Minnesota Republicans arranged to ensure a temporary majority after Dems refused to appear at work
Republicans in Minnesota The Progressive Government dominated the temporary majority in the home through an agreement on the division of the government reached Thursday after Democrats refused to appear to work for several weeks.
“So 23 days of yesterday, none Democrats They went to work, “A Republican leader and now Lisa Demuth’s president Lisa Demuth said on Thursday in an interview with Fox News Digital.” They completely boycotted the session and prevented the job from starting here in Minnesota. “
The arrangement came after a few weeks of the Sage starting in December 2024. When the judge of the District Court ruled that the elected Democratic House Curtis Johnson did not meet the residence requests to represent the Minnesota House 40B district, which allowed him to take over to take over.
The decision temporarily drew a balance of power in the house in Minnesota, Giving Republicans Most 67-66 until a special election could be held.
State Republicans in Minnesota will have a “advantage” after an agreement on the division of government was reached Thursday. (Getty Images/Minnesota)
The Government Tim Walz announced on Wednesday that a special election would be held on Tuesday, March 11, which could restore the results of 67-67.
As such, Home Democrats They boycotted a legislative session starting on January 14, protesting on what they perceived as a “abuse of government” by Republicans who tried to use their temporary majority to improve their policies. This downtime effectively denied a house that is a quorum needed to perform an official business, which led to a state GOP that threatens democratic legislators with the efforts of recalling.
Demuth said that the organizational agreement was reached with the Democrats that came into force when Minnesota House joined on Thursday afternoon ensuring that it would serve as a Republican speaker for a two -year term, regardless of the outcome of the upcoming special elections.
Currently, with a Republican majority 67-66, GOP Retains the positions of the President of the Committee and the advantage with one voice in all committees. If the elections result in 67-67, the leadership of the Committee will be divided between Republicans and Democrats, alternately control over schedule and programs. The Committee for Prevention of Fraud and Supervision of the Agency will remain under Republican control, with 5-3 GOP majority, throughout the two-year period, she said.
“We definitely have an advantage,” Demuth said. “And I think it is important to recognize that the reason is that there are a special election that was to be called what Democrats had a candidate who lied and cheated and could not take over his duty.”
The Government Tim Walz “did not contact the” Republican state legislative leader during a long standing and was “very partisan” in his business, according to Republicans from Minnesota. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Demuth said that Republicans – which the Secretary of State focused every day on the downtime – are looking forward to resolving the state budget and other key issues after the MPs convened on Thursday.
“We have to stop the fraud in Minnesota,” Demuth said. “And according to the test results, our test results for our K-12 Education, specifically in the fourth and eighth grade, continue to fall under the leadership Rules Walz, And so [the Democrats] They prevented all the job to start. “
Demuth criticized the governor for his lack of engagement during legislative allocation, noting that “he did not contact me at all as a cakakus leader during that time.” She said that he had issued a statement for journalists suggesting that “Republicans should start working with democrats”, but claimed that his statement was “very partisan” and that he was ultimately “damage to Minnesotans.”
Republicans in Minnesota say they are dedicated to be a check of priorities of power and policies of the liberal democratic government of the Walz team. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“Minnesotani need to do a job. It’s not a Republican or a democrat, but when you have a party that stays out to prevent a job, you have a governor who doesn’t even encourage your own party to show, he really does the savings of Minnesota,” Demuth said whom Noticed tribunes in Minnesota Star Tribune He becomes the first speaker in the black house.
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During the first week of the Democrat boycott, Walz said to the legislators: “They only work together on an agreement on the division of power,” AP reported. “That’s how it will end. And I think it can really succeed.”
The Republican state leadership committee made a statement to Fox News Digital, congratulating Demuth to secure the leading role of the house, adding partly, “voters made it clear that the Republicans of Minnesota House would be a strong check of a team of Walz and its extreme liberal plan.”
Fox News Digital addressed Walz’s office and Minnesota Democratic -Farmer -labor party for comment.
