Defend The Guard Rally April 5, 2025 @ 11:00 am
Minnesota State CapitolSaint Paul, MN 55155
Join us for a one of a kind coalition event that is bringing the left, right, and center of Minnesota politics together. We will be inside the capitol building @ 11 AM; restrooms will be available.
Defend the guard legislation is about punching a hole in the military industrial complex and endless wars; we the people get to determine the fate of our national guard according to the constitution, not overbearing government officials.
Here is what we want to accomplish:
- Increase public awareness that the states and their voters have a role in deciding when our sons and daughters go to war.
- Pass “Defend the Guard” legislation in Minnesota to compel Congress, out of military necessity, to reassert its authority under the U.S. Constitution and take charge of when, where, and how our nation goes to war.
- Return to a constitutional foreign policy of a limited-government republic by bringing our troops home, ending our endless wars, and only using military force when required to protect the lives, liberty, and property of Americans.
2025 Rally Speakers
Founder and Chairman @TroopsHomeUS, Andrea’s Husband, Trump Delegate 2024 RNC, Veteran GWOT. BringOurTroopsHome.US is dedicated to ending American involvement in endless wars in the Middle East and bringing our troops home.
In 2004, Travis Johnson joined the Texas National Guard. By November of that year, he was preparing for deployment to the Middle East, and in January 2005 he was deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. While on deployment he realized how much he missed serving his country. He transferred back to active duty where he remained until 2018, when he retired as a Sergeant First Class and moved back to Minnesota.
Rebecca Whiting is an Army veteran who served two deployments to Iraq as a medic from 04-07. She currently lives in Bemidji, Minnesota, where she raises her family on her family farm, and is also the Chair of the Libertarian Party of Minnesota.
TC is the host of the Minnesota Black Robe Regiment podcast, a member of the Libertarian party, and is a strict Natural Rights adherent dedicated to liberty.
Nathan Wesenberg was elected to serve his first term in the Minnesota senate in 2022. Prior to serving his constituents, Nate was a trained wildlife biologist for the Department of Natural Resources. He has also spent time as a local organizer in Morrison County, working to connect conservatives within the community.
Charley is a US Navy veteran who served as a Corpsman (FMF) from 1998 to 2003. He has also served as the Political Director, Executive Committee member, Chair of the Libertarian Party of Minnesota.
Bob Seifert is a retired Green Beret. He was born and raised in west central Minnesota and joined the Army after high school. Bob spent 26 years in the military and is a combat veteran of the “War on Terror” in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Africa.
TJ is a US Navy Veteran with over two decades working within the military industrial complex. He was deceived like a lot of us and believed he was doing ‘the right thing’ for many years. Today, TJ is committed to real freedom and running for state representative in MN district 44B. Defend The Guard is TJ’s highest priority for Minnesota legislators.