The House Majority Whip spent the week talking about Minnesota fraud — "as high as nine billion dollars," he said on TV. He said nothing about the $1.776 billion DOJ fund his own party spent the week trying to kill.

The most expensive House primary in U.S. history removed Thomas Massie this week. The morning after, Whip Tom Emmer called it proof Trump's endorsement "matters" — without saying Massie's name.

Tonight in Blaine: Judicial Watch and MN Voters Alliance announce a new joint Minnesota project at the Mermaid in Mounds View. The same week the EIN publicly demands Speaker Johnson attach the SAVE America Act to every bill Congress moves. mn06watch.substack.com/p/tonight-in...

NEW: On May 14, EIN published a 116-page handbook of model election laws. Three days later, they demanded "every provision" of the SAVE America Act be attached to every bill. The bill has none of the handbook's safeguards. mn06watch.com/articles/handbook-vs-save-america/

On Sunday night, Minnesota's Legislature passed a bipartisan tax bill 126-8 in a tied 67-67 House. Co-authored by a Republican. On Monday morning, Tom Emmer tweeted that "Walz and the DFL blocked tax relief." The tweet has 1 true point. And 3 misleading frames. 👇

2010: Tom Emmer concedes the MN governor's race "proud to have brought a message of limited government and fiscal responsibility to Minnesotans." 2025: As Whip, he counted the votes for a $5 trillion debt ceiling lift — the largest in U.S. history. 20 years of receipts. ↓

Tuesday: the President said he doesn't think about Americans' financial situation. Not even a little bit. Wednesday: the Speaker said members of Congress need to trade stocks to take care of their families. The Majority Whip stood behind him, arms crossed.

Rep. Tom Emmer's office produced three written accounts of the same May 7 law enforcement roundtable in Blaine. The official press release says one thing. The constituent newsletter says another. The tweet says a third. Today's MN-06 Daily: mn06watch.substack.com/p/three-docu...

"That's affordability in action." — @GOPMajorityWhip, Nov 19, 2025 "That's the biggest BS word I've ever seen." — Tom Emmer, May 2, 2026 165 days apart. Same office. Different president. Full piece: mn06watch.substack.com/p/rvr-14-the...

Tom Emmer thanked teachers this morning. His 14-month record: → March 2025: Cheered Trump's order to dismantle the Department of Education → May 2025: Led the letter to defund it → July 2025: Voted YES on H.R. 1, $350B in education cuts Two posts in 14 months. The receipts:

"What I don't see, what I don't hear doesn't exist." — Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN-06), House Majority Whip Twin Cities News Talk, May 6, 2026 A few things he hasn't seen lately. ↓

May the 4th be with you. 🌟 A 4-byline weekend in the books: 🟡 Reformer audit 🟡 Two Registers 🟡 Follow the Money #2 🟡 Access Press Day 999 since Emmer's last in-person town hall. Tomorrow: 1,000.

Tom Emmer's office: "$9.2M in Q1 fundraising." The FEC filing two days later: $1.0M. Same Whip, same quarter. The gap is a structure — three committees, 51 affiliated campaigns, and one job application written in receipts. Full breakdown: mn06watch.com/articles/follow-the-money-q1-2026/

Today: Emmer's official taxpayer-funded newsletter calls Walz "tyrannical." His @GOPMajorityWhip account calls him a "self-professed knucklehead." Same target. Same day. Two voices. mn06watch.substack.com/p/two-regist...

Whip Tom Emmer celebrated attaching his ban on a hypothetical surveillance tool to a bill extending a real one. Then he voted Yea to extend the real one for three more years. Today's MN-06 Daily.

Yesterday on Fox 9, Rep. Emmer told Minnesotans to "watch the rhetoric." Today, his official press release thanked DOJ "for taking action against Somali fraudsters." A 12-month audit has him using that exact phrase 26 prior times. Today is the 27th.

Rep. Tom Emmer was in the WHCD ballroom Saturday. Monday on Fox 9: "we all have to do a better job of watching the rhetoric that drives these sort of things." Today MN-06 Watch published a 90-day audit of 122,106 congressional posts on X. The findings ↓

I got to be a guest on the new episode of The Politics Chicks that just dropped. We talked about the origins of MN06Watch, my philosophy when putting posts together, and we spent real time on the SAVE Act — what people think it does vs. what it actually does.

No RvR today. After last night, taking a beat. Political violence — against journalists, against officials, against anyone — is not normal, and shouldn't be treated like it is. Back next Sunday.

Tom Emmer on Fox Business: Republicans will "save the day" on DHS. Day 70. The bill to reopen 94% of DHS has sat in the House since March 27. The $10B OBBBA bridge fund? Down to $1.4B. Because Trump's memo spent it on employees the bill would have covered. mn06watch.substack.com/p/saved-the-...

Today, Tom Emmer tweeted 7 times that Democrats are the party of FRAUD. On Tuesday, he called Ilhan Omar's $30M disclosure revision a "multibillion-dollar correction." Same day, a federal lawsuit in California used a number closer to the one he said out loud. It wasn't filed against a Democrat.

Rep. Tom Emmer, on KNSI yesterday: "If you want to be in Somalia, get the hell out of here and go back to Somalia." He represents MN-06. Thousands of his constituents are Somali-American. Today's Daily documents the 48-hour tonal ladder. mn06watch.substack.com/p/go-back-to...

Rep. Emmer attacked Osseo schools today for adding a prayer room + foot-washing stations, invoking "Somali gang violence" with no cited incident. Then we looked at where Emmer went to school.

Tom Emmer has raised $38M this cycle as House Majority Whip. The DHS shutdown is on Day 65. The Whip's job is to marshal support for party positions. To marshal support for a position, you need one. Rhetoric vs. Reality #13 → mn06watch.substack.com/p/rvr-13-the...

April 16, Rep. Emmer voted YES on a non-binding resolution celebrating "tax policies that support working families." Same day, he voted NO on letting 350k Haitian working families keep the legal status that lets them pay $1.56B/year in U.S. taxes. Today's daily mn06watch.substack.com/p/working-fa...

NEW: Emmer on national radio today — called Spanberger "Timmy Walz in a dress," the press "libtards," the left "a rabid animal." 23 min on air. Zero mentions of FISA, DHS, or the war. Full transcript + votes: mn06watch.substack.com/p/timmy-walz-in-a-dress

Tax Day. Emmer celebrated the tax cuts — 15 tweets, 2 TV hits, 1 op-ed. Zero mentions of the $39T national debt. In 2016 he called $19T "reckless." The law he whipped adds $4.7T more. His own words, his own record: mn06watch.substack.com/p/the-19-tri...

Congress returned today. Day 60 of the DHS shutdown. Emmer spent his first day back posting 7 endorsements for candidates in 6 other states. Same template. Same language. 0 mentions of MN-06. Meanwhile, in Blaine tonight…

Emmer raised $9.2M in Q1 2026. Same quarter the DHS shutdown began and TSA workers missed paychecks. Today he posted 6 tweets about Tax Day. Zero about Day 59 of the shutdown. FEC filings drop Wednesday. mn06watch.substack.com/p/92-million...

“We have a state-based elections system. It is going to remain that way.” — Tom Emmer, in a national TV ad. He also cosponsored a bill to defund Minnesota’s election security. Both are true at the same time. RvR #12 → mn06watch.substack.com/p/rvr-12-who...

Congress returns Monday to a full plate — record DHS shutdown, a second reconciliation push with a June 1 deadline, and a legislative window that's closing fast. Here's the preview: mn06watch.substack.com/p/recess-is-...

For the record: what Rep. Emmer was saying publicly last week before the recess. "Our president didn't start this war. He's finishing it." — Fox News, April 4

MN-06 Watch extends condolences to Rep. Emmer and his family. The House is on recess. The district keeps moving. Today: Westwood Elementary arson, No Kings rallies, the full 2026 candidate field, and a district-wide community calendar. mn06watch.substack.com/p/while-congress-is-away

Tom Emmer called the filibuster "a joke" on April 2. In 2021, he listed eliminating it as "dangerous far-left legislation." Same man. Same rule. He also demanded Ellison "go to jail" while saying nothing about his ally Hudson — found armed and impaired. mn06watch.substack.com/p/accountabi...

NEW: "The regime has to go." Emmer on CNBC this morning. Trump addresses the nation tonight. Oil above $100. Gas hits $3.51 in MN — up 26%. His star fraud witness found armed & impaired in a DWI stop. Emmer has said nothing. Full daily: mn06watch.substack.com/p/lift-off

Day 45. Longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Congress is on vacation. Emmer tweeted about hockey. 100,000+ Minnesotans rallied at the Capitol. He said nothing. MN-06 Daily: "Recess" mn06watch.substack.com/p/recess

RvR #10: "The Gambit" 42 days. 14 shows. 1 script. 0 negotiations. Emmer called it "defund the police." Then the Senate unanimously adopted that exact position — and Thune admitted they knew. The receipts are all his own words. mn06watch.substack.com/p/the-gambit

House passed DHS funding a third time. Senate blocked it. Day 40. Emmer whipped the vote, blamed Democrats, promoted the Sharia-Free America Caucus he belongs to, echoed Trump calling Walz and Ellison "dirty, CROOKED politicians." Iran Day 27: 0 mentions. MN-06: 0. 960 days, no town hall.

Today from Rep. Emmer: a press conference blaming Democrats for not showing up. Today from MN-06 Watch: we sent five questions to every MN-06 candidate. Two responded — one Republican @mikefoley4real.bsky.social , one DFL @chapinforcongress.bsky.social.

We sent every declared candidate for MN-06 the same five questions. Two challengers responded in full. The incumbent didn't. New from MN-06 Watch: Their answers — unedited, in their own words. @chapinforcongress.bsky.social @mikefoley4real.bsky.social mn06watch.substack.com/p/who-wants-...

Day 39 of the DHS shutdown. A deal that would have paid TSA workers collapsed — Trump killed it Sunday, Dems rejected the Tuesday version. Tom Emmer tweeted that veterans deserve their pay. He has tweeted that for 39 days. mn06watch.substack.com/p/the-deal-t...

Rep. Emmer told WCCO constituents that gas was "a buck and a half, two bucks more" under Biden than today. AAA's national average: $3.95 — above Biden's 2024 peak of ~$3.67. Trump's own EIA projects prices stay above $3 through 2027. mn06watch.substack.com/p/short-dura...

80% of Americans support voter ID. 28% support the SAVE Act once they know what's in it. Same pollster, same week, March 2026. That gap isn't ideology. It's implementation.

RvR #9: For 36 days Emmer called the DHS shutdown "cruel." Republicans blocked 9 proposals to pay TSA workers. On a St. Cloud radio station — not Fox, not a podium — he named the price: bundle the SAVE Act, pass both with 51 votes. 28% public support. No compliance funding. ~49,000 MN-06 voters.

You're an election judge. A voter walks up. Under the SAVE Act, accepting them risks 5 years in federal prison. Rejecting them risks nothing. Five scenarios. Every voter is a U.S. citizen. You make the call. mn06watch.com/articles/save-act-judge/

Emmer stood in Monticello today calling federal highway investment "vital to Minnesota communities." In 2021 he voted against the law that made it possible. Called it a "socialist wish list." That law sent $4.8B to Minnesota. He's claimed $100M+ in credit since.

Today Tom Emmer voted on lead ammo, police dogs, and welfare fraud. Zero votes to fund DHS. Day 33. 951 days without a town hall. The to-do list tells the whole story. 🧵

He walked through a TSA line today. Agents told him they've lost faith in the government. He tweeted it. Then Congress left for Easter recess. The bill to fund TSA without ICE/CBP — Sen. Murray's offer — was blocked by Republicans 6+ times. One of the blockers: Emmer's own SCAM Act co-sponsor.

Rep. Emmer went on Fox News this morning and used the word "reasonable" three times. Suspend the filibuster (for Republican votes only). Gas surge = "Arab Spring" (lasted years). "3-to-5 hour airport waits" (MSP: 5 minutes).

Tom Emmer called Trump "the ultimate negotiator and the ultimate peacemaker" last Tuesday. That same week, a senator walked out of a classified briefing and said the war's objectives had shifted 4-5 times in 4 days. One describes a foreign policy. 🧵