This push for weapon and magazine bans is going to cost the DFL the midterms.
The legislative session is nearing an end, and it appears that the DFL isn’t going to get their ban. Even after a performative “sit in”, of which they utilized their time to make TikTok’s that I’m sure they’ll use for the upcoming midterms.
The fact that it has even gotten this far is beyond me. Campaigning on behalf of children and safety is nonsense. It was never about the children. It was never about safety. There was an amendment proposed by the GOP when the legislation was introduced (SF 4067) in the senate to separate the funding for mental health and school safety funding and remove the bans from the bill.
Every single DFL member voted it down.
Mark my words, this entire saga is going to cost them dearly in the midterms.
I'm an independent voter although I have traditionally leaned left. Never voted for Trump any of the 3 times. I fell into to the “vote blue no matter who” approach during the last election.
But after the recent events that have taken place in Minnesota, I cannot in good conscience vote for any candidate that votes to strip my constitutional rights. I say this without even discussing the hypocrisy from the party who encourages its people to demonstrate in the streets to defend from a “facist takeover”, only to vote to ban the tools required to prevent tyrannical government.
I'm sure folks will pipe in and call me a facist, bootlicker, racist, or nazi. But any elected official who has voted in favor of stripping away my 2nd amendment rights (and 4th based on the original bill) has lost my vote.
TLDR: Politicians are hypocrites, and voting for the lesser of 2 evils is still voting for evil.