Protecting police, pursuing ‘agitators’ and fraud, fraud, fraud: What Republican legislators are up to in St. Paul.

By: Matthew Blake

Outlets: MinnPost

Published: February 26, 2026

Words: 1,678

Last Updated: 1 week, 6 days ago

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Walter Hudson does not want someone protesting outside your home.

“Our culture has traditionally regarded the home as a sacred place not to be violated by disruptive or coercive activity,” the state representative from Albertville said at a House committee hearing last week.

But, Hudson warned, “In recent years, we’ve seen a troubling trend of coercive agitators, cloaked in the guise of activism, deliberately targeting private residences, not to persuade, not to make a credible …

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