Representative Erik Mortensen and Bob Loonan met at a debate for House District 54A sponsored by the Shakopee Chamber and Visitors Bureau on July 12th and it was uploaded online last night. If you are yet to witness the verbal beatdown Loonan took from Mortensen, you can check it out here.

This debate was the epitome of the divide within the Republican party as it featured two figures who embody extremely different wings of the GOP. On one side is Rep Erik Mortensen, a young, firebrand from the pro-liberty side of the GOP. On the other side is recycled politician and liberal voting Republican, Bob Loonan.

Mortensen began the debate by emphasizing the debate with Loonan two years ago where he made promises to his constituents to never grow government, raise taxes, support unconstitutional omnibus bills, and refusing to spend any of our overtaxed surplus dollars. Mortensen then said he has been doing everything he said he would, on the other hand, Bob Loonan has supported big government, raising taxes, voting for thousand page unconstitutional omnibus bills, funding Planned Parenthood, and spending surplus money.

Loonan came out swinging at Mortensen, hoping for a golden moment that never happened. The Republican Establishment is willing to do anything to take out Mortensen, unfortunately for them, they’re up against grassroots conservatives fed up with political BS. Loonan’s campaign is in shambles as he was caught lying on his campaign material, claiming to be the endorsed GOP candidate. The reality is that Loonan has not won an endorsement or election in 6 years. This is partially due to the drunk driving DWI he got in 2018.

However, Mortensen kept the debate focused on policy, while Loonan tried phony lines of attack. Here’s how some of the debate went down on certain topics:

Effectiveness

Loonan's basic premise is that Mortensen doesn't work with the politicians at the Capitol. He said Mortensen hasn’t passed a single bill.  Mortensen immediately addressed the objective falsehood, listing off multiple bills he’s passed and explaining he has passed more bills than 90% of the freshman Republicans in the House. Mortensen talks about the projects he has helped with like getting a handicap ramp built and standing up for nurses who were being fired with vaccine mandates. 

Government Growth

Loonan also tried to argue that the government grew more under Mortensen than himself, to which Mortensen replied “Bob saying the government grew under my watch, that’s so funny. Do you think the people are that stupid Bob? I mean I voted against these things.” Loonan then said “Look it up” and Mortensen replied “I don’t have to, I voted against these things, this growth in government, Bob voted for 10% increases in budget, so to say that I’m somehow to blame is absurd because I voted against every single growth in government, Bob voted for 10% increases when he was in office.”

Bob's score on the Action 4 Liberty Scorecard, when he was in office in 2018, was an abysmal 36%. His failing score was mostly attributed to his votes on growing government. Mortensen is a 100% on the Scorecard.

Constitutional Carry

Loonan came out against Constitutional Carry in the Republican debate! He started by saying “not everyone should have a gun.” and continued “I don’t support the Constitutional Carry bill the way it is written right now. Not any person should be able to buy any gun and carry it anywhere. There are people that shouldn’t have guns.” Mortensen replied “Maybe Bob should go out and buy a gun so he knows the process. Constitutional carry law does not change who can buy a gun, and I guess Bob needs a schooling on this, he’s anti Constitutional Carry but he doesn’t understand the law as it's present in 27 states now."

Constitutional Carry is a big issue for gun owners. Seeing Bob come out against it was quite a revelation.

Climate Change

When asked about climate change, Bob Loonan gave a long-winded answer about carbon capture technology while Mortensen simply said “In this Republican primary, I’ve heard nobody out of the thousands of doors we knock expressing concern about climate change. So I’ll take this opportunity to talk about something else.” From there Mortensen began exposing how the political game works and how he was told by legislators/Loonan’s old drinking buddies to do nothing for his entire first term. Mortensen of course did not take that advice, within minutes of being sworn into office, Mort forced a vote to end Walz’ Emergency Powers. 

Final Thought

For any lover of liberty or debates, this is a must see. Loonan resorts to name calling Mortensen supporters as “Mort-pansies” like a bunch of monkeys while Mort remained focused. The Establishment is desperate to take out the only fighter for freedom in the State House because Mortensen is the only Representative who has refused to kowtow to leadership, spend our surplus, wear a mask at the Capitol, vote for unconstitutional bills, or hide the truth from the public. Erik Mortensen has become the standard bearer of the Legislature for patriots across our state and Bob Loonan is a go along to get along type. The voters of Shakopee and District 54A have a very important choice for the future of the GOP, will they support liberty or RINOs? 

Here's the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNbuKs8_wsE 

The Minnesota Management and Budget released the July Revenue Forecast Report that showed the state overcollected tax money by a whopping $3 Billion more than originally projected. Although the office states the "higher-than-expected revenue" is a result of payments from "Pass-Through-Entities (PTE)." They admit they don't have enough information to estimate how much of it is due to the PTE timing shift, leaving speculation if some of the money will be adjusted at a later date.

There's been a trend for many months of the state overcharging Minnesotans, on top of the fact that the February Forecast Report showed the state already had a record $12 Billion surplus. Republican and Democrat legislators spent about $2 Billion of that surplus money on more government, but it appears that the coffers have been replenished, and then some. Only one legislator, Rep Erik Mortensen, has voted against spending a dime of the surplus. 

If the surplus money is returned, taxpayers would be entitled to $4,000 back. That would go a long way in helping ease the pain of inflation.

The economy has been in shambles under Joe Biden. Between food shortages, rising prices, and jab-or-job mandates, things are not going well. Inflation is up 9.1%, a new high in four decades. Inflation is caused by the government printing money at uncontrollable levels, causing the value of the dollar to deteriorate. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen takes no blame in the destruction she and Biden have caused, despite the economy being her #1 responsibility. 

In Minnesota, our state government is sitting on a massive surplus of our tax dollars that could have been divided up to give each taxpayer $4000. The Legislature has already spent a chunk of it (despite the state government being fully funded for two years), but they keep bringing in records amount of overtaxed revenue. In other words, we are being overtaxed while living expenses are going sky high.

Tim Walz has suggested giving back some of the surplus, but this of course is only to buy votes and save his ass. Walz is desperate and knows his party is on the losing side of this battle.

On the Republican side of things, the Senate wants to do long term tax cuts, funded with the surplus. That means they will hold onto your money in this time of rising prices. The vast majority of them are voting to spend the surplus. Only Rep Erik Mortensen (R-55A) has voted to not spend your surplus money away.

Out of control inflation is hurting our country and state - people are in desperate conditions right now and it is up to Tim Walz and the Legislature to return their money. Families across Minnesota could use their surplus money. GIVE IT BACK!

Minnesota has been at the forefront of the discussion on how police and citizens interact. Following George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter protests and riots that plagued Minneapolis, Minnesota still struggles with the relationship between people and police. 

The negative stereotypes of police officers have been heightened and exaggerated to fit liberal social justice narratives. The radical liberals of Minneapolis assume racism is deeply engrained in the profession. Defund The Police, ACAB, and Black Lives Matter have wedged a culture divide between black people and the police and it appears the children are taking notice.

Children are very impressionable and soak in the information they get from their family, friends, and community. Kids adopt the views of others they respect and many have a blatant disrespect for police. Sometime last week, two police officers in St. Paul were searching for a murder suspect when a child, just a few years old, wearing nothing but his underwear, began swinging fists and cursing out the police officers. The toddler’s behavior is encouraged and continued by older kids and what appears to be an adult in the background. They called one of the black officers an “oreo head a**” and set the example for the toddler to follow. Reports say that the kids even threw rocks in an unfilmed exchange. The police remained calm, respectful, and professional in their business.

This disturbing video may show the cultural decline in Minnesota as the people have been fed false narratives about the police. Most police officers are stand up individuals who want to help people and keep the streets safe. Feeding propaganda to children that says otherwise is setting them up for problems. 

Every problem has its origin and beating around the bush is worsening the problem. There needs to be a bridge of trust between the police and black people to establish peace in Minnesota. This not only can happen, it needs to. Respect to the police officers in the video for keeping their cool and handling the moment like professionals!

The Mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey, is a hardcore leftist who bends to the whims of radical socialists. Rising crime, violence, and taxes have run Minneapolis into the ground, yet Jacob Frey is more concerned with social justice issues than the real issues affecting the people. From Black Lives Matter to muslim refugees, Frey has been a tool of the radical left. This year, he has taken an even more Un-American turn. 

Unlike our OWN Independence Day this year, Frey was happy to celebrate and encourage the Somali Independence Day. On July 1st, Jacob Frey sent out a tweet about this and ended by saying “Somalia ha noolaato!” which means “Long live Somalia”. See the tweet for yourself.

Following this remark, Frey was silent on the 4th of July! The day in which our country declared Independence from a tyrannical king is somehow less important than Somalia. I guess Jacob Frey hates to recognize the greatness of our country and our natural freedoms. How much do you have to hate our country to not even recognize our freedom and independence?

We’ve all been watching the violence and horrific videos of what took place in Minneapolis on the 4th of July. Frey was ready to gaslight and tweet again on July 5th about it, but of course this will do nothing to solve the problem. Frey has allowed Minneapolis to burn to the ground and does the bidding of those who hate our country. 

Double boosted Attorney General of Minnesota, Keith Ellison, got COVID for a second time. At the beginning of the rollout of the COVID vaccines, public officials told us that the vaccines would create immunity to the virus. In the rare case that someone got COVID while being vaccinated, we were told those were called "breakthrough" cases. However, in Minnesota all statewide elected Democrats have had COVID despite their very public vaccination status. Ellison is the first to have encountered two "breakthrough" cases of the bunch.

Like all other Democrat politicians who got COVID, Ellison used Twitter to spew propaganda about how his boosted status lessened the severity of his case. 

The Minnesota Chamber of Commerce is a big government, Establishment friendly group at odds with conservatives who want smaller government. The Chamber of Commerce has also long been in the political game, advocating for radical policies like drivers licenses for illegals, while being mostly silent as Tim Walz attacked small businesses during COVID. This election cycle, they are out to get liberty candidates who support limiting the size and scope of government.

Forming a political committee called the “Pro Jobs Majority Fund,” the Chamber is sending mailers on behalf of un-endorsed, Establishment candidates who are running against endorsed, anti-establishment liberty candidates. Below you can see the evidence from the Campaign Finance Board showing Chamber of Commerce emails attached to this special interest group.

Mailers are known to have been sent out for at least two legislative races so far; State Senate District 54 and State House District 33B. In SD54, Natalie Barnes took out a 10 year incumbent for the GOP endorsement, Eric Pratt, after only campaigning for five days! Barnes won 62% of the support from delegates on the first ballot at the Endorsing Convention, showing that conservatives want new, bold leadership. In House District 33B, Mark Bishofsky defeated an establishment backed opponent, Tina Riehle, with a commanding victory of 82% to 18% on the first ballot at the Endorsing Convention. 

The Chamber of Commerce has decided that the hardworking, conservative activists don’t know what’s best for Minnesota. These wins by Barnes and Bishofsky were not flukes, they were decisions made by fed-up patriots who carefully considered their options. Two first ballot victories by such wide margins show where the people stood on these candidates. However, the Chamber has sent out the following flyers, with the same templates, for both of the un-endorsed, establishment candidates. See below:

The Establishment loves Endorsing Conventions when RINOs win, but reject them when their candidate loses. The status-quo of the GOP is crumbling as liberty champions enter the fight to take back our government. The Chamber’s support of candidates who don’t have authentic, grassroots support in their own communities is proof that the Establishment is failing. More importantly, it highlights that there is a war going on for the heart 

Learn more about these candidates at www.markformnhouse.com and www.nursenatalieforsenate.com 

Governor Walz issued a radical executive order on Saturday following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which overturned the Roe v. Wade ruling. Catering to his ever growing radicalized base of liberal activists, Walz seeks to protect non-Minnesota citizens from criminal punishment for traveling to Minnesota to receive an abortion. However, in the three pages of Executive Order 22-16, the word "abortion" is never found. Instead, Walz repeatedly refers the killing of unborn babies as "reproductive health care services."

Walz states "I will exercise my discretion to decline requests for the arrest or surrender of any person charged with a criminal violation of a law of another state where the violation alleged involves the provision of, assistance with, securing of, or receipt of reproductive health care services." The Governor describes “reproductive health care services” as "all medical, surgical, counseling, or referral services relating to the human reproductive system, including but not limited to services relating to pregnancy, contraception, miscarriage, or the termination of a pregnancy."

The pro-abortion narrative is extremely loud right now. Democrat politicians, corporations and the mainstream media are in full propaganda mode - equating the Supreme Court ruling to the loss of women reproductive rights (although they can't define what a woman is these days). Lost in the debate is the fact that many states are now actually going to protect the rights of a human life inside the womb. To get that narrative, one must turn to conservative media like the Dailywire: 

Tides are turning in this state. Governor Walz just announced that he wants a Special Session to approve $1,000 checks for individuals. He even said it wouldn't be attached to spending. He's coming our way.

But the government actually overcharged us taxpayers by $4,000. So Walz is not quite there yet and there's no reason to compromise with him. He knows this is going to hurt him in the November election because people are sick of rising gas and food prices.

I break it all down in this week's video:

The prospect of getting the record $12 Billion surplus back in our hands is getting closer. Angry voters force politicians to do things they don't want to do. Walz' dreams of spending our money on more wasteful government is diminishing by the day. GIVE IT ALL BACK!

I'm so delighted to see Roe v. Wade overturned today by the U.S. Supreme Court. It was never the law of the land, instead it was a decision by activist judges (all of them men, by the way) back in 1973. Our country has treated the Roe decision as though it was the Supreme Law of the land, therefore using it as cover to allow the killing of millions of unborn babies.

That all came to an end today when the U.S. Supreme Court announced its ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization which effectively overturned the Roe decision. The court ruled 5-4, with both a woman justice joining the majority. How's that for identity politics?!

Instead of getting into the legal or political points of this monumental decision today, which I'm sure there will be non-stop coverage of, it's important to note that this decision will inevitably save human lives. You see, I feel our country has covered our eyes to the immoral and violent act of killing innocent life for 50 years. Similar to closing our eyes over the immoral act of slavery in the 18th and 19th centuries, our country needed a major course correct. 

Political outfits have brainwashed the public for decades into believing this is about women's rights. It became poisonous to touch for most politicians because they feared losing the female voting demographic. Meanwhile, men stood by, muzzled because they were told this issue was not for them. But anyone approaching the conversation with a shred of honesty knows, that the issue comes down to the infringement of rights for an unborn life.

For me personally, this became crystal clear in 2014. That's when my first child was conceived and eventually born. First learning about my wife being pregnant was obviously a great moment. But the first time the reality of being a father settled in, was when I saw the ultrasound. Using modern technology, I first met my son Colton when he was in the womb. It wasn't a clump of cells or "just a fetus" - what I was looking at was my son, a human being. It hit me that day how our culture can live blindly to this very real and obvious point. 

I saw my son for the first time months before his birth. And my wife and I felt blessed. How on earth could anyone argue that that child is worthy of being aborted? Any rationalization for killing a child in the womb should suffice outside the womb as well. And thank God our society still deems that as murder.

Despite what some will say, the Supreme Court decision did not make abortion illegal in the United States today. It merely kicked the authority of governance to the states, where it always belonged. Fortunately, many states are honest about the issue and recognize an innocent life is at stake during an abortion. Minnesota is not one of those states. But I can hope and pray that we can one day get there because protecting innocent life should always be a priority for a civilized society.