Dear Friends and Neighbors,
DEMOCRATS DEMAND GUN CONTROL
Truth, facts, and history demonstrate one irrefutable conclusion: MORE GUNS IN THE HANDS OF LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS = LESS CRIME. Those cities and states across our country with the most gun-control laws are among the most unsafe cities and states with the highest rates of crime. Rejecting reality, the Senate Democrat majority recently held a marathon hearing on multiple gun control bills in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Unalienable rights originate from God, our Creator. Among our unalienable rights bestowed to each individual by God/Creator is the right to self-defense. Our rights are affirmed and protected by the Constitution but originate from the author of all liberty, God. Since unalienable rights do not source from human government, government does not have the legal authority to infringe upon unalienable rights. Our Founding Fathers understood this and sought to make it very clear with the Second Amendment that firearm ownership is an individual right that shall not be infringed.
We all need to continue standing together in the ongoing battle for truth, Constitutional values, and the inalienable rights of law-abiding citizens.
DEMOCRATS DEMAND EXPONENTIAL GOVERNMENT GROWTH
The Democrat majority recently announced their plan to grow government by 38%, exhausting the entirety of the $17.5 billion surplus. The previous budget was $52 billion and the Democrat trifecta is demanding the next budget be a crushing $72 billion.
The explosive growth in government spending is unsustainable. I speak to individuals each week who are planning to leave Minnesota permanently due to Democrats gone wild with other people’s money.
PROTECT THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
The Electoral College is a critically important mechanism to protect our Republic. Despite this truth, Democrats in Minnesota are pushing for National Popular Vote (NPV) to undermine the Electoral College.
In Minnesota, we award our slate of Presidential Electors based on the outcome of the popular vote within our state. NPV would award our Presidential Electors to the winner of the popular vote nationally. NPV must absolutely be rejected. It undermines Federalism, local control, and individual state sovereignty.
As a strong supporter of the Constitutional framework our Founding Fathers architected, I support our Republic form of government rather than the Direct Democracy form of government our Founding Fathers were trying to prevent.
In a Democracy, sovereignty belongs to the majority which can impose its unrestrained Will on the minority. In a Republic, voters elect people to represent the majority within a district but sovereignty belongs to individuals and the majority cannot violate the inalienable rights of the minority which are protected by the Constitution.
Our Republic form of government is based on checks, balances, and separation of power in order to protect against a tyranny of the majority over the rights of the minority and is the basis upon why the framers of the Constitution gave us the Electoral College.
Because the United States is a construct of fifty separate and individual units of government, the election of President is a compilation of fifty individual elections held within each respective state. The Electoral College serves an extremely important function by acting as a check against the tyranny of the majority by creating a weighted system of indirect representatives tasked with selecting our President. The Electoral College is similar in concept to the weighted system of two US Senators apportioned to each state regardless of population density of the state. This model creates a weighted system to act as a check to the people’s body (House of Representatives) that is apportioned based on population density.
I will continue to be a strong supporter of the Electoral College our Founding Fathers gave us and I do not support the concept of a direct Democracy or national popular vote to elect our President.
STAYING IN TOUCH
Each and every day I’m continuously humbled at the opportunity to represent and fight for the values and priorities of our great community!
Please contact me to share any issues, concerns, or feedback you have to assist me in best representing you. The best way to reach me is by email at Sen.Eric.Lucero@Senate.MN or by phone at 651-296-5655.
Sincerely,
State Senator
District 30
Rockford Township, Hanover, Saint Michael, Albertville, Otsego, Elk River, Nowthen, Western Oak Grove