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!