The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/minnesota" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Minnesota</a> House of Representatives passed a bill late this week that would make the state a “refuge” for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender-surgery" target="_blank" rel="noopener">child sex changes</a> in response to several red states banning such procedures in recent months. 
The legislation, <a href="https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF146&amp;type=bill&amp;version=1&amp;session=ls93&amp;session_year=2023&amp;session_number=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House File 146</a>, passed the state House after hours of debate by a vote of 68-62 in the Democrat-controlled body. The bill is expected to pass in the state Senate, also controlled by Democrats, and be signed into law by Gov. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tim-walz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tim Walz</a> (D-MN).
“The bill makes Minnesota a sanctuary state for so-called gender-affirming care while simultaneously infringing on the fundamental right of parenting. It allows children, regardless of age, to seek and receive radical medical treatments that can cause sterilization, bone loss, loss of sexual function, and interference with brain development,” said State Rep. Peggy Scott (R-Andover). 
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The bill was introduced by State Rep. Leigh Finke, a man who identifies as a woman. Finke was <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/03/22/transgender-lawmaker-named-on-women-of-the-year-list/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recently named</a> one of the “Women of the Year” by USA Today. Finke is a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. 
If it becomes law, the legislation would ensure that parents who wanted to give their children sex change procedures, including cross-sex hormones and surgeries like double mastectomies, would be able to, even if their home state has banned such practices. 
&#8220;In the staggering rise of anti-transgender and anti-LGBTQIA2S+ legislation by extremist Republicans, Minnesota is a beacon of hope for trans and gender-expansive children and their families,&#8221; Finke <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minnesota-house-passes-trans-refuge-legislation-after-late-night-debate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;The passing of the Trans Refuge bill will send a strong message to the trans community that they are loved, supported, and protected here in our state.&#8221;
In the bill, the procedures protected include the suppression of secondary sex characteristics and “interventions to align the patient&#8217;s appearance or physical body with the patient&#8217;s gender identity.”
Earlier this month, Walz issued an executive order declaring that the state would “protect” those seeking “gender-affirming care.”
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“All state agencies must, to the fullest extent of their lawful authority, pursue opportunities and coordinate with each other to protect people or entities providing, assisting, seeking, or obtaining gender affirming health care services in Minnesota,” the executive order <a href="https://mn.gov/governor/assets/EO%2023-03%20Signed%20and%20filed_tcm1055-568332.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. 
The legislation comes as states like Tennessee and Mississippi have banned sex change procedures on minors, citing the long-term impacts of such treatments.

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Minnesota House Votes To Make State ‘Refuge’ For Child Sex Changes

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Twitter CEO Elon Musk slammed the Democrat lieutenant governor of Minnesota this week over remarks that she made at an event where Democratic Gov. Tim Walz signed an executive order forcing state agencies to protect “gender-affirming” health care, including surgery.
Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan addressed the crowd as she wore a shirt that read “Protect Trans Kids” with a picture of a dagger on it.
“Let’s be clear: this is life-affirming and life-saving health care,” she <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/protect-my-kids-from-ghouls-minnesota-lt-gov-slammed-after-telling-parents-to-support-gender-affirming-care">declared</a>. “When our children tell us who they are, it is our job as grown-ups to listen and to believe them. That’s what it means to be a good parent.”
Flanagan faced intense backlash online for her extremist remarks, including from Musk.
&#8220;Not when they’re fed propaganda by adults,&#8221; Musk said. &#8220;Moreover, every child goes through an identity crisis before their personality/identity crystallizes. Therefore, we shouldn’t allow severe, irreversible surgery or sterilizing drugs that they may regret until at least age 18.&#8221;
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Moreover, every child goes through an identity crisis before their personality/identity crystallizes.
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The trans issue is something that Musk views as important since one of his children <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musks-trans-son-files-to-change-name-disses-dad">identified</a> as transgender and publicly attacked him.
In a subsequent interview with the Financial Times last fall, Musk <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-blames-marxists-for-turning-his-transgender-child-against-him">blamed</a> the far-Left for turning his biological son against him, the newspaper said.
“It’s full-on communism &#8230; and a general sentiment that if you’re rich, you’re evil,” says Musk. “It [the relationship] may change, but I have very good relationships with all the others [children]. Can’t win them all.”
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Flanagan&#8217;s remarks this week come as Walz called the efforts by states around the nation to restrict “gender-affirming” care “persecution,” saying, “We’ll make sure that Minnesota’s place as a welcoming, loving, neighborly state where you are welcome and will be free of persecution or anything else that we’re trying to see in some other states.”
He singled out Minnesota’s next-door neighbor, South Dakota, where Gov. Kristi Noem signed a bill banning the prescription of puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and sex-change surgeries for minors in February.
“I don’t know what a group of people in Pierre who decide to make life miserable and more dangerous for people are thinking, but it’s not going to happen in Minnesota,” Walz boasted.
Minnesota’s state house will consider a bill from a transgender representative that would make Minnesota a “trans refuge state” and would bar the state from obeying court orders or child protection laws from other states that would block them from “gender-affirming” health care in Minnesota.
In another state adjoining Minnesota, the Iowa senate passed a bill barring doctors from providing puberty blockers, hormone therapy, or sex-change surgeries to children under the age of 18.
Arkansas was the first state to ban sex-change procedures for minors in 2021; Utah followed in January 2021. Florida’s Board of Medicine and Board of Osteopathic Medicine, with the encouragement of Gov. Ron DeSantis, banned sex-change procedures for children under 18; GOP Governors Tate Reeves of Mississippi and Bill Lee of Tennessee have signed bills banning sex-change procedures for minors.
Hank Berrien contributed to this report.

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Democrat Governor Tim Walz has won the gubernatorial election in Minnesota, according to a projection, defeating Republican Scott Jensen. 
The <a href="https://twitter.com/DecisionDeskHQ/status/1590235643933650944">projection</a> was made by DecisionDeskHQ at 1:51 a.m. EST.
&#8220;We know there&#8217;s been a lot of division, the last few years have been challenging. Minnesotans made a conscious choice tonight to chose a positive future, to chose one where better days lie ahead,&#8221; Walz <a href="https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-2022-election-dfl-governor-tim-walz-republican-scott-jensen-race-results/600222708/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the crowd gathered at his watch party.
Jensen conceded the race to Walz early Wednesday morning. &#8220;I have called Governor Walz and conceded,&#8221; Jensen tweeted. &#8220;From the beginning, we said we would trail-blaze the issues &amp; give Minnesotans an alternative choice. We fell short of our goal, but I am immeasurably thankful for the relationships that formed and the passion of our supporters!&#8221;
Walz, 58, was favored in polling for the entirety of the race, even reaching double digit support in some polls, but the governor faced a late surge in polling from Jensen, a doctor and former state senator who focused on Minnesota’s rising crime rate. 
The governor positioned himself as a staunch defender of abortion rights and frequently criticized 67-year-old Jensen for shifting his position on the issue after launching his campaign. The Republican candidate previously said he supported a total abortion ban, but then agreed with exceptions for rape, incest, and the mother’s mental and physical health. 
&#8220;Scott either in May blatantly lied to his supporters to get the endorsement of the Republican party by saying, &#8216;Of course we’re going to ban abortion,&#8217; or he’s flipped on it now,&#8221; Walz <a href="https://www.mprnews.org/story/2022/10/28/walz-jensen-clash-in-final-debate-before-election-day">accused</a> weeks before the election. 
Home to some of the nation’s largest retailers like Target and Best Buy, Minnesota’s economy was at the forefront of voters’ minds, especially as consumers faced rising prices. Going into the race, Walz boasted “a strong economy in Minnesota” as one of his biggest accomplishments, even as inflation continued to affect households in the state. 
Jensen jumped on Walz’s record on the economy, pointing to his proposal for more taxes amidst the Biden administration’s “reckless spending binge” as a reason for new leadership in Minnesota. He accused Walz of threatening to take more money out of the pockets of hardworking Minnesotans even as inflation wreaks havoc across the country. 
The governor claimed in a debate that he has never raised taxes on Minnesotans, but earlier this year, Walz wanted to hike taxes on the rich and raise the gas tax in his <a href="https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/SessionDaily/Story/15504">2022-2023 budget proposal</a> only to scrap the ideas after negotiations. 
Jensen also took shots at Walz’s record on crime, calling him “the godfather of the crime epidemic.” The state’s violent crime rate<a href="https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/ooc/news-releases/Pages/BCA-Releases-2021-Uniform-Crime-Report.aspx"> jumped</a> 21.6% in 2021 after a 17% increase from 2019 to 2020.
In the wake of George Floyd’s death at the hands of police, parts of Minneapolis were burned and looted in violent riots under Walz’s watch. Since the spread of anti-police sentiment during the black lives matter movement in the city, there has been a <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/hundreds-officers-quit-minneapolis-police-135604068.html">massive exodus</a> of Minneapolis police officers, and the city struggles to recruit new officers.
As crime rates jumped in the state, Walz made an effort as governor to push for more police accountability and reform, claiming there were “systemic inequities in Minnesota’s criminal justice system.” Two months after Floyd’s death, Walz signed the “<a href="https://mn.gov/governor/news/?id=1055-441356">Minnesota Police Accountability Act</a>,” banning training that equips officers with deadly tactical maneuvers to use when threatened.

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Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz rescinded occupancy requirements on the state&#8217;s houses of worship earlier this week following a <a href="https://www.thomasmoresociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/4-Amended-Complaint-1-11-21.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">lawsuit</a> from the Thomas More Society and voter initiatives to recall him.
Walz&#8217;s Executive Order 21-11, which was approved on March 15, 2021, lifted the last remaining restriction on church attendance in Minnesota, which had capped occupancy at 50 percent. The restrictions remain in effect for bars and restaurants.
“The dominoes are falling in favor of abolishing the states’ limitations on church attendance,” Thomas More Society special counsel Erick Kaardal said in a statement to The Daily Wire. “Minnesota has abolished its church attendance limitations. Next, our plan is to similarly abolish all the other states’ remaining limitations on church attendance, which have been occurring nationwide.”
The Thomas More Society filed the lawsuit against Walz and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison last August, arguing on behalf of three churches that the state&#8217;s mandate regarding attendance limits violated their religious liberties. The churches involved include Cornerstone Church of Alexandria in Alexandra, Minnesota, Life Spring Church in Crosby, Minnesota, and Calvary Chapel in St. Paul.
The <a href="https://www.thomasmoresociety.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Thomas More Societ</a>y, a non-profit national public interest law firm based in Chicago, has filed similar lawsuits across the country, perhaps most notably on behalf of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/compliance-would-be-disobedience-prominent-california-church-defies-state-lockdown-to-resume-in-person-assembly" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Grace Community Church</a> and their senior pastor John MacArthur in Los Angeles.
The lawsuit cited Hebrews 10:24-25, which says, &#8220;And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.&#8221; It noted that such injunctions exist in other faiths, as well.
&#8220;The religious liberty turning point for opening Minnesota churches was the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo on November 25, 2020, where the High Court, under the Free Exercise Clause, required a preliminary injunction against New York’s maximum attendance requirements as applied to indoor religious gatherings,&#8221; Kaardal said. &#8220;Once the U.S. Supreme Court decided that Brooklyn case, there was no longer any wiggle room for Minnesota or any other state to cap religious attendance, pandemic or not. Similar court victories are occurring all over the country – most recently in Nevada and California.&#8221;
“Finally, one of things we will remember about the Minnesota governor’s response to fear of COVID is the unconstitutional, discriminatory treatment of churches and synagogues,” Kaardal continued. “State-imposed limits on church attendance are never constitutionally okay. Governor Walz’s requirements on churches even included criminal penalties for noncompliance with his dictates. What? Were Minnesota courts going to put all the pastors in jail for church attendance during a pandemic? From the very beginning, this governor, and those in other states, should have recognized that houses of worship fit within the definition of ‘essential.’ You can’t get much more essential than church, faith, and someone’s relationship with God.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/macarthur-the-end-of-frivolous-religion" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">MacArthur: The End of Frivolous Religion?</a>

Minnesota Gov. Walz Meets With Business Leaders In Minneapolis

‘The Dominoes Are Falling’: Minnesota Gov. Walz Rescinds All Occupancy Requirements On Churches Following Lawsuit

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In a tiny town in Minnesota, a single black mom who owns a small bar that provides entertainment plans to open her business on Friday, defying the state’s order that closes all bars and restaurants indefinitely, and she’s prepared to pay a fine and face possible jail time.
Larvita McFarquhar owns Havens Garden in Lynd, Minnesota, a town of 448 people. On November 19, she posted a <a href="https://fb.watch/20HF5xdhu6/">video on Facebook</a> which was captioned, “Live Music and Food next Friday Night! Come have fun with the Great Tommy Rex or sing your own tunes during Open Mic! November 27 2020, 9pm-11pm Lynd MN.” The video features her saying, “Hi! I’m here at Havens Garden asking everyone to join us November 27 from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. for Open Mic Night. Come down and have a good time here at Havens Garden in Lynd, Minnesota.”
As John Hinderaker of <a href="https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/11/a-heroine-for-our-time-2.php">Powerline</a> reports, that announcement prompted the state to threaten her. <a href="https://alphanewsmn.com/ellisons-office-threatens-single-mom-business-owner-for-defying-governors-shutdown-order/">Alpha News</a> reported that after she posted the video, a deputy with the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office asked McFarquhar if she was aware that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) had issued a new order forcing all bars and restaurants to be closed and warned her of the consequences if she defied the order.
McFarquhar told Alpha News, “I said, ‘Yes, I’m aware, but are you aware that the governor’s mandate is not a law? The governor does not pass laws and you are supposed to uphold the Constitution. You don’t work for the governor; you work for us.’”
She added that the sheriff’s office had contacted the disc jockey scheduled to host the event and said he would be arrested if he performed.
McFarquhar told Alpha News, “No person in power has the authority to shut down a business for no reason, and pick and choose who can stay open and who cannot. For me, it’s [about] taking a stand. We always want other people to do things, but it’s time that we the people stand up and say, ‘No, we’re not going to agree with these outrageous demands.’”
On Monday, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office sent McFarquhar a letter. Assistant Attorney General Noah Lewellen, who asked McFarquhar to respond by 5 p.m. on Monday and state she would not remain open, wrote: “Emergency Executive Order 20-99 empowers this Office to investigate and take action against businesses or persons that are operating or threatening to operate in violation of the Order. As the chief legal officer for the State of Minnesota, the Attorney General has authority to file a civil enforcement action seeking injunctive relief and civil penalties of up to $25,000 for each and every occurrence Executive Order 20-99 is violated, as well as its attorney’s fees and costs.”
At roughly 5:30 p.m. on Friday, McFarquhar responded with <a href="https://fb.watch/20IXIMUQoH/">another video</a> posted on Facebook, captioned: “What does it say about our country, and Governor Walz when he uses our Sherrifs (sic) department, Attorney General and our citizens to harass, threaten, bully, intimidate …” She stated, “Hi! I’m here at Havens Garden letting everyone know that we will be open this Friday, November 27, from 9 p.m. until 11 p.m. I want to thank everyone who is willing to come out but I want them to know that there is a possibility that they will be fined $1,000 if they show up, so please make your decisions wisely, that if you would love to come down and support me which I would love, but I want you to be aware that you can be fined $1,000.”
McFarquhar, who is a Christian, told Alpha News, “I’m not going to give up my liberties, I’m not going to teach my daughters to give up their liberties, and I want them to learn how to fight. If I’m not that example — which is very hard for me — who else is going to do it?”
She said recent months have “been horrible” financially, adding, “These are the things that you have to struggle with. I’m struggling to keep my lights on. The thing that makes me mad during this whole thing is we still have to pay our bills. I have to still pay taxes on the building … The bills that were there before — they don’t go away because we’re not open. They’re still there and I still have to pay them. Then to have the threat above that. That’s the worst part.”

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Single Mom In Tiny Minnesota Town Plans To Defy State Order, Open Bar On Friday

Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) has directed the Minnesota Department of Human Rights to investigate the Minneapolis Police Department, in addition to filing a civil rights charge against the police department in the death of George Floyd. 
The investigation will focus on policies, procedures, and practices from the last decade, in order to determine whether the police department has “engaged in systemic discriminatory practices toward people of color,” the department said in a <a href="https://twitter.com/gretakaul/status/1267896865053442050/photo/1">press release</a>.
“George Floyd should be alive. He deserved to live a life full of dignity and joy,” said Human Rights Commissioner Rebecca Lucero. “Community leaders have been asking for structural change for decades. They have fought for this and it is essential that we acknowledge the work and commitment of those who have paved the path to make today’s announcement possible.”
The governor has promised to “use every tool at our disposal to deconstruct generations of systemic racism in our state,” and has asked the public to “watch what we do,” seemingly to signal that his administration will deliver on its promises. 
“It is going to take action from all levels from the neighborhood on up, to get the change we need to see,” continued Walz. “This effort is only one of many steps to come in our effort to restore trust with those in the community who have been unseen and unheard for far too long.”
While the investigation ramps up, the human rights department says it will seek an arrangement with the police department to institute short-term measures to address “systemic discriminatory practices.” The long-term measures will be added later, presumably after Lucero issues her findings. 
An attorney, Lucero previously worked for Congressman Keith Ellison (D-MN), who is now the Attorney General of Minnesota and has been tasked with prosecuting all cases related to the death of George Floyd, according to <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/minnesota-ag-says-4-officers-will-be-charged-highest-degree-n1220956">NBC News</a>. 
As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/independent-medical-examiner-contradicts-early-findings-officials-update-floyds-death-as-homicide">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner and a two-person medical examiner team hired by the family of George Floyd have determined that the 46-year-old Minneapolis man died from homicide. 
In a criminal complaint against former officer Derek Chauvin, prosecutors said preliminary findings from the medical examiner’s office suggested Floyd’s death was caused by several factors, including pre-existing health conditions and potential drug use. The official examiner has since distanced itself from those findings,  determining that Floyd’s death was caused by “cardiopulmonary arrest complicating law enforcement subdual, restraint, and neck compression.”
Chauvin was charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter on Friday, several days after the viral video of him pushing his knee into the now-deceased Floyd spread across the nation and world. The other officers involved in the arrest have been fired, but not been charged with a crime. 
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Minnesota To File Civil Rights Charge Against Minneapolis PD, Investigate For ‘Systemic Discriminatory Practices’

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During a press conference on Saturday morning, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) said that the initial protests in Minneapolis over the death of George Floyd have devolved as a group of outsiders have seized on the situation in an “organized attempt to destabilize civil society.”
While Walz said the protests earlier in the week were largely peaceful, the situation on Friday evening was a “mockery of pretending” it was still about Floyd, with the governor noting that the subsequent riots contained elements of domestic terrorism, ideological extremism, and “international destabilization of how our country works.”
The <a href="https://www.startribune.com/walz-we-re-under-assault-from-outside-agitators/570892512/?refresh=true">Star Tribune reports</a> that the governor also claimed that as many as 4 in 5 rioters in Minneapolis and St. Paul were from somewhere else.
“Whether it be New York, or Denver, or Louisville, or Las Vegas, there is no mayor in America that has the resources to push back on an organized attempt to destabilize civil society with no regard for life or property,” said the governor.
As such, Walz announced that he was fully mobilizing the Minnesota National Guard in addition to seeking “significant support” from the national guards of adjacent states.
“We will pull in assets as we have been doing, and for those Minnesotans who have been wondering, ‘where are the fire trucks, where are the police that are out there,’ the situation was so broad, and the tactics were so bent on causing destruction, that every single person we had mobilized” had been engaged in the situation, he said.
According to <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-says-military-ready-willing-able-ready-deploy-minneapolis-amid-n1219656">NBC News</a>, President Trump told reporters on Saturday afternoon that he’s prepared to provide military assistance in Minneapolis if asked.
“We have our military ready, willing, and able, if they ever want to call our military. We can have troops on the ground very quickly,&#8221; said Trump. &#8220;They&#8217;re using their National Guard right now, as you know.&#8221;
The Pentagon also reportedly ordered the Army to prepare several active-duty military police units on Friday evening, in the event that they’re asked to deploy to Minneapolis, according to The<a href="https://apnews.com/cf9947a3ca9f3225f9645fd330403eae"> Associated Press</a>, which spoke to “three people with direct knowledge of the orders.”
“A senior Pentagon official who was” on a phone call with Trump administration officials discussing options on Thursday evening told the news agency that the Insurrection Act of 1807 would be the basis for deploying any military units. The act was last invoked during the 1992 Los Angeles riots, reports the news agency.
But a senior Defense official, “speaking on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue,” told <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2020/05/30/pentagon-offers-active-duty-military-forces-intelligence-help-quell-minnesota-unrest-governor-says/">The Washington Post</a> on Saturday that nobody “in the department is talking about invoking the Insurrection Act.”
The White House also told AP that active-duty troops have not been deployed, and the Pentagon emphasized in a statement that Minnesota has made no requests for troops.
According to the Post, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley have “expressed the department’s readiness to provide support to local and state authorities as requested” and have had two conversations with the Minnesota governor.
The Star Tribune reports that the governor has instituted another curfew effective 8 p.m. CDT and promised on Saturday morning that any future agitators will face “an overwhelming force of safety, security and peace.”
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