--- title: Minnesota Politician Bans Bachelor Arie Luyendyk From State description: A Minnesota state representative has drafted a bill to keep 'The Bachelor''s Arie Luyendyk, Jr., out of his state. canonical: https://time.com/5191728/the-bachelor-finale-arie-luyendyk-jr-banned-from-minnesota/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-08T19:24:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:18.737Z og:title: Minnesota Politician Wants to Ban Bachelor Star From His State og:description: Drew Christensen is not having it og:url: https://time.com/5191728/the-bachelor-finale-arie-luyendyk-jr-banned-from-minnesota/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd085a13e5a3a7338/69892a3a096a947d256a1c51/bachelor-arie-luyendyk-jr-banned-from-minnesota-bill.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Arie Luyendyk Visits "Extra" og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Minnesota Politician Wants to Ban Bachelor Star From His State twitter:description: Drew Christensen is not having it twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd085a13e5a3a7338/69892a3a096a947d256a1c51/bachelor-arie-luyendyk-jr-banned-from-minnesota-bill.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Politician Wants Bachelor Arie Luyendyk Jr. Banned From the State. 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(Photo by Noel Vasquez/Getty Images)Noel Vasquez—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 8, 2018 7:24 PM UTC A Minnesota politician wants to ban _The Bachelor’s_ [Arie Luyendyk, Jr.](http://time.com/5187731/the-bachelor-finale-arie-proposes-becca-revenge/) from his state after [Arie broke up with his constituent](http://time.com/5186941/the-bachelor-recap-finale-arie-lauren-becca/?iid=sr-link1), Minnesota native Becca Kufrin during the show’s drama-filled finale. Arie’s decision to dump his fiancée for the runner-up on television did little to endear him to fans, some of whom were so enraged that they paid for [many billboards, Mildred Hayes style, to call out Arie](http://time.com/5190148/anti-arie-billboards-the-bachelor-finale/) for his heartless actions. However, Minnesota state representative Drew Christensen upped the ante by drafting a bill that would ban Arie from the state of Minnesota if it goes through. On Monday night, after Arie’s breakup with Becca aired during _The Bachelor_ finale, Christensen took to his Twitter where he told his followers that he would write a bill banning Arie from Minnesota if he got a thousand retweets. As might be expected, social media rose to the challenge, with the tweet receiving over 11,000 retweets as of Thursday. > [](https://twitter.com/RepChristensen/status/970881225316499456) Christensen kept his promise, taking to Twitter once again on Wednesday night to share a photo of the bill that he drafted. The bill reads: The state of Minnesota hereby adopts a policy of zero tolerance of Arie Luyendyk Jr. from season 22 of _The Bachelor_. 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. > [](https://twitter.com/RepChristensen/status/971547815066460160) Whether or not the bill has a shot, a note to the wise: Only those who are here for the right reasons are welcome in Minnesota. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5191728/the-bachelor-finale-arie-luyendyk-jr-banned-from-minnesota/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5191728/the-bachelor-finale-arie-luyendyk-jr-banned-from-minnesota/"},"headline":"This Politician Wants Bachelor Arie Luyendyk Jr. Banned From the State. 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