DFL intent on 1-party rule

It's obvious that the DFL is intent on ruling with an iron fist. This session, the DFL didn't just not push through the most Far-Left agendas in a) state history or b) the nation. The DFL pushed it through without approving a single meaningful amendment from the GOP.  Further, the DFL has pushed their radical agenda through without putting Republicans on the few conference committees that've been appointed.

This isn't governing. It's ruling. It's the personification of the tyranny of the majority, in which Madison "discussed how an overbearing majority faction could take control of the government." The DFL doesn't have "an overbearing majority." In the State Senate, the DFL holds a 34-33 seat majority. In the State House of Representatives, the DFL holds a 70-64 seat majority.

In 2007, the DFL had a 85-49 seat majority in the State House. In 2009, the DFL had a 87-47 seat majority in the State House. Those are overbearing majorities. 70-64 is one of the thinnest majorities in recent state history.

On Saturday, House Minority Leader Lisa Demuth issued this statement regarding conference committee appointments for the Public Safety and Judiciary omnibus bill:

Democrats are yet again shutting out the voices of the minority, this time on the Public Safety and Judiciary Conference Committee. Republicans raised serious concerns with the bill during debate on the House Floor, from the lack of direct support to help law enforcement deal with the massive spike in crime to the creation of an anti-First Amendment government database to track speech they deem unacceptable. Democrats are using their one-party rule to force horrible policies onto Minnesotans and now they are trying to take away Republican’s opportunity to even raise any objections.

The House Public Safety Bill includes a provision that's unconstitutional:

A sweeping piece of public safety legislation that passed the Minnesota House Wednesday includes a provision aimed at gathering more data on hate crimes and other incidents of racial bias. It's a response to community groups that asked for new ways to document bias-motivated attacks outside of law enforcement channels, and to report incidents that create fear but don't necessarily rise to the level of a chargeable offense.

Collecting data on crimes is one thing. It's another for the government to collect data on unverified incidents that don't rise to the level of a criminal offense.

Two of the drivers pushing this provision are CAIR-MN and the Minnesota Department of Human Rights. That's a frightening pair because they're often joined at the hip in propaganda. In this propaganda piece, Jaylani Hussein talks about hate crimes rising:

This is just another incident of the government wanting to collect information on people who haven't broken the law. CAIR insists that they're a civil rights organization. That's fiction. In Minnesota, CAIR-MN ignores the civil rights of white people out while highlighting the civil rights abuses of minority communities. Often, CAIR accepts as fact information that doesn't have verifiable forensic evidence. That isn't a civil rights organization. That's like the Southern Poverty Law Center, which is famous for criticizing its political enemies.

The DFL sees those it disagrees with as subjects, not citizens. That's why they're ramming through their anti-freedom agenda without meaningful input from Republicans and independents. Today's DFL isn't the DFL of Humphrey, Mondale or Wellstone. Today's DFL is the party of Jaylani Hussein, Keith Ellison and Ilhan Omar.