Minnesota State Representative Mike Wiener’s interview with Flag Family News
ST PAUL, MINN. – Republican Minnesota lawmakers are currently garnering support for four Articles of Impeachment against Governor Tim Walz.
Among them is Long Prairie State Representative Mike Weiner.
The articles
All four articles are related to Walz’s handling of the fraud in Minnesota.
“We’ve had almost 500 whistleblowers that came forward and really brought to attention the fraud that was taking place and nothing was done,” Rep. Weiner said in an interview with Flag Family News. “So a lot of those staffers (and) employees brought this and the governor had the opportunity to do something about it and never did.”
Weiner alleges fraud has been going on for at least 10 years – and no one has lost their job.
“The employees are supposed to report to the department heads, department heads report to the governor, and the governor is supposed to take action and nothing happens,” he said. “There has not been a single person who has lost their job over this fraud,” Weiner said.
Weiner categorizes Walz’s handling of the fraud as politically motivated.
The next steps
Due to a tie between Republicans and Democrats in Minnesota, the articles will get their start in the legislature.
But no official moves can be made until the legislature convenes in February.
After that, it’ll go to a committee before heading to the House floor. The committee will have to agree on the steps that take place in getting the issue through committee.
The tie in party numbers is an important key piece of the success.
“I’m going to actually need at least one Democrat to sign on to this bill, because we would need a majority for it to pass through the House,” Weiner said.
If the articles pass the Minnesota House, then it’ll set up a “trial” in the Senate.
“The evidence comes forward, the senators work as a jury, basically, and it would take two thirds vote in order to impeach the governor,” Weiner said. “It is a lengthy process. It is a difficult process, but it’s there in our Constitution for a reason for when we see things exactly like what we’re seeing now, massive amounts of fraud.”
Weiner said he anticipates some level of support from Democrats.
“This should not be a partisan issue because we’re here to serve the taxpayers of our great state,” he said. “I would hope that we’d have actually many of the Democrat colleagues from the other side of the aisle getting on board with this, because we have to put the people first and political parties second.”
