As primaries approach in Minnesota, it has become clear yet again that the Establishment only respects the endorsement process when their hand-selected candidate wins. They demand unity when they win and cause intra-GOP civil wars in the primary when they lose. In Senate District 10, outgoing RINO Rep. Ron Kresha (10A) has openly called for leftist Democrats to vote in the GOP primary to defeat Sen. Nathan Wesenberg and businessman Mark Striemer!

Kresha publicly supported two unendorsed candidates, who are launching their campaigns together on Friday, June 12th. See below:

Kresha then went further and asked for leftist Democrats to vote in the GOP primary to defeat Wesenberg and Striemer! See below:

Ron Kresha is not seeking reelection after A4L pressure and our exposure of PPP loan fraud allegations. Kresha has been condemned by the Morrison County GOP due to his leftist voting record which includes authoring a bill to give $5M to lawyers to stop the deportation of illegal aliens, voting to condemn J6 protesters, increasing Keith Ellison’s budget, voting to give $1.3M to fund a LGBTQIA2S+ Council, and much more. Kresha has lost the trust of grassroots conservatives and showed himself the door before he was set to be ousted.

Wesenberg and Striemer are both endorsed candidates with Wesenberg seeking reelection and Striemer running for the House seat currently held by Kresha. Wesenberg was uncontested at the SD10 endorsing convention and Striemer defeated two opponents, one being Brian Lindquist, to win the House endorsement.

Lyin' Lindquist put, in writing, that he would abide by the endorsement so he could get the delegate list. This is required to receive MNGOP data access. See email from Lindquist obtained by A4L below:

As seen above, despite signing the pledge to abide, Brian Lindquist is running anyway! The first political action Lindquist has taken is to lie to delegates and put his ego ahead of all else. While Wesenberg and Striemer could have instead helped out Republicans in swing districts, they are now occupied with primary challengers of their own.

Wesenberg’s opponent, insurance agent Deb Holthaus, did not compete for the endorsement and filed for office on the very last day of candidate filings. This sneaky tactic will likely rub locals the wrong way since she could have been much more transparent about her intentions. Holthaus is also openly supporting unendorsed RINO Lisa Demuth for Governor, proving that she has no respect for the grassroots endorsing process at all. As seen below, Hothaus’ business has a Lisa Demuth sign hanging in the window. See below:

Holthaus is supporting RINO Lisa Demuth and is supported by RINO Ron Kresha! She could not make it any more clear that she is out-of-touch with the grassroots conservatives of her district! Locals in the district also tell A4L that Holthaus is NOT pro-life! On the other hand, Wesenberg is supporting endorsed candidates and has a 100% pro-life voting record, including his Senate floor fight to defund abortion/Planned Parenthood.

In typical Ron Kresha fashion, he has also found himself in another fraud problem! KSTP began investigating a cemetery in Kresha’s district that he is connected to. According to KSTP, the cemetery listed two dead people in their tax filings as being on the board of directors, the caretaker received a suspicious salary raise, and the cemetery has not received proper up-keep like mowing and trimming. This cemetery received local pushback in 2022 for similar frustrations. See video below:

When asked by KSTP if he knew that two dead people sat on the board of directors, Kresha just laughed and said no. Despite being purportedly clueless about this issue, Kresha was attempting to give this cemetery $200K in your tax dollars! In the last legislative session, Kresha authored a bill last year, HF3171, that sought to funnel your tax dollars to a cemetery with major fraud issues. 

Kresha has lost the respect of locals and his support is more of a detriment than a help to his selected candidates. When RINOs openly oppose the will of the people and attempt to undermine it with primary challenges, the grassroots sees through their games. Kresha was not able to win a delegate spot to the SD10 convention and therefore could not vote in the endorsement race for his successor. Kresha knows he can no longer win anything so he found a couple of proxies to fight on his behalf.

Grassroots conservatives are rallying behind the MNGOP's endorsed candidates up and down the ticket. Despite the RINOs sneaky primary challenges, Wesenberg touts endorsements including from the SD10 delegates, Sen. Rob Farnsworth (SD7), Sen. Cal Bahr (SD31), Sen. Bill Lieske (SD58), Sen. Eric Lucero (SD30), Sen. Michael Holmstrom (SD29), Sen. Michael Kruen (SD32), Aitkin Co. Sheriff Dan Guida, Rep. Ben Davis (6A), Rep. Drew Roach (58B), deer farmer Steve Porter, MNGOP-endorsed US Senate candidate Adam Schwarze, and more.

One individual who has publicly stayed silent on the matter thus far is Rep. Isaac Schultz (10B). As the only endorsed candidate without a primary challenge, this moment will prove if Schultz wants to align with grassroots conservatives or the RINO Establishment.

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