Minnesota House Republicans announced a budget deal on April 1st that would cement in the Democrat's massive spending increases they implemented over the past two years. The House Republicans proposal actually spends more money than liberal Governor Tim Walz' proposed budget. And the Republicans budget overspends by $2.1 Billion, which suggests they plan to use surplus money to pay for their proposed heightened spending.

In the fiscal year 2022-23 biennium budget, total spending was only $52.1 Billion. But after Republicans suffered a massive defeat in the 2022 November elections, Democrats won a trifecta in the Minnesota government with control of the House, Senate and Governor's mansion. The Democrats stole a $20 Billion budget surplus from taxpayers and increased government spending by a whopping 36%, or $19 Billion. 

Here's a comparison of spending levels from the last two bienniums and the Walz and GOP proposals for the upcoming 2026-27 biennium, which shows Republicans' proposal keeps government in the DFL's new bloated government spending levels which is funding fraud and waste. 

When Republicans won back seats in last November's election, ending in a tied Minnesota House, they should've led the way and proposed shrinking government back down to the pre-DFL trifecta spending levels of $52.1 Billion. After all, they campaigned on how reckless Democrats were by growing government.

But yesterday Republicans announced they cut a "deal" with the Democrats a month and a half before the legislative session ends. That "deal" cements in $14.5 Billion of the new Democrat spending and only reduces base level spending (what was projected to be spent) for the upcoming FY 2026-27 biennium by a measly $1.16 Billion. Republicans are proposing to keep the bloated state government spending at an elevated spending level of $66.6 Billion.

(Source - https://www.house.mn.gov/hinfo/FinanceCommitteeTargets2025.pdf)

Surprisingly, Governor Tim Walz' proposed spending is nearly $300 million less than the Republicans, but like the House Republicans, also cements in the new DFL spending levels! 

(Source - https://mn.gov/mmb-stat/documents/budget/operating-budget/gov-rec/mar25/mar25-gov-gf-financial-summaries.pdf)

What's more concerning is that the Republican proposal would actually overspend by $2.1 Billion, since the projected revenues according to the latest budget forecast are only $64.5 Billion and the proposed spending by the House Republicans is $66.6 Billion. Instead of cutting spending by more, they are actually going to use the leftover surplus from the previous biennium to pay for their proposed inflated Democrat level spending. 

(Source - https://mn.gov/mmb/budget/state-budget-overview/current-estimates/)

The Republicans have NOT proposed returning the remaining surplus or the $3.2 Billion in budget reserves the government has confiscated from taxpayers for the last decade. Why is government holding onto our money in a rainy day fund when it could be put back into the pockets of Minnesota families struggling with high inflation?

No matter what way we look at this supposed deal, it does not look good. Why on earth our Republicans cutting deals with Democrats a month and a half before the end of the legislative session? I thought they were concerned about all the new DFL spending and fraud!!!

Here's a tweet from House Republicans in December of 2023 complaining about the Democrat's spending that they now just cemented in with their new "deal."

They are also giving up the one negotiating position they have with a tied Minnesota House. Republicans could, and should, refuse to vote for any budget that doesn't cut back from the increased spending of the DFL trifecta.

More importantly, they are missing an extremely popular chance of giving the largest tax cuts or rebate checks back to Minnesota taxpayers!

Republicans should embrace "The Conservative Budget" of $52.1 Billion in spending, and no rainy day reserve funds, that would free up $19.3 Billion to give back to taxpayers. With 2.5 million taxpayers in Minnesota, that's $7,720 back in your pocket!!!

While they cave to the Democrats, the MNGOP is gaslighting us about this deal. They want us to believe this is some kind of massive victory for conservatives. And for those of us who dare point out the problems with it, famed Team Red cheerleader and former fiscal conservative, Rep Walter Hudson, will gaslight us some more!

Summary

Minnesota House Republicans cemented in the inflated new Democrat spending levels which fund fraud and waste in our state government. Their proposed $66.6 Billion in spending exceeds the projected revenues of $64.5 Billion, so they are likely going to rob the budget surplus owed to you in order to pay for the Democrat level spending they agreed to. Meanwhile, they are missing an opportunity to take us back to pre-DFL trifecta budgets where $19.3 Billion would be freed up to give each taxpayer a $7,720 rebate check. 

Public education has become weaponized by the Left to propagandize the minds of impressionable children. Radical left teacher union bosses have had control and the outcomes have been horrible for our state. Woke ideologies aside, the majority of students in MN do not meet reading and math standards. These issues can be solved but it will not happen with a top down, one size fits all solution.

GOP Representative Tom Dippel (41B) introduced HF2895 which would serve as one of the strongest school choice options in the country. This legislation appears to be modeled after other states that allow parents to control their child’s education, most notably the strong school choice system of South Dakota.

This bill accomplishes five major items:

1. School choice is universal and not limited with certain income caps.
2. Educational empowerment accounts established.
3. The funding per-student is equal to the public school formula.
4. No strings attached - Parents gain control and can use funds for tutors, tuition, or schools not on an arbitrary list of pre-approved schools. This bill establishes no curriculum, tutor, or school mandates.
5. No overall cap of funding for the program.

Studies shows strong educational improvements coincides with empowering parents to control their child’s education. Educational freedom allows parents and their children to choose the right system for their needs. Schooling comes in all different forms: Private, Charter, Online, Home-schooling, and other individualized education plans. The government has proven to be a failure for students and this legislation appears to be the strongest liberty solution available.

Covid made it clear to all how inefficient, lazy, authoritarian, and anti-logical the current education system is in our state. Children were forced to wear masks that did not work and could not attend classes in person thanks to crony politicians and teacher union bosses. While many rank and file teachers do not feel represented by their union bosses, the indictment on the system still stands and there are more than just a few bad apples. 

In addition, the woke, sexually-charged agenda being imposed on children is causing more anxiety and confusion during their developmental years. A student’s reading, writing, and math skills should be the focus of teachers, not the child’s sexuality or imposing anti-science gender ideology onto them. The Left’s grooming agenda must be fought and cannot be avoided.

HF2895 currently has no Senate companion, likely because it is newly introduced and hasn’t yet reached the desks of potential conservative co-sponsors in the state Senate. Rep. Dippel may want to look toward Sen. Nathan Wesenberg (SD10) and Sen. Bill Lieske (SD58) who also have pro-school choice legislation of their own (SF1194).

President Trump has begun charting the course for education freedom by fighting to eliminate the bureaucratic, wasteful Dept. of Education. President Trump must have the support and effort of Republican legislators rowing in the same direction to be successful. Minnesota’s tight margins in the state legislature allows this critical issue to have a chance. Swing district Democrats will have a tough time explaining a no vote to their parent constituents.

Action 4 Liberty supports parents reclaiming their children’s education and the shrinking of our government. The state has failed students in many regards and new thinking is needed to prevent further destruction. Children are the future and we cannot sit back while Democrats impose their woke, failed agenda. Now is the time to push for this critical legislation, Patriots can find their state Rep. and Senator here to contact them and let their opinion be known.

MNGOP Congressional District conventions are underway in our state and the CD6 and CD7 conventions took place yesterday (Saturday, March 29th). Action 4 Liberty reported yesterday on the CD6 convention, home of Globalist RINO Tom Emmer. At that convention was a rigged election for Chair by blocking Emmer puppet Bobby Benson’s ONLY opponent from being able to speak or run for the position!

While many Patriots were disappointed to see the corrupt RINOs maintain power in CD6, the CD7 convention was a completely different story!

CD7’s Chair, Craig Bishop, is a paid staffer for Michelle Fischbach despite the Chair role requiring neutrality. The conflict of interest of Congressmen paying their CD Chair has become a norm in the MNGOP and can also be found in CD1’s Aaron Farris and CD6’s Bobby Benson. It's like an athlete paying off the referee before a game, the trust in fairness is gone.

CD7 is also the home of Otter Tail County (OTC) and the Patriot duly-elected delegates who have continually been disenfranchised by the MNGOP. The resolve and strength of OTC conservatives who never gave up has led to this moment.

At Saturday’s CD7 convention, conservatives rallied together and were able to win two key positions of the party unit after the body reportedly voted to restore the delegate status and voting power of 32 of the 37 duly-elected OTC delegates.

Longtime CD7 Chair Craig Bishop was replaced with pro-grassroots Bret Bussman. Bussman is a BPOU Chair, former GOP endorsed state senate candidate, and former MNGOP Chair candidate. Bussman defeated Bishop by a vote of 158-131. This change of leadership is a MASSIVE rebuke on the corrupt, anti-grassroots, and anti-liberty tactics CD7 has used to protect RINO politicians. Bussman’s win provides him with a major opportunity to restore fairness to the process and expand the conservative, MAGA base.

Another key race took place yesterday as OTC Patriot and former state senate candidate Nathan Miller defeated establishment RINO Mandy Heffron for the MNGOP State Executive Committee seat. Miller defeated Heffron by a vote of 167-120 (there was an additional candidate who received four votes). As a leader on the ground in Otter Tail, Miller has unified conservatives to rally behind him and never conceded an inch on principles. 

Recent actions by the State Exec. Committee has made it clear to liberty lovers that a change in leadership was necessary. For example, they voted to condemn A4L with bogus lies and voted to again disenfranchise OTC delegates. Now that one of the very OTC Patriots the party has attempted to smear and disenfranchise is on the Committee, a change of pace appears to be coming!

While conservatives were successful in the Chair and State Exec. races, they were unable to defeat RINO Deputy Chair Tiffany Lesmeister-Knott, who has used her role to interfere with the OTC convention and try to disenfranchise their delegates. Lesmeister-Knott was reportedly taken on by grassroots conservative Laura Knudsen. Sources say the first round resulted in a tie of 145-145 and the second round gave the win to Lesmeister-Knott.

Action 4 Liberty empowers the conservative grassroots and has trained many Patriots in Otter Tail so they know how to combat corruption. RINOs and liberals will use the term "A4L candidate" as a slur, when in reality it means a grassroots candidate. It is not A4L that won power in CD7, it was the grassroots.

While Bussman and Miller will likely have a thorn in their side, or a Knott in this case, they will be able to provide representation for the grassroots conservatives who have felt abandoned by a RINO party. Action 4 Liberty looks forward to see fair endorsing conventions and leadership that fights corruption instead of embracing it!

The CD6 MNGOP party unit is one of the most corrupt examples in our state of RINO Establishment control that will rig the process against the Grassroots. This district is home of the Republican Majority Whip (#3 most powerful in Congress), Globalist RINO Tom Emmer and the party unit is run by his puppet, Bobby Benson. 

Benson is paid $130,000 per year by Emmer despite being CD6 Chair, which is an obvious conflict of interest. How can anyone expect Benson to be fair and neutral as Chair while he is paid by Emmer? One never bites the hand that feeds them. This should be prohibited, as it is in the MNGOP Constitution Section 4 Part B, see below:

There was an attempt by delegates to insert similar language into the CD6 Constitution but it was blocked from a convention floor vote by the three person Resolutions committee. See below:

In today’s CD6 Convention, grassroots conservative Jodi Welsh attempted to take on Benson for the Chair election but was BLOCKED from even speaking! This was the ONLY race that had two candidates, all others were unopposed. The grassroots is so much of a threat to the RINO Emmer wing that they refuse to even allow competition! Like Communist China or Dems who tried to remove Trump from our ballots, CD6 RINOs want uniform, unanimous lockstep thinking to prevent real conservatives from taking power.

This has been on display before at CD6 conventions. In 2024, professional golf caddy Chris Corey ran against Emmer as an America First alternative and tried to compete for the endorsement. Despite meeting every requirement laid out for him in the CD6 Constitution and rules, they blocked Corey from being allowed to speak or compete for the GOP endorsement. Many saw unhinged Rep. Walter Hudson’s true colors on that day as he advocated for censorship and the RINO gatekeeping nominations committee. In the end, Corey was kicked out of the convention for daring to fight and speak up.

In the case of Jodi Welsh, she reportedly also met every requirement laid out for her in the CD6 Constitution and rules but also had to face a nomination committee that was rigged against her! Sources say that Jodi was asked strange and personal questions like if she could afford daycare to allow her the time to do the CD6 chair job! Perhaps she should have said “Yes, especially if Emmer is going to pay me $130K a year like Bobby Benson!”

Reportedly, Welsh was informed around 9PM last night that the NomCom was going to find her to be unqualified and not allowed to compete! Welsh is a hardcore conservative activist who is very involved politically. She passed out the following flyers highlighting all of her work for the Republican Party, see below:

A4L is told a vote was taken by the body to let Welsh speak but it was closely defeated (sources believe the vote count was 91 in favor of letting her speak and run for Chair and 120 in opposition). Under the guise of appearing fair, Benson allegedly told delegates he wanted to let Jodi speak. This is likely just more deception and lies from Benson to make his corruption look less obvious. If he truly wanted to let Jodi speak, why couldn’t he convince his own supporters to do so?!?

After A4L forced the truth to come to light on the MNGOP paying $30,000 to ‘white dude for Kamala’ Michael Brodkorb, one has to wonder who else in the MNGOP knew, including the Emmer circle that RINO David Hann was loyal to. Instead of fighting the corruption from within the party, Benson and other RINOs have targeted and attacked the grassroots like bogus condemnation of A4L and the further disenfranchisement of Otter Tail delegates. Sources say the topic was not even brought up during the convention.

Jodi Welsh was not the only person blocked from speaking at the CD6 convention as U.S. Senate candidate Royce White was also told he could not address the body by CD6 party leadership. Royce took to X and unleashed a fire-breathing response to his censorship by CD6. Considering that Royce had large support from CD6 during the previous election and has gotten standing ovations from their delegates in the past, it comes as no surprise that the Emmer world is threatened by him (especially when he calls out Emmer for the neocon Globalist RINO, Ukraine War lover that he is). 

Attendees tell A4L that Royce chewed out several RINOs during the convention including RINO Jim Nash and Tom Emmer! They also say Emmer and Royce were nose to nose while Royce kept his hands behind his back and they began to be crowded by attendees, police located at the event, and secret service officers. Royce explains some of the exchange on X.

The corruption in the CD6 Republican Party is rampant thanks to Tom Emmer and his loyal stooges in positions of power. Conservatives across our state have woken up from the RINO cult and want to see the Republican party fight and deliver for We The People. The establishment shows their cards and corruption more and more every day. The only way they will be defeated is with more grassroots participation. A4L will continue to champion the battle for liberty by standing shoulder to shoulder with the conservative grassroots of our state!

After humiliating Minnesota on the national stage as Kamala’s running mate, many thought Walz would go into hiding and accept that he was out of touch with the American people. Instead, he has continued embarrassing himself and our state by doing “townhalls” in Republican districts paid for by different units of the Democrat Party.

Unfortunately for Tyrant Tim Walz, he has more gaffes than Joe Biden and has made a fool of himself nearly every time he takes the stage. A4L previously reported on Walz rooting for the failure of the state pension plan by celebrating a stock price fall of Tesla. He made it perfectly clear then that his personal animosity toward Elon Musk gets in the way of reasoned judgement; Walz essentially rooted on Americans losing their jobs and Minnesotans being short-changed on their pension plan.

Since the events Walz has been holding have been called “townhalls”, one would think that anybody can attend. However, Democrat staffers were tasked with keeping MAGA supporters out of the events! He does not care about Republican concerns, he is just trying to feed his ego. He is afraid of push-back and wants to scream into the socialist hivemind echo-chamber.

In a humiliating moment during Walz’ wannabe campaign tour, Walz admitted that his son responded to him with “says the guy who got his ass kicked by Donald Trump”... Who would admit to their son emasculating them? At another event in Rochester, he said of his wife “We know who the boss is” when she rudely interrupted him and demanded he wrap up his speech! No wonder he has been self-conscious about the sissy, flamboyant, beta-male image he has made for himself.

Walz does not understand why he and Kamala lost, especially losing EVERY single swing state, which became perfectly evident when he said that we got ourselves into this mess by not embracing immigrants, wokeness, and DEI enough! He thinks they would have won if they campaigned to the left of what they were already doing! Maybe he should instead consider that he lost BECAUSE of those issues! Being a habitual liar and China puppet didn’t help matters either!

Wannabe Dictator Tim Walz admitted in an event with gun-grabber Beto O’Rourke what a lot of Democrats have said quietly since Trump got into office, he supports a “shadow government” to fight Trump and the MAGA agenda (as if there isn't already one). Walz is openly advocating for a deep state in which We The People have no influence. Walz wants Dems to side-step elections so power is held in the hands of unelected bureaucrats. To show how authoritarian the Democrat base is, the crowd clapped and cheered! Keep in mind, these are the people claiming to “protect Democracy”.

Should this be any surprise? Walz likes to talk tough about billionaires but the Kamala/Walz campaign messaging came from billionaire Globalist Mark Cuban (often confused with Rachel Maddow). Walz also had no issue sucking up to the evil, anti-freedom Soros family for money! See below:

To make matters worse, new evidence has emerged surrounding a secret Communist Chinese organization in Minnesota and Walz’ connection with their affiliated people! Reporting from Breitbart and the Government Accountability Institute has found that a Chinese Communist Party front operation is happening in St. Paul! A building allegedly is home to the Overseas Chinese Services Center of Minnesota which apparently works under the CCP’s united front. 

Chinese Dictator Xi Jinping describes united front work as one of the CCP’s “magic weapons” that helps “undermine the sovereignty and integrity of the political system of targeted states.” Like the New York secret Chinese police station, the MN group has a special designated WeChat account assigned to their location by the Chinese government. China Walz’ connection to this group can be seen with the alleged propaganda chief of the OCSC operation, Deng Qing. Below you will see photos of the two at a fundraiser:

Walz is also seemingly connected with the OCSC operation leader named Bingwen Yan, who has donated to Tyrant Tim, Shaky Amy Klobuchar, Andrew Yang, and two RINOs in Karin Housely and former MN Rep. Kelly Fenton. Yan hosted and moderated a virtual townhall with Tim Walz where he lectured the public to protect Chinese people more. This was broadcast by Chinese state media and touted it as a model of forceful advocacy on behalf of the overseas Chinese community. Read more details in the report here (and more in part two), which includes Yan capturing MN medical supplies during Covid and sending them to Wuhan, China!

Many are shocked to learn about Walz’ strange love for Communist China, which included yearly trips bringing students and a temporary teaching gig, which likely had to be approved by the CCP. During that gig, Walz says that the Chinese students would “affectionately” call him the “foreign devil”. Only an evil person would take being called a “foreign devil” as a compliment! Walz even got married on the Tienanmen Square Massacre anniversary in order to reportedly remember the date. 

Walz is a lover of Communist China and the Globalist, anti-nation, anti-citizen, anti-freedom World Economic Forum and it's leader Klaus Schwab. During Walz' time in Congress, he co-authored a bill to "honor and congratulate" the WEF and Schwab! Read our previous reporting on this here.

Tyrant Tim Walz proves time and time again that he cannot be trusted with power and nobody will call out his corruption more forcibly than Action 4 Liberty. As hardcore conservatives with unwavering principles, the anti-American ideology of Tim Walz must be confronted head on.

Conservatives across our state have long awaited the truth surrounding the mystery Wyoming based company, 1972-10, which received tens of thousands of dollars from contracts with the party during the reign of RINO David Hann. This information was requested by the MNGOP state central delegation and the party had refused to be transparent until Action 4 Liberty announced we would release the details.

Former A4L President Jake Duesenberg was informed by MNGOP Chair Alex Plechash that the signer on checks related to this company was none other than 'White dude for Kamala' Michael Brodkorb! However, Plechash begged Jake not to share the truth!

YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PARTY WERE WASTED TO ENRICH A BIG GOVERNMENT LIBERAL!

Brodkorb is a liberal "journalist" who has endorsed Coconuts Kamala, Tyrant Tim Walz, Mr. Election Fraud Steve Simon, and many other radical Dems while deceptively calling himself a Republican. See below:

While Brodkorb used to be the former Deputy Chair for the MNGOP, he has proven that he is the furthest thing from a conservative. In addition, Brodkorb lost major credibility following his guilty plea for drunk driving and reported affair with Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch (which resulted in a corrupt, taxpayer funded settlement for Brodkorb totaling $30K).

While one might wonder why Plechash would feel the need to cover up for David Hann's corruption, the answer could be that Brodkorb may sue the party. However, this information was requested MONTHS ago by delegates and Plechash showed no signs of bringing it to light. The party should be unafraid to take on liberals like Brodkorb rather than covering up for them!

Following the smears against A4L President Erik Mortensen by crazed feminist MNGOP Secretary Joy Orvis, the bogus condemnation of A4L by the State Exec. Committee, and the disenfranchisement of Otter Tail delegates, Jake decided that he could no longer let the truth be hidden.

Plechash decided to try to get ahead of it by putting out a press release, however, in doing so it became clear to all that the only way to get this info out was with pressure from A4L! Plechash pleaded and begged, telling Mort and Jake that the info could not come out but then put it out on his own! See the full video here.

The explanation provided by Plechash was incomplete and left out some of the most damning information. The MNGOP was paying a liberal propagandist that was openly working against the party and candidates! One would have to think many in the party staff and Emmer-world were well aware of this. It should also be noted that Brodkorb hosts a podcast with former Emmer staffer Becky Scherr and constantly attacked CD2's endorsed GOP candidate to help Emmer puppet candidate Joe Teirab. Brodkorb also regularly attacked GOP Senate candidate Royce White.

RINOs love to accuse A4L of what they are actually guilty of. The scam-artists, controlled-opposition, and divisive failures are the controllers of the party, not principled conservatives like A4L supporters and leaders! The party claims that their mission is to elect Republicans so how does wasting donations to hire a Kamala supporter help that mission? Any effective organization with a clear mission would NEVER hire someone who is not aligned with their values!

Hiring a political enemy of the grassroots to do your PR work and communications strategy is absurd! Why would they ever have the party's best interest in mind?

A4L is proud to bring the truth to light and likely ending any hope and ambition for a potential David Hann gubernatorial run. He spent your donations funding liberals who hate your guts and this would have never been known without A4L pressure.

This is proof that political pressure works and that the party is hiding its own corruption. We will continue charging the path towards liberty in Minnesota and representing grassroots conservatives while the MNGOP caves to liberals and sucks up to the establishment. We know Patriots can handle the truth!

On Wednesday, March 26th, the MNGOP State Executive Committee voted to again disenfranchise the Grassroots Patriots of Otter Tail County. In a motion reportedly proposed by corrupt Emmer puppet, CD6 Chair Bobby Benson, crazed feminist Secretary Joy Orvis, and CD1's State Exec. Member Doran Kasel. This is the next step the Establishment has taken following the successful OTC convention and our previous reporting on CD7 trying to ban them from their own convention.

Action 4 Liberty has been at the forefront of the fight for duly-elected Otter Tail delegates to have their delegate status honored. Unfortunately, corrupt RINO party insiders have gone to extraordinary lengths, for years, to attack and disenfranchise the grassroots. Many among the grassroots in OTC are anti-establishment conservatives who have had their views on the establishment hardened due to the unfair treatment they’ve endured.

The rampant and blatantly obvious corruption by the Establishment has been done in part to protect RINO Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach (CD7). Fischbach was incapable of winning the endorsement against conservative challenger Steve Boyd during the last election cycle and is clearly nervous to maintain her career in politics. In addition, the corrupt CD7 party leadership will be up for election at the meeting tomorrow (Saturday, March 29th). RINOs do not want conservative OTC delegates participating in the vote, especially the Chair vote with challenger Bret Bussman taking on paid Fischbach staffer and incumbent CD7 Chair Craig Bishop.

The 15 member State Exec. Committee voted in favor of the corrupt resolution with reportedly two in opposition and two absent. The tactics of the RINOs to push good conservatives out of the process highlights how they want the party to fail and not advance a liberty agenda. One also has to wonder why puppet Bobby Benson, who is paid $130K per year by Emmer, would insert himself into disenfranchising delegates from a completely separate Congressional District. 

In addition to CD7, the CD6 convention will also be taking place tomorrow with an election for chair. Bobby Benson has also drawn the attention of Royce White, 2024 U.S. Senate nominee and 2026 candidate as Benson is attempting to block White from addressing the convention! Perhaps they are nervous that he will again get a standing ovation and expose the corruption going on!

Last night A4L President Erik Mortensen and Jake Duesenberg exposed the truth about the mystery 1972-10 company that was paid tens of thousands of dollars to liberal propagandist, ‘white dude for Kamala’ Michael Brodkorb under RINO David Hann’s leadership. MNGOP Chair Alex Plechash has kept this hidden from the public until A4L pressure forced him to admit the truth, which he seemingly never would have done otherwise. One has to who else in the Hann circle was well-aware of the details and allowed the party to operate as controlled opposition to the Dems.

Action 4 Liberty will keep Patriots up to date and continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with the OTC grassroots. The corruption of the MNGOP has become so blatant and conservatives are fed up. The truth must come to light and A4L is never afraid to shine the spotlight on darkness.

President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday, March 20, 2025, to begin the dismantling of the Department of Education. Since the signing, the MNGOP and Republican legislators have remained quiet.

President Trump’s long standing goal to eliminate the DoE has been set into motion. And while it would take an act of Congress to completely shut it down, in true Trump form, he refuses to let any grass grow under his feet by just standing around.

It’s no surprise that there’s been lots of criticism from the left since Trump put pen to paper. The Dems wasted no time and pulled zero punches as they voiced dissenting opinions with their unique brand of loud and obnoxious public outrage.

What IS surprising is a deafening silence from the MNGOP. One would hope that the take down of an educational system that has miserably failed our children would be praiseworthy, but… NOT A WORD! 

This is because Republicans cower in fear of Education Minnesota (the Teachers Union) and their PAC. You see, Education Minnesota is among the biggest boosters of the Democrats. Just last year, their PAC gave almost a HALF MILLION DOLLARS to the Democrat Party straight up.

That doesn’t count direct funding to candidates and other funding. MinnPost recently put up a graphic analysis of who funds the Democrats in Minnesota and wrote in the article:

Funding from unions via dues payments cannot be underestimated. The predictable funding is the basis for DFL campaigns. That money goes to both political party committees and the primary DFL fundraising committee, the We All Do Better PAC. Public employee unions lead the way — Education Minnesota, the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees and AFSCME Council 5. But construction unions that often give some money to both parties give in larger amounts to DFLers.

It’s also because most Republicans are RINOs. These are people who agree with and will support the Leftist agenda while wearing the red shirt and waving the GOP flag. But make no mistake what and who they stand for. Hint: it’s not for Freedom, Liberty and D.O.G.E.

That’s why the Minnesota Republicans are silent. They don’t want to end the Dept. of Education. They don’t want School Choice. They are for government schools who teach wokism.  

Trump’s decisive actions continue to set the standard for conservative lawmakers nationwide who embrace the America First agenda. But Minnesota RINOs leave liberty lovers in the lurch once again.

The grassroots is waiting for their so-called-conservative leaders to get on the Trump/D.O.G.E. train. ALL ABOARD!!

Minnesota’s State Senate was brought into the national spotlight following the arrest and resignation of Senator Justin Eichorn (SD6). Eichorn now faces federal charges after he tried to meet up with and prostitute someone who he believed was a 17 year old girl. 

With a vacancy now in Senate District 6, a special election will be called by Tyrant Tim Walz and this deep red district will be required to elect someone to fill the remainder of the Senate term. Reportedly, Walz will do so on Tuesday March 25th and the seat will be filled mid to late April.

This GOP primary will be determinative of who will hold this Senate seat since the district is a Republican stronghold. It is to be seen if MN Democrats will deceive their voters and legislators into thinking they have a chance to flip it like RINOs did in the deep blue 40B State House special election. 

This district covers areas in Cass, Crow Wing, and Itasca counties. Despite Eichorn’s resignation only taking place Thursday last week, many candidates have emerged for the SD6 special election and the stage has been set for a large and competitive GOP primary.

As of this article’s publishing, there are seven Republican candidates who have announced and one Democrat. This includes Jennifer Carnahan, Steve Cotariu, Keri Heintzeman, John Howe, Josh Gazelka, Doug Kern, Angel Zierden, and Democrat Emily LeClaire. Rumors are also floating around that former RINO Senator Carrie Ruud may run.

Action 4 Liberty intends to ask each of the GOP candidates to sign the Never Again Pledge, ensuring that they will fight for medical freedom and the removal of unilateral authority by a Governor to shut down our state.  

Below you will see more information on each candidate.

Jennifer Carnahan

Jennifer Carnahan is the former nightmare Chair of the MNGOP who resigned in disgrace due to her own unprofessional conduct and her deep ties to Anton Lazzaro (who was convicted of sex trafficking). The gross irony to draw between Eichorn and Carnahan has already been pounced on by the Democrat Party.

Carnahan once led an effort to purge A4L supporters from the party… Sound familiar? The divisive and down-right disgusting actions of Carnahan do not end there. In a leaked phone call, Carnahan laughed and joked while saying her then husband (late Congressman Jim Hagedorn) was “going to die from cancer in two years” which was followed up with a “so be it”. She also was sued by Hagedorn’s family for his cancer expenses which she refused to pay despite reportedly receiving $348K in death benefit/life insurance. If SD6 thought it was morally bankrupt before, just wait and see what Carnahan could have in store. She is currently the Mayor of Nisswa.

Steve Cotariu

Steve Cotariu is an Army veteran, a graduate of the Wharton School of Business, Chair of board of advisers for Alakai Defense Systems, and owns his own business. With seemingly no previous political experience aside from a recent school board run, Cotariu may be trying to pull Republican support out of a hat. Cotariu is a Merrifield resident and says his campaign is about bringing real leadership and common-sense solutions to the office.

Keri Heintzeman

Keri Heintzeman is the wife of RINO Rep. Josh Heintzeman and was one of the MNGOP Exec. Board members that reportedly voted to “condemn” A4L with baseless smears and lies. The pathetic attacks against our organization and supporters largely leave us unfazed as we’ve seen their script before. The Heintzemans reportedly have a few children who are still under 18, which begs the question; Why do they both want to play politics over 100 miles away in St. Paul while they’ve got kids at home? Keri will never fight the corruption and RINO actions of her husband like trying to seek revenge on a Police Chief and using HRCC money as Chair for unendorsed RINO incumbents.  

Dr. John Howe

Dr. John Howe is a businessman and retired veterinarian from Grand Rapids. Howe is seemingly the only candidate running from Itasca County and is the husband of former Itasca GOP Chair, Diane Howe. John has previously run for the State House and did not continue his campaign after losing the endorsement to Ben Davis.

Josh Gazelka

Josh Gazelka is the son of RINO Paul Gazelka, who has seemingly already pulled Establishment strings for Josh to be endorsed by the corrupt, gun control supporting MPPOA (which also endorses drunk driving Democrats). A source tell A4L that Josh has told others that he would never run for office after all politics has put his family through, yet here we stand today. Josh claims that he feels “compelled to use his gifts of bringing calm and stability”. Maybe his definition of “calm and stability” is uniparty omnibus bills and more growth of government.

Doug Kern

Doug Kern is a conservative grassroots activist who has previously challenged RINO Josh Heintzeman for the State House. Doug is a businessman and resident of Brainerd. Kern states that he is 100% pro-life, wants election integrity, believes schools should teach American exceptionalism & not CRT/DEI, wants fiscal responsibility, supports law enforcement, and supports stand your ground laws. Kern has been a fighter against RINOs like David Hann at various Republican conventions by making and supporting strong resolutions.

Angel Zierden

Angel Zierden is the former Mayor of Breezy Point and did not seek re-election in 2024. Zierden says she drafted her first bill at age 27 and remains committed to bipartisan collaboration in St. Paul. She currently serves on the Government Affairs Committee for the Brainerd Lakes Chamber of Commerce and is pregnant, due to have her fifth child in May. She has additionally endorsed Democrat Jen Schultz instead of Republican Pete Stauber last year.

Emily LeClaire (Democrat)

Democrat Emily LeClaire is a radical left, big government candidate who was the Dem nominee against Josh Heintzeman in the last election. Like other Dems in red districts, they mask their real agenda with empty talking points and false appeals to conservative issues. There is no real concern that LeClaire or any other potential Democrat could win the general election so the GOP primary will be paramount.

While the GOP no longer has a criminal on their side of the aisle, Democrats still have Nicole Mitchell and have refused to hold her to account after Mitchell broke into her widowed step-mother’s house and seemingly tried to burglarize it. Senate Dems say the court proceedings must happen first but the court proceedings have been delayed due to her holding office! Considering Mitchell was in her step-mother’s bedroom and a lot of information is still to be known, the GOP must have a fighter.

Moral clarity is needed in this moment and the residents of SD6 have a major opportunity to correct course and move past the Justin Eichorn situation. A4L will keep Patriots informed on which candidates sign and do not sign the Never Again Pledge to prove if they will fight for freedom of their district’s citizens.

Tim Walz is publicly celebrating a 40% drop in the stock value of Tesla since the beginning of 2025. This is a HUGE slap in the face to countless Minnesotans because their state pension plan is heavily vested in Tesla stock. 

In a recent ‘Walz for President 2028’ campaign tour stop, that looked more like a stand-up comedy routine than a political gathering, Walz joked about the Tesla stock therapy he uses to “give him a little boost during the day”.

Unfortunately, Walz’s “little boost” is at the expense of the people he is supposed to be looking out for… hard working, liberty loving folks like you.  

In our state we have various retirement funds, trust funds, and cash accounts managed by the Minnesota State Board of Investment (SBI). An SBI report from June 30, 2024 shows a little more than 1.6 million shares of Tesla stock in it’s portfolio and that stock has plummeted over 40% since Jan 1.

In his disgustingly insensitive “little boost” comment, Walz shamelessly cheered AGAINST the state’s success and flagrantly celebrated the PAIN of Minnesotans.

Even former MN Rep. Dean Phillips, who referred to Walz as “my Governor and my friend” during a News Nation interview, said he’s “appalled and shocked” at Walz’s statement. 

Dean went on to say, “I feel like we’re living in the twilight zone. I really don’t recognize my party, I don’t recognize its principles”. And the fall of Tesla stock has “hurt a lot of Minnesotans who have their money in pension funds”.

Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary hit the nail on the head when he told The Hill, “That poor guy didn’t check his portfolio and his own pension plan for the state. It’s beyond stupid what he did.”

O’Leary continued, “What’s the matter with that guy? He doesn’t check the well-being of his own constituents.” 

The answer to that question would be a resounding NO!

The people of this state deserve a Governor who truly cares about their welfare and their future. Action 4 Liberty will not relent in the fight for a stronger and better Minnesota.