{"id":2228207,"date":"2024-04-23T14:18:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T18:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-democrats-senate-majority-in-peril-after-lawmaker-arrested-for-burglary\/"},"modified":"2024-04-23T14:20:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T18:20:37","slug":"minnesota-democrats-senate-majority-in-peril-after-lawmaker-arrested-for-burglary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-democrats-senate-majority-in-peril-after-lawmaker-arrested-for-burglary\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Democrats Face Senate Majority Threat Due to Legislator&#8217;s Burglary Arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fminnesota-democrats-senate-majority-in-peril-after-lawmaker-arrested-for-burglary%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2228207&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary encompasses the arrest of Democratic Minnesota State Senator \u200cNicole Mitchell, highlighting the\u2063 potential \u2062threat\u200d to the Democrats&#8217; one-seat majority\u2064 in the Minnesota Senate. Mitchell&#8217;s\u2062 alleged involvement in a first<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ariz-prison-escapees-recaptured-after-manhunt\/\" title=\"Ariz. prison escapees recaptured after manhunt\">-degree burglary<\/a> incident poses implications for\u2063 her \u2064political standing. Your \u2062provided summary effectively encapsulates the key points \u2063regarding \u200dthe arrest of Democratic Minnesota \u2062State Senator Nicole Mitchell and the potential risks it poses\u2063 to the \u2063Democrats&#8217;\u200b slim majority in the Minnesota Senate. Mitchell&#8217;s alleged connection \u200cto a first-degree burglary case could \u2062significantly\u200d impact her political career.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tMinnesota <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/waffle-arizona-house-speaker-claims-they-cant-enforce-constitution-wont-commit-to-calling-legislative-hearing\/\" title=\"WAFFLE: Arizona House Speaker Claims They Can\u2019t Enforce Constitution, Won\u2019t Commit To Calling Legislative Hearing\">state senator<\/a> Nicole Mitchell (Twitter)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Democratic state senator Nicole Mitchell (Minn.) was arrested on Monday and charged with first-degree burglary, jeopardizing Democrats\u2019 one-seat majority in the Minnesota Senate. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The state senator, dressed in all black, allegedly snuck into and took items from the residence of her stepmother, who made a 911 call at around 4:45 a.m. on Monday. Detroit Lakes, Minn., police arrested Mitchell in the basement of the house, and she has since been held in jail on a charge of first-degree burglary, <\/span><i><span>The Hill<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/state-watch\/4615108-minnesota-state-senator-arrested-burglary-charge\/\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The stepmother had reportedly cut off contact with Mitchell after Mitchell\u2019s father passed away last month, according to a complaint shared with <\/span><i><span>The Hill<\/span><\/i><span>. &#8220;I was just trying to get a couple of my dad\u2019s things because you wouldn\u2019t talk to me anymore,&#8221; the 49-year-old Democrat told her stepmother as she was being taken into custody.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Clearly I\u2019m not good at this,&#8221; Mitchell said during the arrest, adding, &#8220;I know I did something bad.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Mitchell&#8217;s arrest comes as a blow to Minnesota Democrats, who hold a slim one-seat majority in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ca-governor-breaks-his-own-covid-rules-to-eat-fancy-french-food\/\" title=\"Ca. Governor Breaks His Own COVID Rules To Eat Fancy French Food\">state\u2019<\/a>s Senate. With four weeks of the session remaining after the Passover break, her absence could pose challenges for the Democrats in passing their legislative agenda.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Mitchell, a lieutenant colonel in the Air National Guard and a former meteorologist, was elected to the Minnesota Senate in 2022. <\/span>\t<\/p>\n<p><span>Republican State Senate minority leader Mark Johnson condemned the state senator\u2019s alleged burglary attempt. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;The public expects Legislators to meet a high standard of conduct. As information comes out, we expect the consequences to meet the actions, both in the court of law, and in her role at the legislature,&#8221; Johnson said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Minnesota State Senator Nicole Mitchell Arrested for First-Degree Burglary, Posing Threat to Senate Majority. Mitchell, reportedly clad in black, allegedly entered her stepmother&#8217;s home and took items, leading to potential implications for the Democrats&#8217; one-seat edge in the Minnesota Senate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2807,"featured_media":2228208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screen-Shot-2024-04-23-at-1.45.16-PM.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2228207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screen-Shot-2024-04-23-at-1.45.16-PM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2807"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2228207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2228208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2228207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2228207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2228207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}