Monday, May 20, 2024

Not all bad

On this past Sunday's radio show, I predicted that the DFL would work right up until 11:59 PM that evening in an effort to ram through any and all draconian legislation they saw fit....transparency, procedures, rules, etc. be damned. Granted, such a prediction is tantamount to declaring the sun will rise in the east. 

And of course, the DFL leaders essentially proclaimed that such brazenness is A-OK since the ends justify the means. 
 



Well, since the "good stuff" was contained in a 1,400+ page omnibus bill which no one had time to read (and wasn't even available for viewing online until *after* passage on party lines), no one really knows if that's the case.






Even a former DFL Senator was abhorred by the process. 


 



So with just that snapshot, how can I declare that the ending of the 2024 session wasn't "all bad?"


Well, first off, one of the DFL's goals was to implement much more gun control than what they rammed through in 2023. But of the 14 agenda items addressing firearms, literally only one provision (i.e. the binary trigger ban) made it through, and that was only because the Dems buried it in that leviathan of an omnibus bill. 


But in a development that I feel offsets a lot of the DFL overreach these past two sessions, they didn't have time for perhaps *the* big kahuna of their agenda. 


Becca Delahunt, director of public policy with the Minnesota Family Council, delivered the good news via her Instagram story. 





Yes, the "Equal Rights Amendment" was being sold by progs as granting "civil rights" to transgender citizens when in actuality it will serve to erase women as well as undermine religious freedom. Since there were not enough votes to amend the state Constitution via the legislative process, the DFL majority went the route of allowing Minnesotans to vote on a provision which would potentially appear on the 2026 ballot. All that is required to place a ballot question is a simple majority in both the House and Senate approving (not even the governor has to sign off). And while the House passed the measure, the Senate ran out of time to act. 

Of course, there is still concern that Gov. Walz could call a one-day special session to allow the Senate to vote on it. 


 



Walz has bent to the trans mafia quite a bit over the past 16 months. Any chance he'd do so again? 


 



While even Walz's most fervent detractors might be tempted to give him an "attaboy" for that stance, let's not pretend he's doing this out of some sort of principle to save the amount of taxpayer money required to fund extra days of the Legislature. The fact of the matter is calling a special session would be a political disaster given the DFL controls all of state government yet couldn't even complete all of their agenda items within the normal legislative calendar. On the other hand, the Dems may believe they can also use the issue as the proverbial bloody shirt in their 2024 campaigns. Since the DFL House majority could well be lost this November, they figure one way to retain control is attempting to drive up turnout by declaring "human rights is on the ballot." Their pitch to voters would be that if they keep their majority in 2025, they along with the Senate (which is not up for election in '24, thus the DFL will maintain the majority) will immediately address the ERA issue to ensure it's on the '26 ballot. 


On the flip side, Republicans now have their messaging, too. All they have to do is read on an endless loop the details of the damage prog legislation has already inflicted on Minnesota and how a GOP majority in the House would be the only backstop to more draconian measures. 


It's no exaggeration to suggest this truly is the most pivotal election cycle in Minnesota's history.  


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