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Ron Latz

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Ron Latz is a Minnesota state senator and attorney. He has served in both chambers of the Minnesota Legislature.

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What DI has documented

DI has documented statements by Ron Latz on 2026 Midterm Elections, Antisemitism, and Media, among other topics. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.

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Statements by Ron Latz

Portrait of Ron Latz

Ron Latz

Role at the time: Minnesota state senator and chair of the Senate judiciary and public safety committee

Condemned

Statement summary

Latz condemns giving Piker a platform and tolerating those who do.

“It is unacceptable to give this purveyor of hate speech a platform to spread his hateful messages. It is also unacceptable to tolerate those who give him the platform to do it.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Minnesota Democrats criticize the Piker invitationStatements from Frey, McCollum, Simon, Latz and other DFL officials
Why we used this label

Relative to the invitation to Piker, Latz explicitly condemns both platforming him and tolerating the organizers' decision.

Read statementIlhan Omar's campaign defends Hasan Piker event as Angie Craig and Jacob Frey object

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