Fed up with attacks, Minnesota Republicans wage war against far-right group
Top officials in the Minnesota Republican Party recently gathered to take an unprecedented vote: formally condemning a right-wing group that has antagonized GOP elected officials for years.
Action 4 Liberty was repeatedly attacking Republicans in the divided Minnesota House for compromising with Democrats, while also encouraging “grassroots Patriots” to oust party officers at local conventions and replace them with hardline activists.
The state GOP’s executive committee declared that leaders of Action 4 Liberty are more focused on “tearing down Republicans” than helping the party win elections: “The leadership of the organization instead works only to enrich themselves, attack those actually making a difference, and claim victories they had nothing to do with,” read the declaration brought forward by committee member Bobby Benson, who’s the state chief of staff for Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer. The rebuke was the culmination of years of pent-up frustration toward Action 4 Liberty, a group that has deeply embedded itself in Minnesota Republican politics and is trying to reshape the party from the bottom up.
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Action 4 Liberty has enlisted grassroots activists across the state in its effort to push the GOP further to the right, telling them to seek party positions and primary incumbent lawmakers. Its success has varied over the years, with many of its candidates losing primary battles to more moderate Republicans. But last year, the group rallied activists who ousted state GOP Chair David Hann, endorsed far-right Republican Royce White for U.S. Senate and blocked GOP U.S. Rep. Michelle Fischbach from winning the party’s endorsement.
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As a tax-exempt 501(c)(4) nonprofit, the group is allowed to participate in political activity as long as politics isn’t its main purpose. Action 4 Liberty has pushed that boundary, openly touting its efforts to “lead a conservative offense at the Capitol” and “recruit conservative candidates for the legislature and equip them to win their elections.”
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