Minnesota Lawmaker Appears Topless in Senate Zoom Meeting

A Republican lawmaker in Minnesota appeared without a shirt during a Zoom meeting of
the Minnesota Office of the Legislative Auditor on Monday, May 1.

During a roll call, Sen. Calvin Bahr, who attended the meeting remotely, appeared shirtless on screen against an image from “I’m Just a Bill”, a segment from a 1970s children’s animated show called Schoolhouse Rock! that explains how a bill becomes law in the United States.

Bahr’s office had not remarked on the incident at the time of publication. Credit: Minnesota State Legislature via Storyful

Video transcript

LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR: Representative Hansen?

RICK HANSEN: Yes.

LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR: Representative Anderson?

PATRICIA ANDERSON: Yes.

LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR: Senator Bahr?

CALVIN BAHR: Yes.

LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR: Senator Dibble?

SCOTT DIBBLE: Yes.

LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR: Representative Hansen?

RICK HANSEN: Yes.

LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR: Representative Anderson?

PATRICIA ANDERSON: Yes.

LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR: Senator Bahr?

CALVIN BAHR: Yes.

LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR: Senator Dibble?

SCOTT DIBBLE: Yes.

LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR: Representative Hansen?

RICK HANSEN: Yes.

LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR: Representative Anderson?

PATRICIA ANDERSON: Yes.

LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR: Senator Bahr?

CALVIN BAHR: Yes.

LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR: Senator Dibble?

SCOTT DIBBLE: Yes.

LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR: Representative Hansen?

RICK HANSEN: Yes.

LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR: Representative Anderson?

PATRICIA ANDERSON: Yes.

LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR: Senator Bahr?

CALVIN BAHR: Yes.

LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR: Senator Dibble?

SCOTT DIBBLE: Yes.

LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR: Representative Hansen?

RICK HANSEN: Yes.

LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR: Representative Anderson?

PATRICIA ANDERSON: Yes.

LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR: Senator Bahr?

CALVIN BAHR: Yes

LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR: Senator Dibble?

SCOTT DIBBLE: Yes.