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Two North Dakota Republican lawmakers who represent part of Burleigh County have been censured by their district party, a trend connected with the expulsion of a state representative this year. District 28 Republicans voted 69-19 on Saturday to censure Sen. Robert Erbele, R-Lehr, and Rep. Mike Brandenburg, R-Edgeley, in response to the dissatisfaction of many constituents of District 28. Burleigh County resident Marty Beard introduced the resolution for censure, which formally condemns a person s conduct. The district is a swath of south-central North Dakota, including southern Burleigh County. The two state lawmakers are the latest Republicans censured by their district parties in the wake of former Rep. Luke Simons March expulsion for workplace and sexual harassment. At least seven other lawmakers from Watford City in the west to Valley City in the east have been censured by fellow Republicans. ....
Rep. Robin Weisz were censured in a resolution that mentioned the Simons expulsion as well as some other Bastiat-backed bills they didn t support. Rep. Robin Weisz, R- Hurdsfield, chairman of the House Human Services Committee, (left) listened to testimony during a hearing on Wednesday, Jan. 6, at the North Dakota Capitol. Michelle Griffith / The Forum Even in District 39, where Ben Simons, brother to Luke Simons, was ousted as chairman, a resolution was passed, narrowly, to censure Rep. Denton Zubke. Again, for the Simons expulsion, as well as alleged infidelity to the Bastiat-backed legislative agenda. It s hard to know how much weight to give these censure motions. Bastiat-aligned activists would have us believe that they re the voice of true conservatism. The defenders of the party s platform, they claim. But are these censures of sitting Republican lawmakers, many with very long track records of electoral success, a sign of Bastiat political muscle? ....
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The Bastiats, it must be said, are more hot air than substance. 11:09 am, Apr. 12, 2021 × State Rep. Rick Becker, R-Bismarck, set up a table and asked citizens to challenge his argument against North Dakota mask mandate. (Jeremy Turley / Forum News Service, via Twitter) MINOT, N.D. To call the spat in the North Dakota Republican Party between the moderate-minded majority, whose competent governance is primarily responsible for the party s dominance over the decades, and the Trumpy Bastiat Caucus, which has risen to the status of a noisy minority in recent years, a civil war would be overstating the case. Still, there is an intraparty conflict going on, and it is hugely consequential for the power balance in state politics. ....
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