What is Tim Walz — the Democratic nominee for Vice President — like up close? A Minnesota think-tank president describes Walz, who he has followed for years:
As an American, I am horrified at Walz’s selection. He is a small-minded, mean-spirited man…Walz’s character defects are considerable, but let’s leave it at this: he was largely responsible for the George Floyd riots that devastated Minneapolis and other cities, because he dithered for days rather than calling out the National Guard. By his own admission, he held off out of sympathy for the rioters’ cause. We are still living with the consequences.
Walz has a terrible record as governor. This post sums it up.
Under Walz, Minnesota became a high-crime state for the first time ever:
Under Walz, student achievement tumbled even as spending on schools skyrocketed:
Under Walz, per capita GDP in Minnesota fell below the national average, for the first time ever:
Under Walz, increases in energy costs have far outstripped the national average:
And under Walz, Minnesota has joined New York, California and Illinois as a state that people of all ages are fleeing
That is Tim Walz’s record….He is a far-left ideologue whose character includes not one redeeming quality. As an American, I am horrified at the thought of him being close to the seat of power.
Tim Walz’s administration turned a blind eye to a blatant $250 million fraud that ripped off taxpayers. Walz dramatically increased government spending in Minnesota, kept taxes high, and ran up one of the worst fiscal records in America. “I gave Tim Walz an ‘F’ on the 2022 Cato Governors Report Card. Big taxer and spender,” says economist Chris Edwards.
The man tapped by Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to write Minnesota’s ethnic studies curriculum called for the “overthrow” of the United States, because he says it is “irreversibly racist”, reports the National Review.
Alpha News reports that this man, Brian Lozenski, said, “You can’t be a critical race theorist and be pro-U.S. … and that’s why I’m a critical race theorist.”
Erika Sanzi of Parents Defending Education notes that Lozenski “is the person appointed by Tim Walz to draft the framework for the ethnic studies program that all MN schools must offer per state law….they are slow-rolling it now and missing deadlines so it won’t become public before the election.” Minnesota State Representative Walter Hudson says, “Tim Walz and the [Democratic legislature] enacted legislation mandating these ideas to be taught to Minnesota children. Teacher licensing standards have been modified to screen for compliance with radical ideology.”
Another commentator adds, “Walz’s DEI, CRT education appointee for Minnesota’s curriculum on ethnic studies advocates for insurrection against the U.S. in the name of overthrowing racism. The same argument was used to burn, loot and kill in 2020 by BLM-Antifa extremists.”
Tim Walz also helped create an atmosphere of lawlessness in Minneapolis by refusing to deploy the National Guard for days in response to deadly riots, even after the Democratic mayor of Minneapolis begged him to send in the National Guard to end the rioting. Mayor Jacob Frey described how “Gov. Tim Walz failed to take his requests for help seriously until it was too late….Frey said that Walz hesitated to send in the National Guard to quell the growing violence and then blamed him for allowing the city to burn.” The riots caused more than $500 million in damage in Minneapolis and St. Paul and “burned over 1,000 businesses and a police station to the ground.”
Carjackings in Minnesota jumped by 548% in Minneapolis under Tim Walz, reports Newsweek. The increase was due in large part to left-wing policies backed by Tim Walz.
