Walz weighs in on battle for control of MN House

Governor Tim Walz is weighing in on the battle over control of the Minnesota House. The Republicans used their temporary one-vote majority to swear in members and elect a House speaker with no Democrats present. Walz says, “this is a short-term issue that will be corrected on the 29th.” That is the day after a special election in District 40-B which is expected to be won by the D-F-L candidate and would return to the House to a 67-67 tie. The governor added, “trying to use this vacancy to create a two-year majority that doesn’t exist is not the way to go about it.” House Democrats have boycotted the first three days of the session and filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court.