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
Original reporting quotes officials about the planned Minnesota event. Allegations about Piker's earlier remarks are attributed to the speakers.
Why we used this label
Relative to the invitation to Piker, Latz explicitly condemns both platforming him and tolerating the organizers' decision.