By conventional metrics, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has compiled a poor record in office. Even the conventional metrics, though, do not begin to convey the scale of Walz’s era of misrule. He presided over the George Floyd riots that devastated the Twin Cities. To paraphrase JFK, there are many people in the world who really don’t understand, or say they don’t, what is the great issue between the free world and progressive dystopia. Let them come to Minnesota!
I have lived in Minnesota nearly all my life and in the the Twin Cities for all but a few years of my adult life. As a lifelong resident of Minnesota, the most appalling dereliction of a public official I have ever seen was Governor Walz’s performance during the George Floyd riots.
The riots did at least $500 million in property damage to the Twin Cities and the damage they did persists. In October 2020 the Minnesota state senate released a report on the government response to the riots. It is still worth reading. Indeed, now that Walz bids to become vice president of the United States it is must reading.
Walz of course shifts the responsibility for his own contribution to the damage. That is his approach to every mistake, disaster, and catastrophe over which he has presided. He has deflected blame like Joe Isuzu sold cars.
In this case Walz blames Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey. Frey blames Walz. One might guess that they are both right, but even this NBC News story strongly suggests — shocker — the dereliction was that of Walz.
The linked NBC News story quotes Walz’s current statement responding to questions of responsibility: “It is what it is and I simply believe that we tried to do the best we can in each of those [Minneapolis and St. Paul situations].”
In fact, he may have done his best. If he did his best, he was constrained by the stupidity of the progressive views he sought to embody. His “best” is the problem. The senate report puts it this way: “Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and elected local leaders identified with the causes promoted by the demonstrators, causing them to lose sight of their responsibility to protect the public from criminal acts committed during the riots.”
The video below captures Walz’s musings during the riots: ““A society that does not put equity and inclusion at the center of it is certainly going to come to the places we are at.” He wanted us to know that the fault was ours.
Gov. Tim Walz's reaction the BLM riots:
"A society that does not put equity and inclusion first will come to this result"
This is who Kamala picked as her VP. pic.twitter.com/AOKkByahVg
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) August 6, 2024
