Minnesota’s state legislature is set to convene for its opening day on Jan. 14th and a battle like has never been seen before in MN will be underway. As we’ve previously reported, the GOP has a one seat Majority due to Democrat Curtis Johnson being found to not meet residency requirements. Being the sore losers that they are, House Dems are now threatening to no-show the opening day of session to block the GOP from taking power!

Action 4 Liberty has led on election integrity battles and we’ve demanded legislators refuse to certify radical leftist Brad Tabke (54A) due to his margin of victory being smaller than the number of ballots that were mysteriously thrown away. Our pressure has been massively SUCCESSFUL as GOP House Leaders have begun to use our arguments and strategy on this battle! While butt-hurt losers like Rep. Walter Hudson lie and complain about the influence of A4L (and an ultra-popular state fair booth that he has personally visited/waited in line for at least the last two years), because we toppled his boss RINO David Hann, Democrats like Rep. Zack Stephenson are having a meltdown! See below:

Democrats now threaten to not show up for work because they think they can obstruct their way out of this mess! Read our previous reporting on this here. To make matters worse, corrupt SOS Steve Simon has now inserted himself into the picture and use his power of calling the House to order on opening day to BLOCK Republicans from taking the Speakership and having a quorum present. 

As described in our previous reporting, House Majority Leader Harry Niska has taken up this battle and set the record straight: 67 members is a Majority and meet quorum for a body of 133 Representatives-Elect. There are NOT 134 members of the House at this time, there are 133 (132 excluding Tabke). SOS Steve Simon put out a press release with the false claim that a quorum is 68 members under the illusion that he can control what the House will do.

That is where he is wrong.

While Simon can call the House to order, Article IV Section 15 of the MN Constitution is extremely clear that the members of the House get to elect their presiding officer. See below:

Simon is given the authority under MN Statute 3.05 to gavel the House to order and appoint a temporary clerk pro tempore to read the roll call and determine if a quorum is present, that clerk must be a member of the House. See below:

In the above statute, you will notice that if Simon decides to no-show along with the Democrats then the oldest member of the House that is present would have the authority to bring the House to order to let them conduct business. As the oldest Republican member at the age of 73, Rep. Paul Anderson (12A) would have this authority.

Interestingly, if Simon appoints a Democrat to be clerk pro tempore, 68 Representatives-Elect will be present. If Simon appoints a Republican, that Republican could forego the reading of 54A because Tabke will not be sworn in, making only 132 Representatives-Elect and an even stronger 67 member quorum. It is very likely that Simon tries to protect Tabke considering Simon made a campaign stop in Shakopee for Tabke alongside Walz, Flanagan, Ellison, and Blaha (despite Simon's claim that he does not make endorsements as SOS).

Once the call is established, Simon will likely claim that a quorum is not present and the House is therefore adjourned, however he does NOT have that authority! The Chair cannot call for adjournment, only a member of the body can make such a motion! Steve Simon is not the King of the House, he cannot rob Representatives of the ability to run a body of the Legislature that they’ve just been elected to!

Just like an endorsing convention or a State Central Committee meeting, the members of the MN House have the authority to rule themselves. Article III, Section 1 of the MN Constitution requires the proper separation of powers in government. See below:

This is a Constitutional crisis!

If Simon blocks House Republicans from forming a quorum and electing a Speaker, Republicans must conduct their business anyways.

They can do so by having all 67 members present on January 14th at noon to answer the roll call and take the oath of office. Once Simon says there is not a quorum, Republicans appeal ruling of Chair. If that will not be recognized and Simon rules House is adjourned, Republicans can hold their Speaker election on the floor by holding voice votes following nominations. Individual members can film the proceedings on the floor for transparency purposes if the Capitol microphone and camera technicians turn off the equipment at the behest of Democrats. Once a Speaker is elected Republicans can start to conduct business, most notably: Rejecting the 54A election certificate and cut spending to pre-covid levels (like we are demanding out of Speaker-Designate Lisa Demuth). If Simon refuses to give up the gavel, Republicans must then elect a Sergeant at Arms to physically remove Simon from the chamber.

Action 4 Liberty has led this battle and will continue to keep Patriots informed as the session starts. Pressure from citizen activists like you will push these issues across the finish line. RINOs are on notice that A4L is picking up traction, we are the voice of the MN grassroots conservative movement, and have been right all along on the 54A race!