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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 day ago

If you're confused about how this attempted power grab was done --

State House has 134 members, evenly split 67-67 Democrat/Republican
Quorum is 68 members present; if fewer members are present, there is no quorum, and anything done by the reps present isn't binding
Republican reps refused to seat one Democratic rep, on the grounds that that rep didn't live in his home district
Democratic reps boycotted House sessions, leaving only the 67 Republican reps present
Sec of State said "No quorum, session adjourned"
Republican reps pretended that the Democrat they refused to seat didn't exist, which by their "math" made quorum 67 members present
Republican reps voted for a Speaker
Democrats petitioned the court to put a stop to this
Court said "Republicans, you're wrong"

Take note that this hinged on a couple of very important things:

This probably isn't over. Good luck, Minnesota.