EP 1790 · Jun 28, 2026
Defend the Guard, Family Court, and Minnesota's Red Tape Machine w/ TJ Hawthorne || 1790
RUN TIME · 52:07
Episode notes
The race for Minnesota House 44B just got interesting. No Republican on the ballot, a long-time Democrat incumbent, and TJ Hawthorne running as a liberty-minded independent. TJ Hawthorne joins Good Morning Liberty to talk about his campaign, why he is running independent, and how he wants to bring Defend the Guard, family court reform, emergency power limits, and occupational licensing reform to the Minnesota Legislature.
This conversation covers Minnesota politics, independent candidates, libertarian ideas, small-government policy, Defend the Guard, National Guard deployments, COVID-era overreach, red tape, food shelves, local community action, and why state programs often create the incentives they claim to fix. TJ for Minnesota — Independent Candidate
Chapters
- TJ Hawthorne returns to GML
- Why the race opened up
- Running independent without dropping liberty
- A heads-up race in MN 44B
- Defend the Guard and war powers
- The biggest issues in TJ's platform
- Family court and incentives
- What Defend the Guard means
- Emergency powers and COVID overreach
- Red tape, state boards, and entrepreneurs
- Licensing as the one liberty change
- How to find TJ's campaign
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