Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is once again sounding the alarm about Republicans and President Donald Trump, this time openly suggesting that the GOP intends to steal the 2026 midterm elections and urging left-wing activists to be prepared to take to the streets in response.
According to Gateway Pundit, Ellison made the remarks during an appearance with far-left podcaster Dean Obeidallah, where he framed Republicans as election cheats and cast doubt on the integrity of a vote that has not yet occurred. This is not the rhetoric of an anonymous activist on social media; it is coming from the states top law enforcement officer, a man entrusted with upholding the rule of law, not undermining public confidence in it.
In a partial transcript highlighted by the Western Lensman, Ellison claims that Republicans intend to cheat in the midterms and insists that people should be ready to protest, take to the streets. He warned his audience, Dont act like, oh, they couldnt mean that. They mean itSo be ready to get your dukes up.
Ellison attempted to wrap his call in the language of civics, saying, Im one who believes in peaceful protest, First Amendment. Yet he immediately escalated the stakes, adding, But if they try to take our vote away, we should absolutely be in the street. And Ill be right out there with everybody else.
In other words, the sitting Minnesota attorney general is preemptively casting doubt on the legitimacy of an election and signaling support for mass street mobilization if the left does not like the outcome. For a party that has spent years decrying election denialism, this kind of rhetoric from a statewide Democrat official exposes a glaring double standard.
Ellison is also fighting to keep his own job, and his record shows a pattern of using the attorney generals office as a political weapon against President Trump and conservative policy. CBS News reported: Ellison says his office is a major force in battling the Trump Administration. Ellison has filed more than 73 lawsuits against the president, keeping $7.3 billion flowing into Minnesota.
Those lawsuits, CBS noted, include actions against SNAP and Medicaid cuts, against clean energy cuts, against cutting the Department of Education, against cuts in medical research, for transgender rights and against the Trump tariffs. His opponent, Jim Schultz, has criticized these cases as theater, questioning whether they truly serve ordinary Minnesotans rather than progressive interest groups.
Ellison defended his litigation spree by insisting, Every lawsuit that we file has to pass two criteria. One, it has to affect Minnesota, and then two, it has to hurt Minnesotans, and it has to be illegal. Obviously it has to be illegal. That is why we file these cases.
Schultz has countered that Ellisons claim that, as attorney general, he can meaningfully keep consumer prices low is simply preposterous. For many conservatives, Ellisons eagerness to delegitimize future elections while waging ideological lawfare against President Trump only underscores a broader reality: he does not represent mainstream Minnesota, but rather the priorities of the radical left.
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