by Gage Clipper, The Daily Caller:
Republicans often point to New York and California as the cutting edge of progressive insanity. Leaders in these two blue states often embrace their opponents’ label and proudly advertise themselves as an example for others to follow. The process of left-wing laws and regulations spreading outward to other states is even known as the “California effect.” Yet despite his self-lauded leadership, Gov. Gavin Newsome’s California fails to live up to the liberal hellscape that is Minnesota.
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Although Minnesota is a largely rural, Midwestern state, it has leaned decidedly blue for decades — since 1976, to be exact. Older Americans will remember that Minnesota was the only state to go for Walter Mondale in Ronald Reagan’s landslide victory of 1984, giving it the longest blue streak of any state in the nation. (RELATED: Transgender Inmate Settles With Minnesota Department Of Corrections, Will Transfer To Women’s Facility, Get Surgery)
Minnesota has a long history of labor organizing and social activism that solidified the left’s institutional foundation in the state. The merger between the state’s Democratic Party and its left-wing Farmer-Labor Party in the 1950’s led to a unified Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party that now holds every statewide office and majorities in both legislative chambers. Minnesota’s dense urban areas have a larger population than the rest of the state and there is consistently high voter turnout. A Republican has not been elected statewide since 2006, making Minnesota effectively a one-party state.
Given the left’s total control, it is unsurprising that Minnesota has passed some of the most radical legislation in the nation’s history. This year alone, the DFL passed legislation establishing a “fundamental right” to abortion, repealed protections for babies who survive abortion and defunded pregnancy centers that promote alternative options for women. Taxpayers now foot the bill for abortions as well.
It also declared the state a “refuge” for minors seeking sex changes. Minnesota will no longer comply with out-of-state requests pertaining to so-called transgender minors, allowing the state to overrule the parent. The state’s new “Take Pride Act” forces non-profits to cater to gender identity and initially even sought to remove anti-pedophile language from Minnesota’s Human Rights Act.
