conservatives in Otter Tail County to ensure a fair and rule following process is conducted.
Bogus Campaign Finance Complaint Against A4L Dropped
The Minnesota Campaign Finance Board dropped a two-year-old complaint against Action 4 Liberty on Monday. The Board is made up of Governor Tim Walz employees, which explains why the process was so long and drawn out.
In the extra-judicial court called the Campaign Finance Board, guilt is assumed before innocence. Therefore, the body will take any complaint, regardless of evidence, and launch a full-throated investigation that threatens the operational strength of a campaign or organization.
The complaint alleged that Action 4 Liberty illegally contributed to the campaign of a gubernatorial candidate in 2022, despite the campaign paying fair-market value for access to A4L materials.
The complaint against Action 4 Liberty was filed in May of 2022 to slow down efforts to expand the conservative base and secure more legislative victories in St. Paul. You see, plenty of politicians have complained about Action 4 Liberty’s method of confrontational politics – because it forces them to spring into action.
You see, Senate Victory Fund Staffer Mike Campbell used a Republican volunteer from Winona to file multiple complaints against Action 4 Liberty on his behalf. He found the volunteer so he could avoid being publicized. Luckily, our team uncovered the truth.
Read about Mike Campbell and his scheme here.
Complaints filed against Action 4 Liberty require our organization to spend time and money defending ourselves – taking time away from putting pressure on politicians.
Thankfully, patriots like you have helped us fend off these attacks through your generous donations. YOU helped us raise $30,000 to pay our legal bills. You also helped us fend off another ridiculous complaint late last year, which was also orchestrated by the corrupt Mike Campbell.
Luckily, the Campaign Finance Board could not drag this process out any longer. They dismissed any accusation of wrongdoing in this complaint. Now, our team can continue to focus on what's important: training grassroots activists, making calls, knocking on doors, and fighting the good fight to preserve your liberties.
Jon Koznick: How he “Won” a Fake Endorsement for HD57A
The MNGOP is meant to be a vehicle for conservative citizens to step up into a leadership role to represent We The People and protect our Constitutional Rights. However, they become further and further away from that mission when delegates are disenfranchised and endorsing conventions are faked.
The 57A race is contested by RINO incumbent Rep. Jon Koznick and an outsider Patriot named Rick Stidger. 57A encompasses land in two BPOUs: SD57 and Scott County. In the situation where a district has two BPOUs in it that are in the same Congressional District, the Republican Party of Minnesota Constitution (Article V, Section 3, F.2.) states that the authority to call an endorsing convention is with the Congressional District 2 Executive Committee. See below:
As CD2’s Executive Committee is vested with the authority to call this convention, they met on 2/23/24 and reached an agreement (with a second and an affirmative vote) to set the date for the 57A endorsing convention for 3/16/24. According to sources, SD57 and Scott County were in conflict before this and CD2 was meant to be a neutral arbiter in the matter. CD2 Chair Joe Ditto then issued the call on 2/25/24.
On 2/27/24, the convention call was presented to delegates at the precinct caucuses in the two caucus locations for 57A. However, corrupt individuals began circulating an illegitimate convention call for 3/9/24, one week before the REAL convention! Additionally, several precincts did not receive this call.
Article V, Section 3, F.4 of the MNGOP Constitution does give authority to a “majority of” precinct chairs to “sign a petition requesting an endorsing convention and specifying the convener.” However, the call had already gone out by CD2 and delegates were notified of it on caucus date. Their suspected goal of nullifying the legitimate convention is an attempt to confuse, disenfranchise, and rig the endorsement of their State Rep race.
To win a GOP endorsement, a candidate must receive 60% of the voting delegates at an endorsing convention. In MN, endorsed Republican candidates usually win the August primary and go on to face the Democrats (and others) in the November election. The stakes are pretty high here and some will do ANYTHING to remain in power.
Koznick is now claiming that he won the endorsement for 57A by attending a fake convention that was designed to shut out conservative delegates and candidates like Rick Stidger. To make matters worse, the House Republican Campaign Committee (HRCC) tweeted out support for Koznick’s “win”. See below:
This could be a big issue for Koznick and the HRCC because MN State Statute 211B.02 says a person or candidates “may not knowingly make, directly or indirectly, a false claim stating or implying that a candidate or ballot question has the support or endorsement of a major political party.” See below:
Dale Even, Chair of Scott County GOP, attended the fake endorsing convention on 3/9/24 to relay the message that the meeting was illegitimate, did not abide by MNGOP rules, and violated state statute.
If Rick Stidger wins this Saturday (3/16/24) during the legitimate convention for the endorsement, he should be awarded the endorsement and all associated benefits. The MNGOP State Executive Committee will be addressing this subject during tonight’s meeting (3/12/24). A4L will continue to provide updates and cutting edge analysis on the political corruption other news outlets are too afraid to cover.
Grassroots candidate Grayson McNew wins HD41A Endorsing Convention
The SD41 Endorsing Convention on Saturday March 9th, was a clear message that grassroots patriots prefer outsider conservatives against standard politicians.
In a clear win in the first round, small business owner and former legislative aide Grayson McNew defeated former county commissioner Wayne Johnson. McNew got the 60% threshold for party endorsement and was met with unifying and consolidating support.
Liberty champion Tom Dippel was also endorsed for the 41B House seat. He was endorsed by acclimation and unanimously received the BPOU endorsement.
SD41 GOP had an endorsement pledge to prevent another Tony Jurgens situation (i.e. losing the endorsement, running in a primary, dividing conservatives, endorsing the Democrat in a swing district, and costing GOP control of a state Legislative chamber). Both McNew and Johnson signed the endorsement pledge, committing to support the endorsed candidate.
It is now up to Wayne Johnson to be a man of his word and support the delegates’ decision.
Becoming a delegate and attending endorsing conventions gives citizens real power. Regular, honest Americans know their community, candidates, and priorities best. Utilize your political power by attending party events to forward the fight for freedom!
Breakdown: MN Super Tuesday Primary Results
Following the results of 15 GOP primaries during Super Tuesday including Minnesota, Nikki Haley suspended her failed campaign. This seals the deal for President Trump to win the GOP nomination and focus his attacks against dementia Joe Biden. Neo-con Nikki is still yet to endorse Trump however many suspect it is only a matter of time before she does.
Minnesota’s participation in Super Tuesday created some very interesting developments within the Presidential race and the dynamics provide an insight into the general election in November. For instance, Trump won over 61,000 more votes than Joe Biden in their respective primaries in our state. This indicates that the MAGA movement is more energized than the Dems and could translate into success.
To further breakdown the results, see what took place in each primary below:
Republican Primary
Despite the MNGOP leadership showing favor for Nikki and doing campaign leg-work for her (along with a small number of RINO endorsements for Nikki), their wishes did not come true as Trump defeated Nikki by over 40 points!
It is likely that a number of Democrats chose to vote in the GOP primary (since there is no party registration in MN). Some estimates suggest that nearly half of Nikki Haley supporters prefer Biden to Trump, meaning that they were never conservatives to begin with! This infiltration was largely unsuccessful and only lessened Trump’s victory margin cushion slightly.
The results of the primary solidified the resolve of grassroots patriots to clean up our elections, fight the establishment, stop illegal immigration, fix our economy, stop inflation, kick Joe Biden out of the White House, and Make America Great Again. MAGA still runs the GOP no matter what the Swamp thinks about it.
Democrat Primary
Minnesota was on the watchlist for many Democrat operatives to understand the crippling and shrinking support of Joe Biden’s re-election campaign. Biden suffers from several key demographics for his party losing complete faith in him over various issues, policies, and his age/health. Many factors led to what is one of Biden’s worst performances in a statewide primary including seven Dem state legislators endorsing the “uncommitted” ballot line.
“Uncommitted” received nearly 19% in the Democratic primary which is the best performing result thus far for this brand of protest vote. The “uncommitted” movement has largely been dominated by Arabs, Muslims, and young people who are opposed to US funding and support for Israel in the war (which they consider to be a genocide of Palestinians). In Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey, and Rice Counties, 20-25% of the Democrats voted “uncommitted”.
Minnesota Dems will now elect five delegates to the DNC convention for “uncommitted”. This growing movement has been gaining steam in progressive circles. In similar and/or equal forms, it got 13.3% of the vote in Michigan before Super Tuesday and ranged from 3.9-11.5% in other Tuesday primaries.
The increasing dissatisfaction of Biden was also on display with votes for other candidates, including (unfortunately) Minnesota’s own Dean Phillips. Dean was only able to get around 7.8% but was able to perform slightly better in his current congressional district. Dean announced this morning that he is dropping out of the race and endorsed Sleepy Joe. When other candidates and “uncommitted” are all added together, nearly 30% of Democrats voted against Joe Biden in Minnesota!
Despite providing the illusion of democracy, Demoncrat Chair Ken Martin has the sole authority (as does David Hann) to decide who gets to be on the primary ballot. Despite having an anti-war grassroots presence in the party who hate Joe Biden, Martin endorsed dementia Joe long before the primary, tilting the scale for his preferred puppet. Other notable things in the Dem primary included foreign-born, Constitutionally ineligible candidate Cenk Uygar who got 0.3% of the vote and ended up in 6th place just behind little known candidate Jason Palmer. Palmer shocked the country when he won the American Samoa Dem caucus and was awarded 3 delegates to the DNC convention. Palmer is the first candidate to win DNC delegates.
If Democrats do not fall for the gaslighting and Biden’s fake peace plan, they may withhold their votes in the general election, vote third party, or even vote for Trump as a middle finger.
Legal Marijuana Now Primary
The Legal Marijuana Now (LMN) Party held the first third party presidential primary in the state of Minnesota in over 100 years. This news was largely kept under wraps by the media until candidate Krystal Gabel spoke out and said she never requested to be on the ballot and does not want to be the nominee. Her name could not be taken off the ballot so she was forced to stay on. This should have been no problem. But then, she won…
This comes on the heels of Ken Martin suing the Sec. of State to remove the LMN’s major party status (granting them ballot access). Mentioned within that case is Krystal Gabel’s discontent with her nomination and presence on the ballot. Gabel’s win adds fuel to the fire and Democrats will weaponize that against the LMN. Many questioned how she ended up on the ballot at all, but in a since deleted comment on an article, former LMN Chair Dan Vacek said Gabel’s name was added out of retaliation and anger with the Nebraska LMN party. See below:
With such low turnout, is it possible that Democrats organized an effort for a few hundred individuals to vote for Gabel to embarrass the LMN? It certainly seems do-able, perhaps the LMN should audit their results and voters to understand why Gabel supposedly earned their votes. It is odd that a withdrawn candidate would be up at least 10% on all opponents. Since her win, Gabel has called the SOS office and declined the nomination.
In second place is LMN state chair Dennis Schueller. Does the nomination fall to him or does he allow other candidates to challenge him? Is this whole situation not his fault? Should he open the door to other candidates who may perform better in the polls than him? According to Dan Vacek, LMN is unilaterally making Schueller the nominee. See below:
However, it does appear Vacek was sending all of these messages while drunk. See below:
Right behind Schueller is popular satirical candidate Vermin Supreme, known for wearing a boot on his head and promising free ponies for all Americans. Perhaps he is just a clown or maybe he is sarcastically proving that the whole system is a joke. It is possible that his appeal to young people could assist the LMN. Also on the ballot was Rudy Reyes (LMN national chair), Ed Forchion (NJWeedman), and a write-in option that got 18.5% in the primary. Those write-in results are still to be released by the SOS office. The LMN now must fight to remain on the ballot and additionally decide who their nominee will be now that the winner wants nothing to do with them.
Summary
Minnesota is a sleeper swing state that Biden may take for granted. If Trump campaigns hard in MN and the left’s dissatisfaction for Joe Biden continues to grow, our ten electoral votes could go red. The conservative base is motivated and mobilized to fight RINOs and radical Democrats up and down the ballot. Patriots must continue to fight the leftist, big government assault on our country and freedoms. 2024 may be a rude awakening for woke, pretentious, and arrogant tyrants in Minnesota!
GOP Chair Dave Hann Invalidates Otter Tail County Delegate Lists
Last week, Republicans from across the state gathered to participate in precinct caucuses. This is the process where conservative activists (and sometimes establishment shills) get together to discuss the election of delegates, passage of platform resolutions, and even favorite candidates for office.
In Otter Tail County, Republican delegates let their voices be heard.
Of this year's two Otter Tail County GOP caucus locations, Perham High School was the loudest. Party-designated convener (or, the one who presides over the precinct caucus) Tommy Merickel was ousted by delegates – a feat that rarely occurs.
Tommy Merickel has earned the ire of conservatives over the last several years. Tax filings reveal that this swamp creature sits on the board of a 501c4 group called the Minnesota Jobs Coalition. This organization also has a PAC arm.
The Minnesota Jobs Coalition spends tens of thousands of dollars against good conservative candidates for State House. For example, in 2022 – the Minnesota Jobs Coalition spent $35,000 AGAINST Mark Bishofsky, the Republican Endorsed candidate for House District 33B. They also spent a whopping $20,000 against Incumbent Representative Erik Mortensen, who was facing a primary challenge from the left.
READ MORE ABOUT MINNESOTA JOBS COALITION
Delegates present at Perham High School knew just how slimy Merickel was, which was why they removed him via vote as convener. He also failed to become a delegate to the upcoming Otter Tail County BPOU convention.
According to the Perham Focus Merickel told caucus attendees that he could not be removed as convener. This is false, as caucuses use Roberts Rules of Order -- a set of guidelines for parliamentary procedure.
On Tuesday, the Otter Tail County GOP BPOU announced on their Facebook page that the BPOU convention would be postponed. They did not provide reasoning.
On Wednesday, the controversial Chair of the Minnesota GOP, Dave Hann, issued an executive dictate claiming that the delegate list created from the caucus is invalidated. This is an unprecedented step for Hann to make. In fact, it is unlikely that the chair has the constitutional authority to invalidate this list unilaterally.
This is all because Merickel lost control of his caucus to conservative grassroots activists. Not only did the activists have the right to vote on their convener, but they are encouraged to do so.
All of this shows how unfairly the grassroots activists of Otter Tail County have been treated. Take a look at Action 4 Liberty's previous coverage in the Otter Tail County BPOU.