Minnesota House Speaker & Republican gubernatorial candidate Lisa Demuth refuses to rule out a pardon for Derek Chauvin

[Miles Archer]

Aaron Rupar

‪@atrupar.com‬
Minnesota House Speaker and Republican gubernatorial candidate Lisa Demuth refuses to rule out a pardon for Derek Chauvin: "There's a lot that goes into any type of pardon decision"

Minnesota House Speaker and Republican gubernatorial candidate Lisa Demuth refuses to rule out a pardon for Derek Chauvin: "There's a lot that goes into any type of pardon decision"

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-06-02T17:00:44.006Z

[Kid Berwyn]

1. She sounds Reich Ready!

Ask Zoya Code about Chauvin.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

2. That is not a unilateral power in Minnesota. Chief justice and AG have to agree to it, AFTER the case moves through

a clemency review commission.

[2naSalit]

3. Oh boy!

[MineralMan]

4. She just doomed herself.

First, she didn't get the GOP endorsement. Second, that idea is getting slammed today across the board in Minnesota. Too many Republicans oppose such a pardon. The GOP had a "moment of silence" for Derek Chauvin at the convention and are getting slammed in the press today over it. It has pissed off a LOT of Minnesota Republicans.

Amy Klobuchar will be the Governor. The idiot who got the endorsement is a MAGA asshole, and we're done with them in MN.