ST. PAUL, Minn. — Governor Tim Walz said he has full confidence in Paul Schnell as state prison commissioner. The governor was responding to a Minnesota Sheriffs Association demand to fire Schnell. The sheriffs’ association is supposedly nonpartisan, but its execeutive director, James Stuart, recently joined extreme right-wing Minnesota Congressman Tom Emmer at a staged event to praise Trump’s legislative program that shifts federal resources to enrich rich people by denying health and nutritional assistance to others. Trump critics saw the Emmer-Stuart event as part of Trump’s all-out and orchestrated war on Walz and his state governance.
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Styuart: “The One Big Beautiful Bill passed by the House is the opportunity to honor our men and women in blue and reinforce the vital role that they play in our communities. The no-tax-on-overtime pay policy is a clear message of respect and support to our nation’s law enforcement officers, and the impact of this legislation cannot be understated…. I commend House Republicans for the work that they’ve done thus far to move this policy closer toward the finish line, and I ask, on behalf of peace officers across Minnesota and our entire nation, that you continue full steam ahead in that work.”
Stuart. Heads Minnesota Sheriffs Association. Retired Anoka County sheriff. A MAGA partisan?