Power Line by Scott Johnson in Crime, Democrats, Minnesota, Tim Walz 8/28/2025
With Minnesota Democrats in control of the political branches of state government, they lost no time advancing the agenda of their base. In the first months of the 2023-2024 “let’s go crazy” legislative session, they made the national news with a bizarre “trans refuge” bill. The bill was preceded by Governor Tim Walz’s executive order making Minnesota a “sanctuary” where minors could suffer permanent genital mutilation in a manner that would be illegal where they live.
In the same “let’s go crazy” legislative session Democrats also banned therapy “that seeks to change an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity, including efforts to change behaviors or gender expressions…” If you don’t doubt the wisdom of the law, you’re out of your mind.
The “let’s go crazy” session helped bring Tim Walz to the attention of national Democrats. President Obama thought that Walz had a good thing going. Following his selection as Kamala Harris’s running mate, Obama was ecstatic. “He knows who he is and what’s important,” Obama said. “You can tell those flannel shirts he wears don’t come from some political consultant, they come from his closet…” And he wasn’t talking about Walz’s effeminate theatrics on the campaign trail. They were yet to come.
If Minnesota is a state trans refuge, Minneapolis must be the capital. In the wake of the mass shooting yesterday at Annunciation Church by trans madperson Robin Westman, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey instructed us: “Anybody who is using this as an opportunity to villainize our trans community or any other community out there has lost their sense of common humanity.” He means to shut down those of us who have do not concur in the wisdom of the party’s program.
More:
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2025/08/no-refuge.php
