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Minnesota lawmaker sounds alarm on Gov Walz’s ‘radical agenda’ ahead of election: ‘So heinous’

Minnesota lawmaker sounds alarm on Gov Walz’s ‘radical agenda’ ahead of election: ‘So heinous’

WYOMING, MN – A Republican lawmaker in Minnesota recently told Fox News Digital that Gov. Walz is “nowhere close” to being a moderate and outlined examples of why he believes that his agenda has been so “heinous” that it’s difficult to even explain it to voters. “I mean there must be a new word for ‘center’ because he’s nowhere close,” Minnesota Republican State Senator Mark Koran told Fox News Digital. “The most radical policies that we have, as a conservative Republican in Minnesota, the most difficult process we have is trying to describe the bills that were passed in the last few years. The agenda is so heinous, removing parental rights, the transgender ideology which puts our children in harm’s way. He signed every one of those bills and to me, most don’t believe it because it is so radical when we try to educate them.” Koran told Fox News Digital that Republicans were able to work with Walz’s predecessor, Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton, even if they disagreed on issues but Walz operates in a “very different environment” due to proxy voting and the “great power” Democrats have in Minnesota where the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) controls the statehouse. “They have a trifecta which gives you great power, but they don’t have a mandate,” Koran said. “They only have the majority in the House, in the Senate in Minnesota by less than 1820 votes…they don’t have a mandate for a radical political agenda and so, to me, the most functional element, based on Governor Walz’s words of preserving democracy is he supports policies and procedures that rip out the very foundation of our system of governance.” MINNESOTA GOP LEADER SOUNDS ALARM ON WALZ TRYING TO ‘BAMBOOZLE’ RURAL VOTERS: ‘BERNIE SANDERS IN FLANNEL’ “He supported and signed every single bill that came through the legislature this year where they changed the simple rules and added proxy voting. Minnesota legislators no longer have to show up. They just get to count votes and what that does is it robs full representation for all voters in Minnesota and actually granted themselves ultimate power and the legislative agenda to operate for which the voters haven’t granted them.” Koran told Fox News Digital that Walz’s track record as governor on a variety of key issues raise serious questions about his ability to effectively serve as vice president. Koran specifically took issue with the way Walz reacted to the rioting in Minneapolis after the death of George Floyd in 2020. “Him being so close and being a member of the National Guard, they should have been in as soon as the civil unrest, which they knew was going to happen, they should have been on call and should have been ready and raring to go,” Koran said. “There should have been no hesitancy.” SHOP OWNER REVEALS HEART-WRENCHING EXPERIENCE AFTER BLM RIOTS ‘DESTROYED’ HIS STORE ON GOV WALZ’S WATCH “They decided to let a precinct go, to let this civil unrest go on for many days, and I think if you look back in your research, when they finally did call out the guard, the National Guard leadership basically had to ask, ‘what’s the actual mission?’” Koran continued. They were given no direction and that’s very difficult for people to understand. I grew up in St. Paul and the fires reached within a half a block or five houses from where I raised my kids,” he added. “St. Paul fared a little better only because their police acted differently than they were allowed to act in Minneapolis but he’s the leader of the state, he should have taken decisive action and he didn’t.” Koran also took issue with Walz’s leadership on COVID, where he has faced vocal criticism from Republicans for his stringent crackdowns including promoting a tip line for neighbors to “snitch” on each other for COVID lockdown infractions. “If you watched Minnesota they made up this chart and dials and political theater around what the issue was,” Koran said about the early days of COVID. “For the first two weeks we got together, we were concerned we were trying to figure out what is this really? Beyond the two weeks, none of the data. They wouldn’t share the data with us. As a legislator, I represent 85,000 people. They wouldn’t share the data.” ‘LET MINNEAPOLIS BURN’: RETIRED POLICE LIEUTENANT RIPS GOV WALZ FOR SURRENDERING CITY TO RIOTERS “The data, as we know today, didn’t match any of the actual outcomes to justify the actions and keeping people locked up in their homes in Minnesota. We were probably one of the states, not the most extreme, but certainly one of the states who locked and crushed our small to middle-sized businesses, closed their churches and basically robbed us of the civil rights that we have within Minnesota. He failed horribly at it.” When asked if there’s one thing voters nationwide should know about Walz if they are being introduced to him now for the first time, Koran said that the governor is “extraordinarily well polished at saying many words and saying nothing at all at the same time.” “He’s already proven he’s agreed with the most radical progressive agenda that exists around the world,” Koran said.  “When you look at the political agenda and the policies they passed, he is not what’s good for Minnesota. He’s not good for the country. He’s already agreed to throw out the Constitution. Our basic system of governance and even though the vice president doesn’t have a significant defined role, he’s already agreed to be complicit with the most radical agenda that is anti-American, anti-hardworking legal U.S. citizen, and that’s what we can’t have in the White House.” Fox News Digital reached out to the Harris-Walz campaign for comment but did not receive a response.

Migrant crisis roils Boston area as school stands firm on Dukakis-era residency policy

Migrant crisis roils Boston area as school stands firm on Dukakis-era residency policy

A Boston-area school district decided against adjusting its residency policy for matriculating students after migrant advocacy groups demanded change, with an administrator saying claims made by the critics “are just not true.” Public schools in the town of Saugus, 10 miles north of Boston, were recently challenged by two advocacy groups to change their policy as the influx of migrants into Massachusetts has roiled the state and its resources. The Lawyers for Civil Rights and Massachusetts Advocates for Children sent a letter to school administrators in Saugus, alleging that the requirement to fill out the town census and other “overly-stringent residency or proof-of-identity requirements” violate the state and federal constitution. The advocacy groups said the policy went into effect prior to the 2023-2024 school year and stipulated that pupils must be “legal residents whose actual residence is in Saugus” and that guardians must identify themselves with passports or other government photo IDs. The policy had been implemented only days after Democrat Gov. Maura Healey instituted a state of emergency in response to the migrant influx. RAMASWAMY MOCKS MASS GOVERNOR’S ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT STANCE AFTER FLIP: ‘NOW ACCEPTABLE TO COMPLAIN’ The Bay State is unique in its status as a “right-to-shelter” state, which guarantees families without homes will have shelter.  And in the time since Healey called for a state of emergency, Saugus schools enrolled 23 students from the shelter system. At a recent board meeting, however, school administrators said they won’t change their policy, with the body’s chair, Vincent Serino, saying in part that the news and “stories about migrants” are false, according to the Boston Herald. Fox News Digital reached out to Serino and other administrators for comment but did not receive responses. That has led to state-imposed shelter limits and calls for repeal of the Gov. Michael Dukakis-era law in response to claims the law is a major reason the crisis is so serious there. The school policy also notes its stipulations exempt students covered under federal homeless assistance legislation spearheaded by former Rep. Stewart McKinney, R-Conn., in 1987. “No child who actually resides in Saugus will be denied access to school because of his or her immigration status or the immigration status of [their parents or guardians],” the policy concludes in that regard. However, the advocacy groups argued in their demand letter that the policy, particularly the census requirement, exceeds scholastic authority and “disproportionately harms immigrant families.” They also said “anti-immigrant sentiments” have led to noncitizens being less likely to participate in the census due to “stigma” or “fear of immigration consequences.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Fox News Digital reached out to representatives of both groups but did not receive responses. Fox News Digital also reached out to town officials and state Sen. Brendan Crighton, D-Essex, for comment. Elsewhere in the state, town officials in Norfolk reportedly briefly stipulated that migrant children living in a former state prison-turned-shelter would not be enrolled in local schools. The decision was later reversed, according to the Boston Globe. Healey appeared to blame the federal government for the crisis, saying Congress has “repeatedly failed to act” after instituting a 90-day shelter limit. “This new length-of-stay policy will strengthen those efforts to connect families with the resources and services they need to move into more stable housing and contribute to our workforce,” Healey said, according to Politico.