On March 27th, State Rep. Walter Hudson (30A) was a passenger with a bottle of alcohol in a child’s car seat in State Rep. & 27 year old Auditor candidate Elliott Engen’s vehicle while Engen was arrested and charged with a DWI after they were drinking at a bar in White Bear Lake. They were also caught leaving their committee meeting early to drink at a bar ahead of the House floor session.

The police report and local Police Chief state that Hudson was carrying a firearm, which is illegal in MN with a BAC level higher than .04, however Hudson was not tested due to reported cooperation with the police. Since Hudson was the passenger, one would likely presume he was more intoxicated than Engen. Many wonder if Hudson received special treatment because he is a legislator and Minnesotans are anxiously anticipating the release of the bodycam footage.

In the legislative fall-out since the event, Elliot Engen and Walter Hudson have been stripped of their committee duties by House Speaker and Governor candidate Lisa Demuth despite their continued subservience to the RINO Establishment.

Before his time in the legislature, Walter Hudson was a supporter of Action 4 Liberty and argued that our organization represented grassroots, every-day folks and fight for limited government and corruption. See below:

Here’s what @WalterHudson had to say about us BEFORE he became a politician.

Shucks… what’s changed, Walter??

Oh that’s right…he became a member of the institution he complains about in this footage.

Such a FRAUD! pic.twitter.com/UqHgZuMbd6

— Action 4 Liberty (@action_liberty) August 9, 2025

Since getting in the legislature, Hudson turned his back on A4L, even demanding that grassroots supporters of our organization be banned from the Republican Party. This appeared to primarily stem from A4L supporters and other conservatives removing corrupt RINO David Hann from the MNGOP Chair position. Under Hann’s reign, he hired Hudson to be a diversity outreach coordinator, which even included outreach to the fraud loving Somalis! Once Hann was removed, Hudson lost the cushy job and he began his tirade against A4L and our supporters.

In the legislature, Hudson has been loyal and subservient to the Establishment and his voting record has continually gotten worse as seen in A4L Scorecards with a FAILING 2025 score of 45.83% and a PATHETIC lifetime score of 61.87%. Hudson endorsed RINO Ron Kresha over conservative Diane Webb Skillings, protected Kresha from PPP loan fraud allegations reaching the Fraud Committee, championed a bill that sends Minnesotans to prison for sharing AI memes of politicians, seated radical leftist Brad Tabke despite massive election fraud in the narrowly won district, threw in the towel on the bogus quorum ruling, led an effort to censor grassroots conservative Chris Corey from speaking at the CD6 convention while Corey challenging Globalist RINO/Somalia Lover Tom Emmer for the party endorsement, defended the House GOP’s budget plan that eerily totaled $66.6B, and has done the bidding of the Establishment in vote after vote.

Now that he and Engen have become a detriment to the party, the very Establishment that they sucked up to and chose to align with instead of grassroots conservatives, is undermining them. This is a lesson for all political observers in MN: The Establishment will use you, manipulate you, chew you up, and then spit you out when you are no longer useful to them.

Hudson losing his role on the House Fraud Committee must sting more than the others for him since it was that role that led him to testify in Washington DC along with other RINO legislators like Kristin Robbins. While the committee lacks real power and teeth (as designed by the backroom deal cooked up by Demuth and Democrats), it has been the RINOs best opportunity for political theatre. Punishing Hudson and Engen may also give Demuth blowback from Engen/Hudson supporters as she seemingly shares the lead with Mike Lindell and Kendall Qualls in the GOP race for Governor.

A4L previously reported on the Engen/Hudson drunken debacle and since that point, Democrats have stated their intention to file Ethics investigations against both Engen and Hudson. Democrats stated in a press conference that their Ethics complaints are about the committee skipping and drinking ahead of the floor session, not the DWI incident. In the Republican press conference, Republicans attempted to deflect to another important issue: Democrat Alex Falconer was a lobbyist while in office and carried legislation supported by his lobbyist employer! When reporters asked Demuth about how the Democrats' Ethics complaint is about being intoxicated ahead of the floor session and not the DWI, Demuth stammered and repeatedly said she was only looking at the police report and not the picture that has been widely reported of Engen & Hudson drinking beer at Burger Moes. Almost the entire GOP press conference featured Demuth obfuscating and refusing to answer questions head-on.

It should be noted that the Democrats are complete hypocrites on this issue and have two drunk drivers of their own! They/She Brion Curran (36B) and Engen’s fellow Auditor candidate Vodka-chugging Dan Wolgamott (14B) have DWIs and the mugshots to prove it! See below:

If Democrats choose to try to remove Elliott Engen and Walter Hudson from office, it should only be done if Brion Curran and Dan Wolgamott are also expelled by the chamber! If done in a single motion, it could receive broad bipartisan support since the House would remain a tie. Engen, Curran, and Walgomott’s districts are all considered swing districts and local voters may be craving a clean slate.

Engen and Wolgamott are each running for State Auditor. Curran has shown no sign that she will not seek reelection and Hudson received the GOP endorsement prior to his involvement in Engen’s DWI.

The Elliott Engen and Walter Hudson drunken debacle has garnered national attention with two egotistical politicians believing laws do not apply to them. The White Bear Lake Police report states that Engen drove drunk, had a broken headlight, had expired vehicle tabs, was speeding, and rolled through a stop sign while Hudson was carrying a gun while drunk.

Engen is 27 years old and has no professional auditing experience yet is running for State Auditor. To this point, Engen has refused to drop out of the race. In order to fully understand what took place, we must start from the beginning.

Engen and Hudson sit on the House Education Finance Committee co-chaired by RINO Ron Kresha but they were caught leaving the committee meeting about half-way through. Ironically, the topic they missed out on discussing was student absenteeism. They then turned up at Burger Moe’s to eat lunch, drink alcohol, and watch baseball ahead of the final House floor session before the Easter/Passover break.

An individual named Brian Basham, who appears to have then been a Capitol employee, snapped a picture of Engen and Hudson and mentioned the multiple drinks they had. See post below:

Basham is a known leftist who appears to be putting more of his political views online as of late. The Star Tribune and other media outlets have listed him as a former employee at the Capitol but there appears to be very little media interest in his recent and sudden employment termination. The day after posting the picture of Engen and Hudson drinking, Basham posted that he left his job. See below:

After having drinks and skipping out on their committee duties, Engen and Hudson returned to the Capitol for the House floor session. House rules prohibit the consumption of alcohol and drugs in House-controlled spaces. Since alcohol is a mind altering substance, consumption does not end once a drink is swallowed. It is still being consumed as it works its way through the human digestive system. 

Beyond skipping the committee hearing they were supposed to be at, this means that Engen and Hudson may be found in violation of House rules due to showing up to debate bills while being inebriated. See House rule below:

This is not the first time A4L has heard of Engen and Hudson getting drunk together: Sources at the Capitol tell A4L that the two of them have gotten wasted at corrupt lobbyist Reid LeBeau’s house and have missed votes in the morning because of it!

The Thursday House floor session concluded a little before 10PM on Thursday, March 26th. Engen was supposed to go to a fundraiser for his Auditor campaign but was seemingly unable due to the lengthy floor session. 

Engen, Hudson, and another passenger in the vehicle (not yet publicly identified) were pulled over a little before 2AM in White Bear Lake after leaving a local bar. According to the police report, Engen lied to the police officer multiple times by claiming he was the sober driver. The report also states that a bottle of alcohol was found in a child’s car seat and Walter Hudson claimed ownership of it. 

Police conducted field sobriety tests on Engen and he blew a .142 into a breathalyzer. Engen took another breathalyzer at the White Bear Lake Police Department booking room and blew a .13 and Engen was charged for the .13 BAC score. Engen’s attorney, Walz/Klobuchar donor Chris Madel, says Engen blew a .098 and a .092. Madel may be relying on Engen’s drunk memory. All figures mentioned are above the blood alcohol concentration legal limit of .08 while driving.

The police report did not indicate that Hudson blew into the breathalyzer. It is illegal in MN to have a BAC higher than .04 while carrying a firearm.

A request for the bodycam and squad camera footage was requested to the White Bear Lake Police and the request was refused due to the footage being used in an active criminal investigation. The White Bear Lake Police further stated that disclosure of this footage would require a court order. As a candidate for statewide office, it seems clear that there would be an urgency to satisfy the public interest. Republican delegates deserve to see how Engen conducted himself during the arrest since it could impact how they vote at the State Convention.

It is assumed that the much older Walter Hudson was going back to Engen’s house for a sleepover unless he was planning on driving drunk himself or catching a 40-45 minute Uber ride back home.

Receiving a DWI is particularly ironic for Engen to receive because one of his opponents for State Auditor, Democrat Dan Walgamott, also got a DWI. In addition, incumbent Auditor Julie “White Claw” Blaha was involved in an alcohol related car accident with other Democrat politicians. Engen even argued previously that Democrats were drunk at the wheel! See below:

To this point, Engen has refused to drop out! He has been nationally embarrassed and made himself the Democrats’ DREAM OPPONENT! The only person connected to Engen that has spoken on this publicly has been Chris Madel, who told FOX 9 that he hadn’t discussed it with Engen but sure hopes he doesn’t drop out. 

As seen in previous A4L reporting, grassroots conservatives already had enough to question Engen’s candidacy after seeing his flip-flopping on Charlie Kirk! 

Engen says he was first courted to run for office by an Iowa state Representative who planted a self-described seed in Engen while in a hot tub at a Turning Point Action event in 2019. Engen then went on the attack against Turning Point USA by disavowing it and calling it “extremism from the right” in 2023 in a MPR article. After Charlie Kirk was publicly assassinated, Engen flipped-flopped by becoming a TPUSA fan again and he showed his support with none other than Walter Hudson! See below:

A4L should’ve known Engen was drunk on the House floor when he thanked radical Democrats like Brad Tabke for “caring about the issue” during a gun control debate. He even said Tabke’s “words mean a lot”... You’d have to be drunk to think that!

While Engen and Hudson gave impassioned speeches on the House floor after their drinks, A4L may have guessed Democrat “gay they” Brion Curran (36B) or RINO Mary Franson (12B) since sources at the Capitol have told A4L that she was too drunk to present the $700M debt (bonding) bill that she co-authored. However, another guess would’ve been Democrat gun-grabber Emma Greenman (63B) who appeared to be slurring her words throughout the House floor debate!

As of publishing, Engen and Hudson have not addressed any of the details laid out in the police report. In an Alpha News article that incorrectly reports Engen's age, Hudson told Alpha News "Poor choices were made. I'm grateful no one was hurt, and appreciate the response of the White Bear Lake Police Department". Hudson has just been retweeting random things on X and clearly does not want to explain his actions. Engen has told the Star Tribune that he will not drink ever again.

A4L will continue bringing Patriots liberty-based reporting that cannot be found anywhere else. 

RINO Jim Abeler (SD35) does far more to represent leftists than he does to fight for conservative principles. In his words, actions, and deeds, Abeler is a detriment to Republicans and the conservative cause. When Democrats need a Republican to flip and help pass their leftist agenda, Jim Abeler is their first call. He showed exactly why that is by attending the ridiculous, far left, pro-Communist No Kings rally and celebrated it on his official legislative social media. See below:

As seen in Abeler's post above, he says that he feels a need to represent DSA Socialists in the legislature! This rally had radical leftist Democrats speaking like Keith Ellison, Ilhan Omar, Tim Walz, Peggy Flanagan, and featured singers like Bruce Springsteen. Since Tampon Tim unilaterally locked down Minnesota during Covid, he is the LAST person in the world to be talking about how we shouldn’t be run by kings!

The far left agenda supporting open borders, mass migration of Muslims into MN, putting males in female locker rooms, and opposing all things Donald Trump is what Abeler showed up to support.

This is no surprise, Abeler votes for unconstitutional omnibus bills, out of control spending, and radical left policy all the time! As seen in the 2025 A4L Scorecard, Abeler scored a PATHETIC 27.27% and has an even worse lifetime score of 23.85%! During Covid, Abeler admitted his close friendship with Dept. of Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm and was the reason Malcolm was never fired!

Abeler also attacked President Trump once his administration began exposing the mass amounts of Somali fraud in MN. MPR reported that radical Socialist Omar Fateh thanked Abeler for attacking Trump and called him his friend! Abeler has enabled the Somali fraud in Minnesota by voting for Human Services omnibus bills containing the fraud in 2023 and 2025. As seen in previous A4L reporting, the 2023 bill even funded Somali terrorist group Al-Shabaab and Abeler was a co-author of the bill!

Some of the things said at the No Kings rally include:

• “You’re damn right we’ve been radicalized” - Tim Walz
• “[The Trump Admin] is acting like the Constitution is optional” - Ilhan Omar
• “Vote for people who don’t raise taxes on you and drive up your prices” - Keith Ellison
• “If you come for one of us, you come for all of us” - Peggy Flanagan

RINO Jim Abeler thinks he can maintain power by sucking up to the left while he loses more and more support across the district. Local sources tell A4L that many conservatives choose not to vote at all and refuse to support a Uniparty RINO like Jim Abeler. Grassroots conservatives know that Abeler will vote against their interests more often than he will vote for them. Abeler should also know that Democrats will attack him just as viciously as any other Republican, they do not care how often he votes with them! 

While the Democrats are driving Minnesota in the wrong direction at 100 miles per hour, Abeler is driving the same direction at a slower speed. Abeler is working against conservative interests as detailed in recent A4L reporting showing that Abeler signed onto a woke transgender bill and while he removed his name due to the pressure and blowback from grassroots conservatives following our article, Abeler clearly hasn't learned his lesson yet because he is also propping up swing district radical leftist Brad Tabke (54A).

A Republican that celebrates the far left No Kings protest is clearly backstabbing the conservatives who put them in office. A4L will continue holding politicians feet to the fire and providing Patriots liberty-based reporting that cannot be found anywhere else. 

The RINO Establishment uses and abuses local Republicans to do their bidding and act as their pawns. Unfortunately, this is exactly what is happening in Senate District 10 with an individual who competed for the GOP 10A House endorsement, Bernie Penner, being weaponized by the Establishment to spread lies and file false legal challenges about conservative Sen. Nathan Wesenberg. Despite being propped up by RINO Josh Heintzeman puppets, Penner’s outrageous accusations are being forced to meet reality.

Bernie Penner filed an Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) false campaign practices complaint against Sen. Wesenberg on March 16th that was dismissed one week later on March 23rd. In the complaint, Penner alleges that Wesenberg grabbed his arm as an act of voter intimidation and locals tell A4L that it is a complete and utter lie.

The complaint was dismissed because the allegation, even if true, does not constitute voter intimidation. It was further dismissed because the OAH only constitutes primary/general election candidates as “candidates”, which means someone like Bernie Penner who only competed for a party endorsement does not meet the definition.

As seen in previous A4L reporting, Penner was defeated by conservative Mark Striemer for the District 10A GOP endorsement. Rather than dusting himself off and learning from his mistakes, Penner continues to surround himself with bad company including RINO Josh Heintzeman puppet Kirsten Smith. Seeing some of the legal trouble Heintzeman gets himself into, Penner should know better than to align with his puppets!

Bernie Penner is experiencing the fall-out from working with the Establishment and trying to use lies to seek revenge. Conservatives must be vigilant to ensure they don’t fall into the same traps used to trick Penner. The only path of redemption for Penner is to move on from being defeated, disentangle himself from RINOs, and drop the bogus attacks against Sen. Wesenberg.

The Establishment is using Penner as a pawn and he would be a fool to not wake up to that reality. Patriots across Minnesota are seeing first-hand what happens when you partner with the Establishment to attack the Grassroots: You end up getting dragged down while the RINOs find the next person to manipulate. 

Action 4 Liberty will continue providing Patriots with anti-establishment, bold, liberty-based reporting that cannot be found anywhere else. Anyone interested in viewing the entire OAH decision to dismiss Bernie Penner’s bogus claims against Wesenberg can be seen below:

There is not a budget deficit, there is a surplus. If you only follow the mainstream media or Establishment politicians, you would never know this. While most legislative committee meetings are uneventful and filled with political theatre, GOP Rep. Jon Koznick (57A) admitted that Minnesota currently has a surplus in the House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee.

Koznick co-chairs the committee with radical leftist Brad Tabke (54A) and were in discussion on a bill (HF3562) that lowers vehicle registration taxes. As Minnesotans are experiencing new, higher cost of license plate tabs established during the 2023 Democrat trifecta, now would be an optimal time to lower these costs. Unfortunately, radical Democrats want to continue to punish law-abiding citizens with unfair costs and this was evidenced by Tabke angrily arguing that MN needs these funds.

Rep. Koznick then explained that Minnesota does not need to impose ridiculous tab costs when we are currently sitting on a budget surplus! See the exchange below:

Representative Tabke (D-Shakopee) is fighting to keep your tab fees high!

"You know this is wrong. You know that we can't do this!"

Rep. Koznick (R-Lakeville): "No, it's not wrong! Families are working harder and harder every year to pay their taxes. Minnesota taxpayers are… pic.twitter.com/WekmVPou9M

— MN House GOP Rapid Response (@MNHRCWarRoom) March 25, 2026

Action 4 Liberty exposed this previously! As seen in previous A4L reporting, there is a $6.2B surplus shown in the latest estimate released by Minnesota Management and Budget. This means MN was overtaxed by $6.2B and each taxpayer should be given back around $2,500!

The historic 2023 surplus was about $18B, which means that when combined the the current surplus and returned to taxpayers, each taxpayer would've received about $10K each! $10K buys a car for your family, it pays for a semester of college, it pays for two years worth of gas, it is a down payment on a home, it is months of rent: Minnesotans are struggling with high taxes and high costs and deserve their over-taxed surplus dollars back. 

The bill was stalled in committee after a party line vote of 7-7 on advancing the bill to the House Ways and Means Committee. The full debate of this bill in committee can be seen here.

Politicians will always pretend that the government needs more money when it is already too big and over-funded as is! Minnesota can EASILY afford to reduce the costs of license plate tabs and so much more.

Rep. Koznick admitting the truth is a great start but he should now fight to return the surplus money to taxpayers! A4L encourages legislators to begin moving legislation to achieve this.

Action 4 Liberty will continue providing Patriots with liberty-based reporting that cannot be found anywhere else.

A4L will give credit where it is due, State Rep. Ron Kresha (10A) just made the single best motion in his 14 year long legislative career: Kresha moved on the House floor to adjourn sine die and END the legislative session! This means the House Representatives would not return again until 2027 unless called into special session by Tim Walz!

Kresha argued that Tim Walz is operating in bad faith by rejecting all GOP proposals on education and making cuts to special education. Walz has made it clear that he wants it his way or no way at all and Ron Kresha gave the legislature the opportunity to take Tampon Tim up on his offer. Instead, 6 RINOs voted with Democrats to cling to power and three Republicans didn’t vote at all! The full debate can be seen here. See vote below:

As seen above, Lisa Demuth (13A), Greg Davids (26B), Ben Davis (6A), Andrew Myers (45A), Danny Nadeau (34A), and Kristin Robbins (37A) align with Tim Walz and Democrats! They still think they can negotiate with bad faith actors! Democrats have pummelled the GOP legislatively and maintained the status quo. It is no surprise that political ladder climbers running for Governor (Bennett, Demuth, and Robbins) are unwilling to give up political power!

In the real world, there comes a point in time where walking away is a better solution than sticking around. Crooked politicians do not understand this because their egos convince them that they must maintain power. The GOP leadership has shown extreme incompetence under Lisa Demuth as she passed the 2nd LARGEST budget in MN history and all kinds of liberal policies despite controlling the House gavel.

It is ironic that Ron Kresha, of all people, was the legislator to make this motion since he is on his way out anyway. A4L and grassroots pressure forced Kresha to not seek re-election in regards to PPP loan theft allegations. Kresha was also unable to become a delegate for the SD10 endorsing convention since locals wanted him to have no more power.

It appears Kresha understood the message that he is unwanted and FINALLY did something good on the House floor! While Kresha only did the move to look good, adjourning would force Walz to the table to negotiate with Republicans!

The GOP has shown zero sign that they are going to be able to pass anything of substance that is beneficial to the cause of liberty, fighting fraud, or shrinking government. In fact, Lisa Demuth KILLED the Never Again Bill on the House floor and is actively blocking the legislation. The Never Again Bill would prevent unilateral Emergency Powers by the Governor like we saw abused under Tim Walz during Covid and while it is a clear priority of the grassroots, the RINOs have no interests in limiting gubernatorial power.

Action 4 Liberty will continue providing Patriots with liberty-based reporting that cannot be found anywhere else. A4L commends Ron Kresha for doing the first and only remarkable legislative move in his long, long career in the House. 

Conservatives across Minnesota have no real representation when GOP legislators constantly cave to the left. One GOP culprit responsible for giving our state billions in debt throughout her long career in politics is RINO Mary Franson (12B). Instead of using her co-chair position on the House Capital Investment Committee to cut spending and oppose more debt for the state, Franson partners with far-left Democrats to waste away your money.

In the House Capital Investment Committee meeting on Tuesday, March 24th, radical leftist and swing district Democrat Brad Take (54A) presented a bill (HF2418) that dealt with local government project plans when granted money through the debt (bonding) bill. While GOP Rep. Tom Sexton (19B) offered skepticism of the bill with questions of cost and exemptions, RINO Mary Franson ensured Tabke that she would work with him to change the minds of GOP legislators on his bill.

As a longtime hater of Erik Mortensen and his anti-establishment principles, it is no surprise that she is chummy with the radical leftist that Mortensen previously defeated.                                        

Following this, Franson told Tabke “This is not like it is your re-election bill, right?” to which she was reminded by a GOP legislator that Tabke only won by 14 votes. Franson then said “That’s true. Maybe.” and laughed it off. She knows the truth about the election fraud in 54A but refused to call it out when it mattered most!

Let’s remember, there were 21 ballots that were TRASHED in the 54A race and the election was decided by just 14 votes! If the 21 properly submitted ballots were counted, Tabke may have lost. With the issue of election integrity being so critical to conservative voters, they were shocked to see the vast majority of the GOP cave and seat Brad Tabke despite having a temporary majority. Meanwhile, A4L continued to champion the cause of election integrity by demanding Tabke's election certificate be rejected and a special election be called (which could've given the GOP a true majority in the House).

RINO Mary Franson voted for the deal cooked up behind closed doors between Democrats and Lisa Demuth. See floor vote on House Rules ensuring Tabke was seated where only GOP Reps Tom Dippel (41B) and Drew Roach (58B) voted no below:

This is not the first time that Franson has voted for something and then complained about it after! Franson joined other Uniparty swamp-creatures in passing a bill (HF1370) that allows Keith Ellison to imprison and fine Minnesotans for posting A.I. memes of politicians. Franson later sued against the law and the court used her vote for the legislation as evidence that she was aware of the consequences of her vote and did not have legitimate standing to challenge the law.

Sources at the Capitol tell A4L that Franson was supposed to present the $700M debt bill (HF18) in 2025 on the House floor as a co-author of the bill but Franson was too drunk to do so! This may explain why she did not vote on the bill’s final passage despite voting on bills earlier on in the day. If true, Franson’s constituents would likely be very upset if their district’s representation is too intoxicated of representing them during critical votes.

If you want to learn how out of touch Franson is with grassroots conservatives, look no further than her support for woke male Viking cheerleaders and her cringe-worthy pro-debt song on a taxpayer funded bus tour. See for yourself if you dare:

Conservatives in Minnesota are being stabbed in the back by big government RINOs and stabbed in the front by radical left Democrats. Despite seemingly knowing better, Mary Franson is doing the wrong thing by voting for bigger government time after time. Franson is a known joke around the Capitol and has never faced a serious primary challenge. A4L will continue providing Patriots with liberty-based reporting that cannot be found anywhere else.

The Establishment hates the tactics of Action 4 Liberty because we lift the curtain and expose their corruption, hidden agenda, and/or ineptitude. On the other hand, the grassroots loves the tactics of A4L for the very same reasons!

Most MN citizens are too busy with their lives to research and dig deep into proposed legislation so they rely on organizations like A4L to provide them with the latest happenings at the Capitol. When A4L exposes crooked politicians, grassroots conservatives answer the call and mount serious pressure on the Democrat or RINO! A4L uses the model of confrontational politics to achieve serious political change and it is proven time and time again to be extremely effective!

In this case, A4L exposed GOP State Senator Jim Abeler (SD35) last week for his co-authorship on a woke bill (SF3154) that mandates foster homes support and affirm transgenderism for children of any age. Abeler’s co-authorship of a bill that mandates foster home support for destructive child abuse and child mutilation shocked conservatives and they reached out to Abeler’s office in droves for answers.

As of Monday, March 23rd, Jim Abeler has officially removed his name from the legislation. See the last action taken to see Abeler removing his name from the bill below:

A4L pressure works! Exposing the bad actions of politicians can cause them to course-correct!

Sources tell A4L that Abeler was unaware of the woke transgender provisions in the legislation, which is another problem in itself. The fact that Abeler would sign onto a bill that he has not read and does not understand the content of is deeply disturbing to conservatives. Lawmakers should be very careful with adding any new law on the book and should not sign onto bills that they have not read thoroughly.

If A4L did not expose this and if grassroots conservatives did not pressure him, Jim Abeler would’ve still been on this woke, pro-child transgender bill! While he should be commended on removing his name as a co-author, someone who has been in office as long as he has should NOT be making these kinds of mistakes.

Action 4 Liberty will continue leading the grassroots conservative movement in MN by exposing corrupt politicians and protecting liberty for the next generation. A4L thanks supporters who mounted the successful pressure campaign on Abeler concerning this bill and we will keep Patriots informed on this legislation and all other critical votes taking place during the legislative session.

The MN Senate District 15 GOP endorsing convention took place on Saturday, March 21st and featured a three person contest for the State Senator endorsement. Incumbent RINO Gary Dahms chose to retire so local Republicans were given the opportunity to elect new blood. While this convention ultimately anointed Braxton Seifert, the son of career politician Marty Seifert, it also resulted in a resounding defeat of crooked Tiffany Liemaster!

Tiffany Liemaster-Knott is the CD7 GOP Chair due to herself and other corrupt CD7 GOP officials unjustly removing conservative Bret Bussman from the Chair position that he was elected to by CD7 delegates. Bussman became chair by defeating a staffer of RINO Michelle Fischbach. Following this, Fischbach’s puppets feared Bussman would act NEUTRALLY and allow for a fair CD7 endorsing convention that does not ensure victory for Fischbach. With U.S. Air Force veteran Major, grassroots conservative, and 2016 & 2018 CD7 GOP nominee Dave Hughes competing against Fischbach for the GOP endorsement, the RINOs are clearly fearful of the growing dissatisfaction of Fischbach to amount in her ousting.

Tiffany has done the bidding of the RINO Establishment in CD7 for years. As seen in previous A4L reporting, Liemaster is responsible for blocking Otter Tail delegates from attending the 2025 CD7 Convention that they were duly elected to! Local conservatives even compared Liemaster's antics to that of a self-appointed Queen. Liemaster may have been installed as the Establishment’s preferred puppet for CD7 Chair but it appears SD15 Republicans don’t want to give her any more power!

Liemaster was resoundingly DEFEATED on the first ballot in this race with her opponent Braxton Seifert winning over 60% of the vote! She is proving herself to be so toxic that even certain wings of the Establishment know she is nothing but trouble!

Beyond Liemaster and Seifert, former January 6th political prisoner Brian Mock also competed for the Senate endorsement. While Mock clearly represented the anti-establishment, America First wing of the GOP, he was unable to gain major traction due in part to the small time window of his candidacy.

SD15 conservatives will have to keep on Braxton Seifert, who is just 22 years old. As the son of the former RINO Minority Leader in the State House and two time Governor candidate, Braxton can step out of the shadow of his father by championing the cause of limited government. Seifert was the hand-selected choice of outgoing RINO Sen. Gary Dahms with many suspecting that this switch-a-roo was long planned. Seifert announced his candidacy right after Dahms’ announcement of retirement and had a fully prepared campaign video that featured scenes that did not appear to be filmed in the winter month of January (when the candidacy was launched).

Seifert, an auctioneer and bank loan officer, has released a series of videos describing his view on various policy positions. In one video, Seifert admits that tax dollars fund abortion but misrepresents how and why. Like most Establishment Republicans, Seifert points to Doe v. Gomez and falsely argues that the only way to defund abortion is by overturning that case.

Seifert will soon learn he is dead-wrong because his likely soon to be colleague, Sen. Nathan Wesenberg (SD10), introduced an amendment on the Senate floor to defund all taxpayer spending on abortion and it was recognized as a legitimate vote/proposal by ALL members in the Senate (nobody objected to the vote). Sen. Weseberg is able to do this for several reasons, notably: A court cannot compel a legislator to support or oppose any given policy. Additionally, Doe v. Gomez does NOT require abortion be funded with tax dollars, it compels that the legislature must fund abortion if they are funding pro-childbirth options for women. This means that if the legislature does not fund pregnancy centers, they do not have to fund abortion! See portion of the MN Supreme Court’s opinion on Doe v. Gomez below:

“Because we agree with plaintiffs and because the State has not convinced us that the statutes in question are necessary to promote a compelling governmental interest, we hold that the challenged provisions are unconstitutional. Our decision is only based upon this court's determination that a pregnant woman, who is eligible for medical assistance and is considering an abortion for therapeutic reasons, cannot be coerced into choosing childbirth over abortion by a legislated funding policy.”

Braxton Seifert clearly has a lot to learn and it is to be seen how he will operate with power. Action 4 Liberty will continue to be straight-shooters who provide liberty-based reporting that MN Patriots cannot get anywhere else.

Republicans in Senate District 5 have rejected career politician Paul Utke for the second time in a row and selected conservative Rep. Mike Wiener to take the seat in a landslide victory.

SD5 Republicans met on Saturday, March 21st and Wiener was endorsed with 80% of the vote from local GOP delegates. Results calculated to a sweeping 118-30 vote for Wiener. Attendees tell A4L that grassroots dissatisfaction was found throughout the district and that more voters saw their values represented in Wiener’s legislative track record versus Utke’s big government legislative record.

As seen in the 2025 A4L Scorecard, RINO Paul Utke has a pathetic, FAILING lifetime score of 45% while Mike Wiener has an imperfect, but much better lifetime score of 72%.

Utke’s underwhelming speech focused on his legislative experience and Wiener followed up arguing that it is the legislative experience of career politicians that has failed our state and burdened taxpayers with massive fraud. Mike Wiener’s speech for his insurgent candidacy can be seen below:

As mentioned previously, Utke lost the 2022 GOP SD5 endorsement as well. In that instance, conservative Bret Bussman was endorsed in his place. Utke was able to win the primary thanks to his connections with big money donors and corrupt MNGOP Chair David Hann ridiculously cutting off data access from Bussman and other endorsed GOP candidates. Since then, Bussman has remained in the fight by being elected CD7 GOP Chair until he was unjustly removed, to which he refused to concede.

Mike Wiener chose to oppose the Establishment and provide a conservative alternative to another four years of status quo Paul Utke. Grassroots conservatives know new blood is needed and Wiener’s endorsement solidifies this in SD5. Wiener will likely anticipate a primary challenge from Utke and must defeat him among the broader GOP electorate to ensure victory.

Utke is as Establishment as they come. As seen in recent A4L reporting, Utke is even in support of giving more debt for Minnesota taxpayers by funding politicians' pet projects!

The SD5 GOP convention also featured a contest for the SD5 co-director position on the CD7 Executive Committee. In this race, four candidates ran including RINO Fischbach puppet Craig Bishop appointed Jerry Hasse. The race allows two candidates to win and Hasse was unable to secure either of the top two spots with conservative candidate Jason Bach and Vicky Thompson receiving more votes.

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