Minnesota GOP Faces Backlash Over Chauvin Moment at Convention

The Minnesota Republican party held a roughly 10-second moment of silence for Derek Chauvin, the former police officer convicted in George Floyd’s murder, at its Duluth convention, drawing sharp criticism from Attorney General Keith Ellison who called the gesture cruel and disrespectful to Floyd’s family and to law enforcement. Chauvin’s ongoing legal status—serving sentences for murder and civil rights violations with exhausted appeals—frames the controversy amid broader debates over policing and how Floyd’s death is commemorated in politics.