Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is a loser yet again, thanks to the GOP taking over control of the state House of Representatives, which means this is the second big loss he’s been handed since the November 2024 election when he, along with his partner former Vice President Kamala “Captain Cackles” Harris, ended up on the bad side of a landslide against President Donald Trump. The Republican Party will be in power in the state House for the next two years.
The take over is part of a State House power sharing agreement that was made between the two major political parties, which culminated in State Rep. Lisa Demuth getting elected to be the speaker and to the founding of a new oversight committee dedicated to raking through Walz’s administration to see what they can find in the way of corruption and misdeeds.
Democrats in the State House tried to do a three-week boycott against Republicans to prevent them from taking over the legislature, but that failed miserably. The GOP currently has a majority in the state House by the skin of their teeth. The current political standings are 67 seats for the GOP and 66 for Democrats, with one seat vacant that was previously controlled by a Democrat. That seat will be up for a special election in March.
The benefit of having Republicans in charge, even by a slim margin, is that they will now have an additional check on Walz’s ability to pass his extreme left-wing policies.
“During the time that we have the one-seat majority, there will be Republican chairs in every committee with a one-vote advantage,” Demuth said while speaking with members of the press.
“Should Democrats win the special election to fill the empty seat, Demuth will still remain the speaker. Another win, according to Republicans in the State House, is that due to having the speakership, the party has leverage when it comes to budget negotiations with the Walz administration,” Trending Politics News reported.
“If the House margins become a 67-67 tie, both parties will share power on committees while the GOP will retain control over the new Fraud and Agency Oversight Committee,” the article continued.
“There is record fraud in the state of Minnesota proven with three new cases even just last week,” Demuth said to reporters.
One such case was a nonprofit organization in Walz’s state, which was found to have stolen $250 million from a COVID federal food aid program back in 2022 while he was governor. An audit concluded he was at fault for not taking action to prevent the money from being stolen. That was taxpayer money too.
“Voters have made it clear they want Minnesota House Republicans to be a strong check on Tim Walz and his extreme liberal agenda,” Republican State Leadership Committee President Edith Jorge-Tuñón went on to explain after the power-sharing agreement announcement. “They are tired of the high taxes and rising violent crime they’ve experienced under Democrat control. Today’s agreement is a decisive victory for Minnesotans, ensuring they get the representation they deserve.”