created by Wezle on 03/02/2025 at 14:42 UTC
1771 upvotes, 60 top-level comments (showing 25)
Comment by PM_ME_YOUR_FAV_HIKE at 03/02/2025 at 15:07 UTC
516 upvotes, 10 direct replies
TLDR; Sen. Eric Lucero proposed a bill to give each Minnesota county one senator, favoring rural GOP areas. Experts call it unconstitutional under Reynolds v. Sims, which requires population-based representation. The bill is unlikely to pass but has rural support.
Comment by DasEigentor at 03/02/2025 at 14:50 UTC
557 upvotes, 4 direct replies
Land doesn’t vote. People do. (Thank you Earl Warren).
It’s astonishing how quickly the party that used to consider themselves the defenders of the constitution switched their perspective to these perverse and anti-democratic (little d) positions.
Comment by BDob73 at 03/02/2025 at 14:57 UTC
57 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Of course it’s Lucero, that dickhead. He and Walter Hudson are quite the pair.
Comment by Wyldling_42 at 03/02/2025 at 15:20 UTC
45 upvotes, 1 direct replies
The measure has attracted no co-sponsors this session and has virtually zero chance of passing the divided Legislature, or of gaining majority public support as a ballot question.
While this is good, I think there should be a measure taken now to shut this down from a future-proof perspective.
The world sees what GQP leadership really looks like- masks fully off now. Minnesotans deserve better than to see their hard work and the state they love become just another scorched earth landscape at the hands of Republican leadership.
Comment by iAmRiight at 03/02/2025 at 14:49 UTC
171 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Of course republicans want even more disproportionate representation. Rural voters already get way more representation, way more tax dollars, and more social services per person than urban constituents. Why not just let them control every facet of our lives, so they can continue to thoroughly run this country into the ground.
Comment by bionic_cmdo at 03/02/2025 at 15:09 UTC
37 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Like the House, the Senate is currently apportioned by population, ensuring that each senator represents a similar number of Minnesotans. But SF 696, authored by Eric Lucero of Saint Michael, would assign one senator to each Minnesota county, creating a legislative body with 87, rather than 67 members.
Basically fck the majority population in the Twin Cities, Mankato, Duluth, Rochester, and even St. Cloud. Fck these republicans and their maga/fascist/project 2025 view of America.
Comment by Drokeep at 03/02/2025 at 14:58 UTC
28 upvotes, 0 direct replies
This is 1) going nowhere 2) such a bloat of government nobody would vote for it. Adding 20 senators + staff would inflate the senates budget by a considerable amount
Comment by SinisterDeath30 at 03/02/2025 at 15:17 UTC
14 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Okay sure. But lets make sure we make this law constitutional, and give Hennepin County It's proportional Vote Power.
So they get what, 72 Votes? compared to Wadena County's 1 vote?
FAFO.
Comment by bb3po at 03/02/2025 at 16:18 UTC
12 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Republicans really hate the law
Comment by AngryUpvotesOnly at 03/02/2025 at 14:52 UTC
27 upvotes, 1 direct replies
They're learning from the national politics. It's worked there forever, why wouldn't they want it here? And their constituents probably would think it's a great idea. There is so much nuance lost between policy and the voter that it's so easy to manipulate most of us.
Comment by Expert-Emergency5837 at 03/02/2025 at 14:57 UTC
91 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Literally every single Republican is worthless.
And the list of worthless Democrats grows with each new day.
Comment by geraldanderson at 03/02/2025 at 15:14 UTC
20 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Here is Eric Lucero with his close personal friend Anton Lazzaro. Eric Lucero still has not answered questions about the nature of their relationship. Many people are saying Eric Lucero was Anton Lazzaro’s client.
Comment by stfuandgovegan at 03/02/2025 at 15:13 UTC
8 upvotes, 0 direct replies
This video will show you exactly what is going on: Billionaire Tech Bros Plan to destroy USA and take it over: https://youtu.be/5RpPTRcz1no?t=60[1][2]
1: https://youtu.be/5RpPTRcz1no?t=60
2: https://youtu.be/5RpPTRcz1no?t=60
It's called the Butterfly Revolution
Comment by wunderlust_dolphin at 03/02/2025 at 16:24 UTC
9 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Ahh yes, 1.2M (Hennepin) people should have the same representation as 3k people (Traverse), that sounds like a well structured democracy
...BTW fuckin stupid that's how the US senate actually works
Comment by alamare1 at 03/02/2025 at 15:12 UTC
6 upvotes, 0 direct replies
As someone from St. Michael, I feel ashamed of this idiot representing us.
Comment by romacopia at 03/02/2025 at 17:33 UTC
6 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Why do republicans hate democracy and personal liberty?
Comment by Ptoney1 at 03/02/2025 at 15:59 UTC
6 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Good luck getting a 2/3 majority on that you fucking dumbass
Would like to string this guy up from the rafters and leave him there like a pair of stolen sneakers
Comment by secondarycontrol at 03/02/2025 at 16:52 UTC
6 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Republicans are NOT interested in representing the people. They're interested in representing themselves and their pocketbooks. A rational party, to win votes, would find out what the voters want and promise to provide it...and then actually work towards providing it. The linkages there brroke some time ago. Remember when the Republicans were complaining about how *liberals vote for people that give them things?* Well, of course they do. Did you think they were stupid? The wealthy do the same thing, but when liberals or poor people do it? *Gasp*.
Now? They work on fluffing their own nest eggs while doing the minimum - even outright lying about what they are doing - towards improving the lives of all people.
Comment by ikeabahna333 at 03/02/2025 at 16:02 UTC
6 upvotes, 0 direct replies
“Fair representation” needs to become part of the democratic platform. Can easily be messaged to the federal level too.
Comment by TheEvilCub at 03/02/2025 at 16:43 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
The party run by Pres. Musk wants to enact laws to create an apartied state. Color me shocked.
Comment by tree-hugger at 03/02/2025 at 16:46 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
No chance of passing, but it is insane how many people think that some votes should count more than others based on arbitrary political boundaries.
The electoral college is this at a national scale. Why should voters in some Philadelphia suburbs be of such incredible importance while voters other Philadelphia suburbs not matter at all just because they happen to be in New Jersey or Delaware (where the northern border is a arc traced from the top of an old courthouse)? It's totally arbitrary.
Comment by Pacers31Colts18 at 03/02/2025 at 18:06 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Geez, might as well make it so you need to be a land owner to vote.
Comment by Rogue_AI_Construct at 03/02/2025 at 15:14 UTC
11 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Republican wanting to do something unconstitutional. I’m shocked. /s
Comment by HarwellDekatron at 03/02/2025 at 15:10 UTC
13 upvotes, 2 direct replies
It's time to start thinking about taking action and egging the fuck out of these assholes every time they show up in public.
Comment by kitsunewarlock at 03/02/2025 at 16:33 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I'm so sick of the rural communities changing the rules when it suits them. They froze assigning new sets to congress back in 1923 almost entirely because of urbanization. At the time they had the excuse of "soldiers in port cities will return home once WW1 is completely wrapped up". Apparently we are still waiting for those 118 year old soldiers to return to their farms.
