DFL plans on passing North Star Act

Minnesota's legislature, the most radical legislature in the U.S., more radical than California's, hopes to pass the North Star Act this session. The North Star Act "would turn Minnesota into a “sanctuary state” for illegal immigrants. More specifically, the North Star Act would ban local law enforcement from assisting federal agencies in enforcing immigration law."

This is happening after "county commissioners in McLeod County approved a resolution Saturday which denounced and opposed the pending “North Star Act.” In a unanimous vote, the five commissioners sent a clear signal to legislators in St. Paul that they do not support the state’s proposed protections for illegal immigrants."

Sanctuary state laws are quickly dropping in popularity, thanks mostly to Gov. Abbott's shipping of illegal immigrants to sanctuary cities like Chicago and NYC. Chicago and NYC have gotten hit with exorbitant additional expenses thanks to additional expenses for health care, education, housing and public safety. In Chicago, those additional expenses will add $800,000,000 to Chicago's budget.

This should cause the DFL to hesitate:

In the closely divided Minnesota Senate (34 Democrats, 33 Republicans), the legislation would require the support of all 34 Democratic senators to become law. However, Sen. Grant Hauschild, an Iron Range Democrat who defeated his GOP opponent in 2022 by just over a point, indicated Saturday that he will not support the bill.

"While every legislator has a right to introduce legislation, you need 34 votes in the senate to pass anything," Hauschild wrote on Twitter. "I will not be supporting this legislation and it is very unlikely to become law."

If you're the DFL heading into an election, why would you bring this up for a vote in the House if you know it won't pass? I'm betting that the DFL won't push this bill that hard. The only way they do is if the POCI Caucus forcess that onto them. Forcing vulnerable members of the DFL House to vote on another controversial bill doesn't seem wise, to say the least.

If the bill passes, I'd expect Gov. Abbott's next shipment to be to Minnesota. I can't imagine why Tim Walz would want all that extra money going out the door, especially considering the fact that the projected budget surplus is shrinking quickly. Notice that the media wing of the DFL didn't mention the additional expenses in this report:

Sen. Hauschild's tweet: Matt Dean and Andy Brehm wrote stinging replies to Sen. Hauschild's tweet. First, Matt Dean's tweet: Next, Andy Brehm's tweet: Sen. Hauschild better hope people in Tom Bakk's old district are mighty forgetful. I wouldn't bet on that as long as I'm still breathing.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Is Joe Biden our Grifter-in-Chief?

Image
Apparently, Joe Biden doesn't care about the law or Supreme Court rulings. When asked about the ruling on his student loan bailout, Biden said that the Supreme Court misinterpreted the Constitution. He knows they didn't. That's just what he said to preserve the opportunity to introduce his next unconstitutional plan that will get rejected by the Supreme Court. This isn't about whether it's constitutional. It's about whether he can con enough young people into voting for him in 2024. Biden must've anticipated this ruling. Within an hour of the ruling, the Administration was out with this detailed fact sheet to replace the plan that he knew would fail. It opens with the same partisan attack as Democrats have mouthed. The fact sheet opens by saying "No President has fought harder for student debt relief than President Biden, and he’s not done yet. President Biden and Vice President Harris will not let Republican elected officials succeed in denying hard
Read more

Tim Walz's Confederate Flag Fiasco

Image
After Minnesota's Democrats shoved the most controversial progressive legislation down Minnesotans' throats, gossip started popping up about Gov. Walz being interested in running for president . That's died off but Gov. Walz is still making headlines, this time for all the wrong reasons. First, Gov. Walz isn't the brightest bulb in the chandelier. Still, Gov. Walz is fighting against Minnesota's history. This Alpha News article quotes David Hann, the chairman of Minnesota's Republican Party, as saying " The flag the DFL has eliminated was a version of the historic flag our regiments fought under during the Civil War. Minnesota was the first state to offer troops to the Union cause in 1861 , beginning a long tradition of leading the nation in confronting injustice. The DFL quest to erase our history is repugnant and should be rejected." Gov. Walz, though, sees things differently. He's quoted as saying "Minnesota is a diverse state, it continue
Read more

Maria Bartiromo's interrogation of Gov. Ron DeSantis

Image
Yesterday, Maria Bartiromo interrogated Gov. Ron DeSantis on Sunday Morning Futures. The first half of the interview, Bartiromo asked policy questions. Gov. DeSantis showed his understanding of the issues and presented his solutions on everything from China, inflation and growing the economy. The first reply he had was to cut spending. His next reply was to open energy production. Third, he talked about the importance of increasing productivity, which he correctly said is the best way to eliminate inflation. A little over half the way through the interview, though, it turned into an attack. Bartiromo asked "I'm wondering what's going on with your campaign. There was a lot of optimism about you running for president earlier in the year but here's this weekend's headline from the Politico Playbook: Failure to launch. Gov. Ron DeSantis's campaign to topple Donald Trump has stalled. We are way behind says a top DeSantis PAC official. What happened? Despite that bad
Read more