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By now, even if you're not a resident of Bachelor Nation, you've probably heard about Arie Luyendyk—the gym sock of a Bachelor who proposed to one woman (Becca Kufrin), revoked that proposal while a camera crew filmed it, and then went back into the arms of the runner-up, Lauren Burnham. It was a dumpster fire ending to a boring-ass season, and the 30 minutes of "raw," "unedited" breakup footage really ticked off everyone watching at home—including Minnesota state representative Drew Christensen."I'm really not a Bachelor-watcher normally. But both my wife and I decided to tune in because of the local connection," the 27-year-old Republican told the Twin Cities Pioneer Press. "I thought [the filmed breakup] was a little much."While hordes of people Venmo-ed Kufrin booze donations for being dumped on national TV, Christensen decided to pursue legal action to defend Kufrin, a native Minnesotan who also went to his high school. On Monday, after part one of The Bachelor finale aired, Christensen took to Twitter to tout his idea for a new bill.
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Christensen told the Pioneer Press that the whole thing is really just a "tongue-in-cheek" attempt at drumming up Minnesotan pride after one of the state's own endured a brutal, public breakup. He readily admits that he doesn't think the thing will pass."I am drafting a bill," he told the Pioneer Press. "I don’t think it would be actually be Constitutional for that to happen."But sure enough, by Tuesday evening, Christensen had the goods.
"The state of Minnesota hereby adopts a policy of zero tolerance of Arie Luyendyk Jr. from season 22 of The Bachelor," the bill reads. "It is state policy that every person in the state has a right to live free from the presence of Arie Luyendyk Jr. in the state."The bill seems like it might be a little much, considering that everyone involved in the saga seems cool about it now—Luyendyk and Burnham are engaged, and Kufrin is going to go back on the show that publicly humiliated her to become the next Bachelorette. And with the happy couple setting up camp in Arizona and talking about eloping, it doesn't seem like Luyendyk would be too miffed at never being able to return to Minnesota again. It looks like the two lovebirds are doing just fine after putting the show behind them.
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