The Matt Walsh Show - Scamala： Kamala Harris Unmasked ｜ Episode 4 - Walz of Shame

00:00:00.120 Skamala Harris has now selected her vice presidential candidate.

00:00:03.220 His name is Tim Walls, and he is one of the most radical governors in all of America.

00:00:12.820 Despite his seemingly humble beginnings, his career trajectory is littered with questionable decisions,

00:00:17.600 political opportunism, and increasingly radical campaigns.

00:00:20.760 Tim Walls was born on April 6, 1964, in West Point, Nebraska.

00:00:24.520 His dad worked as a public school administrator.

00:00:26.480 His mom was a community activist and homemaker.

00:00:29.160 Walls told Minnesota Public Radio they were certainly New Deal,

00:00:32.180 which is Walls' claim to being a born-and-bred Democrat.

00:00:35.120 According to The Independent, Walls' parents almost named him after President John F. Kennedy.

00:00:39.220 Walls shared, quote,

00:00:40.200 The tenuous connection with the Kennedys was just an early indicator that politics would be Tim Walls' life.

00:00:52.940 After high school, Walls joined the Army National Guard.

00:00:55.520 Concurrently, he pursued a career in education, earning a bachelor's degree,

00:00:58.560 from prestigious Chadron State College in 1989,

00:01:01.540 and a master's degree from Minnesota State University in 2001.

00:01:04.800 Walls taught high school geography and coached football.

00:01:07.120 He was an assistant coach, not a head coach, despite his latest attempts to play one on TV.

00:01:11.020 But what defined his career was his relentless pursuit of political advancement.

00:01:14.540 The first place he sought out that advancement appears to have been China.

00:01:18.180 Walls has been to China over 30 times.

00:01:20.400 Yes, you heard that correctly.

00:01:21.500 More than 30 visits to a country that is and has been no friend to the United States.

00:01:25.720 Walls' connection with China began in 1989, a pivotal year marked by the horrific Tiananmen Square Massacre.

00:01:30.780 While most Americans were recoiling from the brutality of the Chinese Communist Party,

00:01:34.600 Walls decided it was a perfect time to head on over to China to teach.

00:01:37.520 He even witnessed the aftermath of the protests firsthand.

00:01:40.200 Fast forward a few years, and he chose to go back to honeymoon in China with his wife, Glenn.

00:01:44.200 An odd place for a honeymoon, to be sure.

00:01:46.120 But then again, Bernie Sanders honeymooned in the Soviet Union.

00:01:48.400 But wait, there's more.

00:01:50.200 Walls and his wife started a company, Educational Travel Adventures,

00:01:52.980 specifically to take high school students from Mankato, Minnesota, on trips to China every summer.

00:01:58.320 These trips, it turns out, were at least partially funded by the Chinese regime.

00:02:01.940 What did China expect in return for this generosity?

00:02:04.560 No one knows, but the CCP isn't exactly famous for being giving and open-hearted.

00:02:09.240 Walls' interactions in China didn't go unnoticed.

00:02:11.200 It's almost certain in the Ministry of State Security, China's powerful secret police vetted him.

00:02:14.500 There's no hard evidence, of course, to suggest that Walls was directly involved with Chinese intelligence,

00:02:19.100 but the very nature of his extensive travel and engagement with Chinese officials warrants some scrutiny.

00:02:24.260 Another questionable life choice occurred when Walls,

00:02:26.080 then a 31-year-old high school teacher and assistant football coach,

00:02:29.100 an example for the children of Mankato West High School,

00:02:31.600 was arrested for driving under the influence in Nebraska.

00:02:34.500 Walls was pulled over for speeding, clocked at 96 miles per hour in a 55 mile per hour zone.

00:02:38.920 According to the police report,

00:02:39.980 the arresting officer detected a strong odor of alcohol on Walls' breath and person.

00:02:43.680 Walls subsequently failed both a field sobriety test and a breathalyzer,

00:02:47.280 leading to his arrest and subsequent guilty plea in 1996.

00:02:50.660 During Tim Walls' 2006 campaign for Congress,

00:02:53.380 his campaign manager, Kerry Greeley,

00:02:55.060 attempted to address the resurfacing of that 1995 DUI.

00:02:58.680 Greeley asserted Walls was not actually drunk at the time of the arrest.

00:03:02.100 She attributed the incident to a misunderstanding,

00:03:04.220 partly due to Walls' partial deafness,

00:03:06.860 which he suffered during his time in the National Guard.

00:03:08.840 Something about him being partially deaf

00:03:10.520 probably explained how he flunked the field sobriety and breathalyzer test,

00:03:14.200 clocking a 0.128% on the latter.

00:03:17.660 Even the end of Walls' National Guard service was shrouded in controversy.

00:03:20.940 According to the New York Post,

00:03:22.120 veterans have accused him of embellishing his military career

00:03:24.540 and abandoning his National Guard battalion.

00:03:26.840 That's because Walls retired ahead of his unit's 2005 deployment to Iraq.

00:03:30.540 According to retired command sergeants Major Thomas Behrens and Paul Herr,

00:03:33.500 Walls quit upon learning that his unit would be deployed to Iraq,

00:03:36.480 even after telling his fellow troops he would join them there.

00:03:38.520 According to Behrens and Herr, on May 16, 2005, Walls quit,

00:03:42.340 betraying his country, leaving the first 125th Field Artillery Battalion

00:03:46.080 and its soldiers hanging, without its senior non-commissioned officer

00:03:48.920 as the battalion prepared for war.

00:03:50.940 Here's Behrens explaining.

00:03:52.200 He abandoned us.

00:03:53.520 I mean, what the hell kind of leader does that?

00:03:55.640 I mean, he just, as soon as the shots were fired in Iraq,

00:03:58.540 he turned and ran the other way and hung his hat up and quit.

00:04:02.300 In Walls' official congressional biography, it simply states,

00:04:04.700 quote, Walls served overseas with his battalion in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

00:04:08.800 From a veteran's perspective, there is a big difference between serving overseas

00:04:11.800 in support of an operation versus in an operation.

00:04:15.480 Walls' biography is intentionally vague.

00:04:17.200 Veterans have been ringing the alarm bells ever since his 2006 run for Congress.

00:04:20.560 One video unearthed online shows a veteran confronting Walls' campaign staff

00:04:23.720 at his offices over the issue.

00:04:24.880 There's a huge difference between being deployed to a circle of face in Italy

00:04:30.000 and being in the combat zone.

00:04:32.240 I don't have to have to have fun.

00:04:33.300 Under current U.S. law, this could get the congressman probably thrown in jail

00:04:37.820 in violation of 2006 stolen ballot act.

00:04:40.940 None of this has stopped Walls from continuing to imply he served in combat.

00:04:43.980 Highest ranking enlisted soldier ever to serve in Congress.

00:04:47.480 Retired 24 years later as command sergeant major

00:04:50.320 and served with his battalion at Operating Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.

00:04:55.640 Having been one of those that came back, we were in support of OEF,

00:04:59.200 but being sitting in there with OEF, OIF veterans, when we came back,

00:05:02.420 they showed us the horse whisperer and told us to be nice when we went home.

00:05:05.880 This type of lie is typically known as stolen valor.

00:05:08.380 While the nature of his veteran status remained hazy

00:05:10.260 throughout his gubernatorial campaign and election,

00:05:12.020 his elevation to Kamala Harris' presidential ticket

00:05:14.440 has brought those allegations back to light.

00:05:16.680 Ironically enough, it was Kamala Harris' campaign account

00:05:18.680 that tweeted a video of Walls claiming to have carried weapons in war.

00:05:22.120 I've been voting for common sense legislation that protects the Second Amendment,

00:05:25.360 but we can do background checks, we can do CDC research,

00:05:27.980 we can make sure we don't have reciprocal carry among states,

00:05:30.660 and we can make sure that those weapons of war that I carried in war

00:05:33.460 is the only place where those weapons were at.

00:05:35.640 Even CNN understood the gravity of the stolen valor allegations.

00:05:38.200 There is no evidence that at any time Governor Walls was in a position of being shot at,

00:05:43.720 and some of his language could easily be seen to suggest that he was.

00:05:47.420 Immediately after abandoning his troops, Walls launched a run for Congress.

00:05:51.020 In fact, he was apparently considering a run for Congress

00:05:53.100 even during his last years in the National Guard.

00:05:55.400 In 2006, Walls formally entered the political arena.

00:05:58.240 He ran for the U.S. House of Representatives

00:05:59.660 from Minnesota's 1st Congressional District.

00:06:01.760 He narrowly defeated 6th-term Republican incumbent Gil Gutnacht.

00:06:05.200 His focus on veterans affairs, agriculture, education,

00:06:08.360 massed a more opportunistic approach to governance.

00:06:10.600 This administration took us to an unjustified war in Iraq

00:06:13.660 where our warriors are doing the best they can.

00:06:16.060 They are the best that's ever been fielded.

00:06:17.720 They left them there.

00:06:18.920 They do not support the VA on the back end,

00:06:21.160 and this country is no safer because of it.

00:06:23.160 We can do better.

00:06:24.120 I don't have to rebut or say anything.

00:06:25.940 I live that.

00:06:26.720 I, on a teacher's salary, understand what's happening.

00:06:29.060 When I coached football, these stands held about 3,000 people.

00:06:32.880 That's a lot.

00:06:34.000 It's also the number of American soldiers who have died fighting in Iraq.

00:06:37.600 Serving right now are kids that I taught, coached, and trained to be soldiers.

00:06:41.480 They deserve a plan for Iraq to govern itself so they can come home. 1.00

00:06:46.220 As a former high school teacher,

00:06:47.420 Walls made education a central plank of his 2006 campaign.

00:06:50.600 He argued for increased federal funding for public schools,

00:06:53.220 largely SOPs to the teachers' unions.

00:06:55.340 Tim Walls' time as U.S. representative was marked by a stance on positions

00:06:58.600 he would quickly abandon later upon becoming Minnesota governor.

00:07:01.440 He represented himself as a moderate, a supporter of gun rights,

00:07:03.960 the Keystone XL Pipeline, and Israel.

00:07:05.840 He also voted in favor of tighter vetting of refugees.

00:07:08.380 While Walls served on the House Committee on Veterans Affairs

00:07:10.620 and was a vocal proponent of veterans' rights,

00:07:12.640 VA whistleblowers reported that Walls' office

00:07:14.800 did not adequately support their efforts

00:07:16.700 to expose mismanagement and corruption within the VA.

00:07:19.980 Walls also gained a reputation for failures in his communication

00:07:22.460 and with his office's constituent services.

00:07:24.860 Reports of delayed responses and insufficient support

00:07:27.300 for constituents dealing with federal agencies

00:07:29.160 were recurrent themes during his tenure.

00:07:31.500 By 2017, Walls saw an opportunity to climb the political ladder higher.

00:07:34.900 Announcing his candidacy for governor of Minnesota,

00:07:36.720 his campaign capitalized on Governor Mark Dayton's decision

00:07:39.340 not to seek re-election.

00:07:40.920 The Democratic primary for governor was a battleground

00:07:42.900 with Walls facing formidable opponents

00:07:44.420 like State Representative Aaron Murphy

00:07:46.040 and Attorney General Lori Swanson.

00:07:48.060 Walls' campaign strategy was straightforward.

00:07:50.040 Win at any cost.

00:07:51.420 The cost was the abandonment of much of his centrist platform.

00:07:54.280 He suddenly shifted left on issues like gun control

00:07:56.480 and vetting of refugees.

00:07:57.520 Should Minnesotans be required by law 0.91

00:07:59.900 to show a valid ID to vote?

00:08:02.040 And should undocumented or illegal immigrants 1.00

00:08:04.560 be granted driver's licenses?

00:08:06.620 Tim Walls will just go around with that.

00:08:07.920 No and yes.

00:08:08.940 They should not have an ID to vote.

00:08:10.620 And yes, they should have driver's licenses.

00:08:12.480 So when Hope comes home after Parkland and says,

00:08:14.540 Dad, we have to do something,

00:08:16.200 this issue of the nation changing, the NRA changing,

00:08:20.100 and to be quite honestly,

00:08:21.820 the folks we're going to need to actually get this done,

00:08:24.700 responsible gun owners,

00:08:26.020 if we can't welcome them in when there's a change of heart,

00:08:29.220 if we can't welcome them in to make a difference

00:08:32.020 to actually get this done,

00:08:33.780 then it's simply advocacy and words.

00:08:35.780 He also endorsed a public option for health care

00:08:37.760 that would effectively undercut private insurance in the state.

00:08:40.300 He pushed vast spending initiatives on everything

00:08:42.080 from infrastructure to affordable housing.

00:08:44.220 He suggested a vast overhaul of the state's energy system

00:08:46.800 in order to stop climate change,

00:08:48.580 including extraordinary spending on wind,

00:08:50.660 solar, and other inefficient technologies.

00:08:52.800 There wasn't a spending initiative Walls didn't support.

00:08:54.740 This place is sacred to me.

00:08:56.600 It's sacred to Minnesotans.

00:08:58.060 As your governor, I will do nothing that puts at risk that sacred place,

00:09:02.580 but I will continue to praise, to build,

00:09:06.280 and to make sure that if we have the solutions

00:09:08.660 to build the clean energy economy,

00:09:11.220 we have the solution to create jobs,

00:09:13.260 I will stand there and make it happen.

00:09:15.400 Walls also began speaking loudly about social issues.

00:09:17.640 He pushed soft on crime policies, gun control,

00:09:20.160 LGBTQ plus minus divided by sign issues. 0.50

00:09:22.940 Walls secured the Democratic Farmer Labor nomination

00:09:24.980 with 41.6% of the vote.

00:09:27.260 In the general election, Walls faced Republican Jeff Johnson.

00:09:30.140 The race wasn't much of one.

00:09:31.520 Walls, unwilling to define himself clearly politically

00:09:33.420 and acting all things to all people,

00:09:35.320 won 53.9% of the vote.

00:09:37.320 It was as governor, however, that Walls' true leftism emerged.

00:09:40.620 On his very first day in office,

00:09:42.200 Walls signed an executive order establishing a DEI Council,

00:09:45.440 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion,

00:09:47.460 tasked with implementing DEI-focused initiatives

00:09:49.720 all across state agencies.

00:09:51.020 The council included representatives

00:09:52.900 from various state departments,

00:09:54.080 community organizations, and advocacy groups,

00:09:56.400 with a timeline aiming for quarterly reports

00:09:58.280 and a comprehensive action plan within the first year.

00:10:01.380 The DEI Council's mandate included conducting assessments

00:10:03.720 of current practices, identifying disparities,

00:10:06.100 and recommending policy changes

00:10:07.220 to promote equity and inclusion.

00:10:09.580 Equality of outcome.

00:10:10.780 This council also oversaw the implementation

00:10:12.580 of DEI-focused training programs for state employees

00:10:15.200 on issues related to diversity and unconscious bias.

00:10:19.240 Let's be clear about what this meant.

00:10:20.340 Tim Walls prioritized an agenda

00:10:21.960 that elevated identity politics over merit and competence.

00:10:25.160 This council enforced quotas and mandates,

00:10:26.900 leading to hiring practices

00:10:27.900 that emphasized demographic characteristics

00:10:30.060 rather than qualifications or experience.

00:10:32.640 Walls' first step in office

00:10:33.680 was a step toward division and DEI.

00:10:36.020 When the pandemic of 2020 hit,

00:10:37.640 Walls' instinct was to lock down.

00:10:39.460 Hard.

00:10:40.220 On March 13, 2020,

00:10:41.640 he declared a peacetime emergency,

00:10:42.980 then issued more than 100 executive orders,

00:10:45.280 ranging from stay-at-home mandates

00:10:46.500 to mask requirements to business closures.

00:10:48.260 The Minnesota economy plummeted into chaos.

00:10:50.820 According to the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce,

00:10:52.820 total non-farm employment fell by 416,000 jobs

00:10:55.940 in March and April,

00:10:56.820 an amount larger than the entirety

00:10:58.080 of North Dakota's workforce.

00:10:59.800 Unemployment spiked to 11% in May.

00:11:01.980 State GDP declined by nearly 30% in the second quarter.

00:11:04.940 Tens of thousands of businesses around the state

00:11:06.840 were forced to close their doors

00:11:07.920 and either pivot to remote operations

00:11:09.420 or temporarily close their business altogether.

00:11:12.100 Walls' administration faced criticism

00:11:13.640 for inconsistent messaging and execution of policies.

00:11:16.140 His decision to allow only outdoor dining

00:11:18.420 during certain phases of reopening

00:11:19.720 was met with confusion and frustration,

00:11:21.920 particularly as other states adopted

00:11:23.220 more direct and cohesive approaches.

00:11:25.160 The administration's handling of unemployment benefits

00:11:27.060 and aid distribution was slow and inefficient,

00:11:29.260 compounding the economic hardships

00:11:30.560 faced by many Minnesotans.

00:11:32.080 The $67.3 million in COVID-19 business relief payments

00:11:35.320 that Walls controlled were insufficient

00:11:37.340 and came too late to save too many local businesses.

00:11:40.120 One of the most contentious aspects

00:11:41.460 of Walls' pandemic response

00:11:42.800 was his handling of health and safety measures

00:11:44.680 in long-term care facilities.

00:11:46.460 Early on in the pandemic,

00:11:47.400 these facilities became hotspots for COVID-19 outbreaks,

00:11:50.240 leading to a significant number of deaths

00:11:51.600 among elderly residents.

00:11:53.080 The state's response was inadequate and slow,

00:11:55.320 failing to protect

00:11:56.000 the most vulnerable populations effectively.

00:11:58.280 This criticism was further fueled

00:11:59.740 by reports of insufficient PPE

00:12:01.340 and delayed testing in these facilities.

00:12:03.900 Additionally, Walls' administration

00:12:05.220 failed religious groups,

00:12:06.280 including the Minnesota Catholic bishops,

00:12:07.860 by placing limits on religious gatherings.

00:12:09.860 Those restrictions infringed on religious freedom

00:12:11.700 and were inconsistently applied

00:12:13.140 compared to other public gatherings in the state.

00:12:15.580 Walls' administration went to great lengths

00:12:17.140 to intrude on the privacy of his citizens

00:12:18.660 during the pandemic.

00:12:19.860 In March 2020,

00:12:20.920 Walls implemented a COVID-19 hotline,

00:12:22.920 which encouraged Minnesotans

00:12:24.100 to report violations of state lockdown orders.

00:12:26.360 The information you leave

00:12:27.420 is considered public information.

00:12:29.520 At the tone,

00:12:30.300 please leave the following information.

00:12:32.500 Your name,

00:12:33.780 your callback number,

00:12:35.340 how the stay-at-home order is being violated,

00:12:38.240 and where the stay-at-home order was violated.

00:12:40.800 Thank you.

00:12:42.400 This so-called snitch line

00:12:43.680 was operational from March 2020 until June 2022.

00:12:47.120 The hotline generated thousands of reports

00:12:48.800 from residents who reported their neighbors

00:12:50.380 for dangerous, scary activities

00:12:52.440 like walking their dogs,

00:12:53.840 playing basketball,

00:12:54.840 not wearing masks,

00:12:55.980 making non-essential purchases,

00:12:57.500 and hosting church services

00:12:58.460 that did not meet legal requirements

00:12:59.980 set by Walls' orders.

00:13:01.740 Today, of course,

00:13:02.340 Walls claims the essence of Minnesota Nice

00:13:03.980 is minding your own damn business. 0.75

00:13:06.020 There's a golden rule.

00:13:07.520 Mind your own damn business.

00:13:10.800 In Minnesota,

00:13:11.920 we respect our neighbors

00:13:12.960 and their personal choices that they make.

00:13:15.320 Walls' administration also implemented

00:13:16.840 an unconstitutional,

00:13:18.020 unethical,

00:13:18.660 DEI-based approach

00:13:19.540 to rationing COVID-19 treatments,

00:13:21.500 prioritizing patients based on race.

00:13:23.680 Under Walls' watch,

00:13:24.700 the Minnesota Department of Health

00:13:25.720 adopted an ethical framework

00:13:27.540 that explicitly gave preference

00:13:29.020 to non-white residents

00:13:30.240 for monoclonal antibody treatments.

00:13:32.280 This framework was based

00:13:33.140 on non-binding FDA guidance

00:13:34.620 suggesting that race

00:13:35.400 could be a risk factor

00:13:36.340 for severe COVID-19 outcomes.

00:13:38.020 The policy, for example,

00:13:39.020 prioritized black 18-year-olds

00:13:40.520 over elderly white people.

00:13:42.280 The state's rationing plan,

00:13:43.560 part of the Minnesota

00:13:44.180 Resource Allocation Platform,

00:13:45.960 assigned points

00:13:46.520 for various risk factors,

00:13:47.920 with racial minorities

00:13:48.820 automatically receiving two points.

00:13:50.680 This meant that being

00:13:51.300 a racial minority

00:13:51.960 could elevate someone's priority 0.74

00:13:53.260 for receiving scarce

00:13:54.380 COVID-19 treatments,

00:13:55.600 even if they were

00:13:56.360 at lower overall risk

00:13:57.620 compared to elderly

00:13:58.760 or immunocompromised patients.

00:14:00.740 The America First Legal Advocacy Group

00:14:02.200 challenged the system,

00:14:03.080 highlighting that race

00:14:03.760 is not a medical condition

00:14:04.800 like hypertension or heart disease,

00:14:06.360 which are legitimate risk factors

00:14:07.560 for severe COVID-19 outcomes.

00:14:09.280 The policy was eventually scrapped

00:14:10.560 after legal threats

00:14:11.280 and public outcry.

00:14:12.600 Every major issue

00:14:13.280 that arose during Waltz's governorship

00:14:14.520 was met with gross incompetence.

00:14:16.420 The handling of the riots

00:14:17.200 following the killing

00:14:17.860 of George Floyd

00:14:18.460 on May 25th, 2020

00:14:19.860 was no different.

00:14:21.200 The response from state

00:14:21.980 and local authorities

00:14:22.760 was sluggish and ineffective.

00:14:24.560 Waltz admitted to an abject failure

00:14:26.000 in the response to the riots.

00:14:27.360 There weren't any police there.

00:14:28.780 There weren't any firefighters.

00:14:30.520 There was no social control

00:14:31.920 and her constituents

00:14:33.020 were locked in their house

00:14:34.120 wondering what they were doing.

00:14:34.800 That is an abject failure

00:14:37.340 that cannot happen.

00:14:39.120 The delayed deployment

00:14:39.740 of the National Guard

00:14:40.540 along with a lack of clear directives

00:14:42.020 fueled the chaos.

00:14:43.220 Minneapolis police were overwhelmed

00:14:44.480 by the scale of the unrest,

00:14:45.800 which included mass looting,

00:14:46.960 arson, and violence.

00:14:48.240 Minneapolis Police Chief

00:14:49.160 Maderia Arrodonzo

00:14:50.200 and Mayor Jacob Frey

00:14:51.380 both acknowledged

00:14:52.240 that their forces were overcome

00:14:53.540 by the scale and intensity

00:14:54.760 of the unrest.

00:14:55.940 The failure to evacuate

00:14:56.880 the third precinct

00:14:57.580 before it was set on fire

00:14:58.560 further highlighted

00:14:59.580 the poor coordination

00:15:00.600 between authorities.

00:15:01.940 Minneapolis Fire Chief

00:15:02.920 John Freudel

00:15:03.500 was unaware of the fire

00:15:04.700 until informed by a CNN host

00:15:06.540 highlighting the communication

00:15:07.760 breakdowns that plagued

00:15:08.780 the response efforts

00:15:09.620 all due to the governor's

00:15:10.860 absence of leadership.

00:15:12.460 Waltz's decision to delay

00:15:13.460 the National Guard deployment

00:15:14.320 was a massive mistake.

00:15:16.680 By the time the National Guard

00:15:17.580 was mobilized

00:15:18.200 and arrived on the scene,

00:15:19.100 the damage had already been done.

00:15:20.460 Buildings were burning.

00:15:21.220 The city was in chaos.

00:15:22.580 Senate Majority Leader

00:15:23.340 Paul Gazelka

00:15:24.060 criticized Waltz

00:15:25.000 for not taking immediate control

00:15:26.220 and using his emergency powers

00:15:27.580 more decisively.

00:15:28.700 Adding insult to injury

00:15:29.640 as Tim Walz's family

00:15:30.640 was off to do

00:15:31.540 was Hope Walls,

00:15:32.620 Tim Walz's 19-year-old daughter.

00:15:34.300 During the riots,

00:15:34.940 in response to a post

00:15:35.800 from a community organizer

00:15:36.860 warning rioters to get out,

00:15:38.680 Hope tweeted,

00:15:39.540 the Guard cannot be sent

00:15:40.320 within minutes.

00:15:41.220 To be clear,

00:15:41.660 the National Guard

00:15:42.160 will not be present tonight.

00:15:43.620 Obviously, she knew something

00:15:44.600 the rioters did not.

00:15:45.760 Hope Walls' Twitter account,

00:15:46.860 Hope Walls,

00:15:47.420 has since been scrubbed

00:15:48.260 of all content.

00:15:49.460 We'll get to more

00:15:49.920 on the Democrats'

00:15:50.700 presidential nominee

00:15:51.560 and her vice presidential nominee 0.90

00:15:53.140 in just a second.

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00:17:00.100 Throughout the crisis,

00:17:00.960 Walls' public statements

00:17:01.780 reflected a reactive approach.

00:17:03.520 He acknowledged

00:17:03.900 the state's slow response

00:17:04.900 admitting the situation

00:17:05.780 should have been handled

00:17:06.400 more swiftly.

00:17:07.280 His comments about

00:17:07.860 the need for unity

00:17:08.740 and understanding

00:17:09.440 the community's pain

00:17:10.340 belied the facts.

00:17:11.560 He failed his office.

00:17:12.520 He failed the people

00:17:13.100 of Minnesota

00:17:13.580 in one of the state's

00:17:14.480 most critical moments.

00:17:15.680 Complicating the issue

00:17:16.380 for the governor

00:17:16.780 was his wife,

00:17:17.540 Gwen Walls.

00:17:18.280 She gave outrageous 0.97

00:17:19.060 public comments.

00:17:20.060 During the riots,

00:17:20.760 here's what she had to say.

00:17:21.640 I could smell

00:17:22.660 the burning tires.

00:17:24.600 That was a very real thing.

00:17:26.920 And I kept the windows open

00:17:28.040 for as long as I could

00:17:29.160 because I felt like

00:17:30.020 that was such a touchstone

00:17:31.340 of what was happening.

00:17:33.740 That's a bit of

00:17:34.180 white privilege for you.

00:17:35.320 During the peak of the riots,

00:17:36.320 when Minneapolis

00:17:36.780 was engulfed in chaos,

00:17:38.060 buildings burning,

00:17:38.760 businesses being looted,

00:17:39.620 people suffering,

00:17:40.420 resulting in an estimated

00:17:41.400 $2 billion in damage nationwide,

00:17:43.740 Gwen Walls kept the windows 0.94

00:17:44.760 of the governor's mansion

00:17:45.580 open as long as she could

00:17:46.800 to smell the burning tires

00:17:48.640 so she could suffer

00:17:49.660 along with her people.

00:17:51.600 That may be in the race 0.79

00:17:52.700 for the most elitist

00:17:53.480 tone-deaf response

00:17:54.100 to a crisis in modern history.

00:17:55.560 But wait, there's more.

00:17:56.960 Gwen Walls has been

00:17:57.520 a radically outspoken advocate

00:17:58.780 for criminal justice reform,

00:18:00.320 being quoted as saying,

00:18:01.280 quote,

00:18:01.380 criminals should have

00:18:02.020 as many chances as they need.

00:18:03.500 How many chances do you get?

00:18:05.420 My answer to that is

00:18:06.800 as many chances as you need.

00:18:09.940 During a 2020 rally

00:18:10.880 at the state capitol,

00:18:11.640 Gwen encouraged individuals

00:18:12.720 who needed pardons to apply,

00:18:14.260 saying, quote,

00:18:14.640 if you need a pardon, apply.

00:18:16.100 Those numbers have been going down.

00:18:17.400 I want them up.

00:18:17.960 Flood the zone,

00:18:18.920 because what that does

00:18:19.680 is fully restore people

00:18:20.540 to our community.

00:18:21.620 And we need each and every person

00:18:23.100 in this state,

00:18:23.860 in our community.

00:18:24.680 Rights restored, active, engaged.

00:18:26.640 By rights,

00:18:27.220 she means removing the accountability 0.95

00:18:28.320 of committing a felony

00:18:29.180 in our country,

00:18:29.940 restoring voting rights,

00:18:30.820 creating leniency

00:18:31.480 where there should clearly be none.

00:18:33.300 Aiding in Gwen Walls' efforts

00:18:34.520 was none other than Kamala Harris,

00:18:35.880 who reinforced her own

00:18:36.940 lenient crime stance.

00:18:38.360 In a tweet during the riots,

00:18:39.420 Kamala promoted

00:18:40.020 and requested donations

00:18:41.040 to the Minnesota Freedom Fund,

00:18:42.660 a fund subsidizing cash bails

00:18:44.300 for criminals.

00:18:45.220 In this case,

00:18:45.880 the fund was bailing out

00:18:46.660 the rioters and looters,

00:18:47.500 causing the destruction

00:18:48.400 on Minneapolis' streets.

00:18:49.780 So, what did Tim Walls

00:18:50.700 have to say during the riots?

00:18:51.960 In a press conference,

00:18:52.920 Walls decided to make

00:18:53.620 his position on systemic racism

00:18:55.340 abundantly clear.

00:18:56.800 In the press conference,

00:18:57.680 Walls stated,

00:18:58.280 quote,

00:18:58.300 I understand clearly

00:18:59.300 that many communities

00:19:00.180 feel the weight of systemic racism.

00:19:01.920 He emphasized,

00:19:02.520 I will not patronize

00:19:03.440 the struggles these communities face,

00:19:05.060 acknowledging the difficult that is.

00:19:07.480 Walls didn't stop

00:19:08.220 at merely acknowledging

00:19:08.960 systemic racism.

00:19:09.960 He doubled down,

00:19:10.700 declaring,

00:19:11.220 I refuse to overlook

00:19:12.120 the blatant injustices

00:19:13.060 that occur in broad daylight.

00:19:14.920 Sympathy for the rioters

00:19:16.180 in the middle of gigantic riots.

00:19:18.180 That's the Tim Walls story.

00:19:19.280 I understand clearly

00:19:20.560 there is no trust

00:19:22.040 in many of our communities.

00:19:24.240 And I will not patronize you

00:19:25.600 as a white man

00:19:26.320 without living those lived experiences

00:19:28.440 of how very difficult that is.

00:19:30.600 And I refuse to have it

00:19:32.880 take away the attention

00:19:34.360 of the stain

00:19:35.800 that we need to be working on

00:19:37.400 is what happened

00:19:38.880 with those fundamental

00:19:40.060 institutional racism

00:19:41.280 that allows a man

00:19:43.120 to be held down

00:19:44.080 in broad daylight

00:19:44.920 and thank God

00:19:46.540 a young person

00:19:47.360 had a camera to video it.

00:19:49.040 In June 2020,

00:19:50.000 a group of protesters

00:19:50.780 led by members

00:19:51.420 of the American Indian Movement

00:19:52.480 toppled a statue

00:19:53.260 of Christopher Columbus

00:19:54.080 outside the Minnesota

00:19:55.080 state capitol.

00:19:56.020 These vandals,

00:19:56.620 who considered Columbus

00:19:57.360 a symbol of genocide

00:19:58.360 against Native Americans,

00:19:59.540 pulled down the statue

00:20:00.380 with ropes.

00:20:01.440 Walls was aware

00:20:02.080 ahead of time

00:20:02.460 that groups might attempt

00:20:03.160 to tear down the statue,

00:20:04.220 but when the incident occurred,

00:20:05.160 law enforcement was criticized

00:20:06.160 for not intervening.

00:20:07.460 Walls' commissioner

00:20:08.060 of the Department of Public Safety

00:20:09.360 later told the press

00:20:10.380 law enforcement was,

00:20:11.320 quote,

00:20:11.480 not able to get out there

00:20:12.520 in time.

00:20:13.360 Sure,

00:20:13.740 it was literally right

00:20:15.060 outside the state capitol.

00:20:16.620 At a press conference,

00:20:17.480 Walls stated that

00:20:18.080 while he did not condone

00:20:18.920 the act of toppling the statue

00:20:20.000 and warned there would be

00:20:20.980 consequences for those involved,

00:20:22.460 he also expressed understanding

00:20:23.620 for the protesters' actions.

00:20:25.060 In a statement,

00:20:25.820 he noted that the protesters

00:20:26.780 had, quote,

00:20:27.180 legitimate concerns

00:20:28.080 regarding Columbus' legacy

00:20:29.320 and the ongoing issues

00:20:30.600 faced by indigenous communities.

00:20:32.480 Republican Senate Majority Leader

00:20:33.620 Paul Gazelka

00:20:34.220 made the link

00:20:34.880 to other leadership failures

00:20:35.860 during the Black Lives Matter riots.

00:20:37.540 Gazelka stated,

00:20:38.340 the governor didn't protect

00:20:39.080 the third precinct,

00:20:39.880 he didn't protect businesses

00:20:40.700 on Lake Street,

00:20:41.540 the lieutenant governor

00:20:42.120 condoned the destruction

00:20:42.880 of public property.

00:20:43.880 Mike Forrestia,

00:20:44.440 the activist who led

00:20:45.100 the toppling of the statue,

00:20:46.260 was charged with felony

00:20:47.040 criminal damage to property.

00:20:48.440 However,

00:20:48.780 in a deal with prosecutors,

00:20:49.920 he avoided trial

00:20:50.580 and received a sentence

00:20:51.340 of 100 hours

00:20:52.340 of community service.

00:20:53.400 That sentence falls right in line

00:20:54.540 with how Tim Walls

00:20:55.260 deals with criminals.

00:20:56.060 A society that does not

00:20:57.500 put equity and inclusion

00:20:59.020 at the center of it

00:20:59.880 is certainly going to

00:21:01.140 eventually come to the places

00:21:03.060 where we're at.

00:21:03.900 Following the riots themselves,

00:21:05.120 the trial of Derek Chauvin,

00:21:06.140 the former Minneapolis police officer

00:21:07.860 charged with the murder

00:21:08.660 of George Floyd,

00:21:09.640 was one of the most

00:21:10.520 high-profile cases

00:21:11.520 in recent history.

00:21:12.720 Tim Walls' management

00:21:13.460 of the case

00:21:13.860 and the surrounding environment

00:21:14.680 was as mishandled

00:21:15.620 as the riots themselves.

00:21:19.780 From the beginning,

00:21:20.740 Walls' administration

00:21:21.520 failed to ensure

00:21:22.240 an impartial and fair trial

00:21:23.360 for Derek Chauvin.

00:21:24.040 The extensive pretrial publicity

00:21:25.500 and the public pressure

00:21:26.540 for a conviction

00:21:27.100 compromised the integrity

00:21:28.280 of the judicial process

00:21:29.780 without a doubt.

00:21:31.000 Additionally,

00:21:31.820 Walls' public statements

00:21:32.660 did nothing to address concerns

00:21:33.840 about due process for Chauvin.

00:21:35.420 By transferring the prosecution

00:21:36.580 to Attorney General Keith Ellison,

00:21:38.000 known for his progressive views,

00:21:39.440 Walls bowed to public pressure

00:21:40.400 and to the left.

00:21:42.020 Walls ultimately called

00:21:42.820 Chauvin's conviction

00:21:43.400 a critical step towards justice

00:21:44.980 and used the momentum

00:21:45.960 to push for legislative changes

00:21:47.300 aimed at the police.

00:21:48.520 In the wake of the Chauvin trial

00:21:49.600 and the subsequent shooting

00:21:50.520 of Daunte Wright,

00:21:51.780 Walls failed any and all tests

00:21:53.680 in public safety.

00:21:54.600 George Floyd's death

00:21:55.920 and our justice system's conviction

00:21:59.340 gives us that small place

00:22:01.520 to believe we can make the difference.

00:22:04.100 As time went on,

00:22:04.960 failures from the pandemic

00:22:05.800 continued to plague Walls.

00:22:07.260 At his doorstep landed

00:22:08.160 the Feeding Our Future scandal,

00:22:09.740 one of the largest

00:22:10.380 pandemic-related fraud cases

00:22:11.760 in the entire nation.

00:22:12.960 The scheme involved

00:22:13.640 the embezzlement of $250 million

00:22:15.200 from federal child nutrition programs

00:22:17.140 meant to feed low-income kids 1.00

00:22:18.920 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

00:22:20.680 Federal prosecutors

00:22:21.420 have charged dozens of individuals

00:22:22.800 associated with

00:22:23.620 Feeding Our Future,

00:22:24.720 alleging they used the funds

00:22:25.700 for personal luxuries

00:22:26.600 like jewelry and property

00:22:27.720 instead of, you know,

00:22:28.900 feeding kids.

00:22:29.780 An audit revealed

00:22:30.420 that Tim Walls'

00:22:31.140 Minnesota Department of Education

00:22:32.320 failed to act on warning signs

00:22:33.820 and did not perform

00:22:34.940 adequate due diligence

00:22:35.860 on high-risk applicants.

00:22:37.660 The controversy deepened

00:22:38.680 when Ramsey County Judge

00:22:39.760 John Guthman issued a statement

00:22:41.340 disputing Walls'

00:22:42.220 public characterization

00:22:43.060 of the court's role.

00:22:44.560 Walls had suggested

00:22:45.240 the court forced

00:22:45.880 the Minnesota Department of Education

00:22:47.140 to resume payments

00:22:47.920 to Feeding Our Future

00:22:48.680 after they were suspended

00:22:49.900 due to suspicions of fraud.

00:22:51.340 He described being speechless

00:22:52.400 when Judge Guthman ruled

00:22:53.580 in favor of the organization

00:22:54.600 in April 2021,

00:22:56.260 implying the court's decision

00:22:57.240 left the state with no choice

00:22:58.440 but to continue the payments.

00:22:59.520 We respected the judge's decision,

00:23:01.160 but I could,

00:23:02.200 and yes,

00:23:02.780 on this one,

00:23:03.300 I can tell you,

00:23:04.500 I was speechless.

00:23:06.040 However,

00:23:06.500 Judge Guthman clarified.

00:23:07.820 He never ordered

00:23:08.380 the MDE to resume payments.

00:23:09.860 Instead,

00:23:10.320 he said the department

00:23:10.920 resumed payments voluntarily,

00:23:12.860 although they were threatened

00:23:13.520 with sanctions

00:23:13.980 and legal penalties

00:23:14.680 if they did not comply.

00:23:16.180 In June 2021,

00:23:17.180 the judge found the MDE

00:23:18.180 in contempt of court

00:23:19.040 for failing to process

00:23:20.140 Feeding Our Future's applications

00:23:21.460 in a timely manner

00:23:22.280 and ordered the department

00:23:23.300 to pay sanctions.

00:23:24.360 Once again,

00:23:24.840 Tim Walls' administration

00:23:25.740 was found negligent

00:23:26.820 and lacked transparency

00:23:27.760 in handling its cases.

00:23:29.060 Once again,

00:23:29.540 Tim Walls lacked leadership

00:23:30.520 and his plate of failure

00:23:31.280 to take action.

00:23:32.380 Once again,

00:23:33.260 as per the usual,

00:23:34.420 Tim Walls failed.

00:23:35.540 In addition to his many failures,

00:23:36.820 Tim Walls' tenure

00:23:37.600 was characterized

00:23:38.160 by a hard turn

00:23:39.100 toward the extreme left.

00:23:40.220 He pledged to go net zero

00:23:41.160 on the electric grid by 2040,

00:23:42.860 radically increasing

00:23:43.620 the cost structure for energy.

00:23:45.100 Walls' policies

00:23:45.740 on gun control,

00:23:46.620 criminal justice reform,

00:23:47.560 and social issues

00:23:48.760 reflected his increasing bow

00:23:50.780 to the progressive wing

00:23:51.620 of the Democratic Party.

00:23:52.780 Despite all of this,

00:23:54.140 Walls secured re-election

00:23:54.980 in 2022

00:23:55.600 with a lower share of the vote

00:23:56.740 and pushed through

00:23:57.380 significant legislative changes

00:23:58.700 with the Democratic majority

00:23:59.760 in the state legislature.

00:24:00.920 His administration

00:24:01.520 passed a $17.5 billion budget

00:24:03.600 that included overreach

00:24:04.760 and overspending

00:24:05.280 on education,

00:24:06.040 infrastructure,

00:24:06.760 and progressive priorities

00:24:07.820 like universal free school meals,

00:24:10.000 abortion rights protections,

00:24:11.160 and a statewide paid leave program.

00:24:13.120 In 2023,

00:24:14.220 Walls advanced several pieces

00:24:15.200 of legislation

00:24:15.780 that expanded benefits

00:24:16.740 for illegal immigrants.

00:24:18.000 One significant legislative move

00:24:19.220 was to offer tuition-free

00:24:20.320 public college education

00:24:21.380 for undocumented immigrants

00:24:22.800 from families earning

00:24:23.520 less than $80,000 annually.

00:24:25.120 Additionally,

00:24:25.720 Walls signed a bill

00:24:26.280 allowing illegal immigrants 1.00

00:24:27.300 to obtain driver's licenses,

00:24:28.840 a move he pretended to enact

00:24:30.020 as a measure

00:24:30.440 to enhance road safety.

00:24:32.080 Walls said,

00:24:32.580 quote,

00:24:32.600 ensuring drivers in our state

00:24:33.700 are licensed

00:24:34.140 and carrying insurance

00:24:34.960 makes the road safer

00:24:36.000 for all Minnesotans.

00:24:37.320 It's done.

00:24:40.520 These 2023 initiatives

00:24:42.000 built on Walls'

00:24:42.840 earlier actions in 2019

00:24:44.200 when he passed

00:24:45.040 state-funded health care provisions

00:24:46.480 for illegal immigrants.

00:24:47.820 According to the Minnesota

00:24:48.500 House of Representatives website,

00:24:50.320 those with refugee

00:24:51.040 or asylum status

00:24:51.980 could access

00:24:52.760 supplemental security income

00:24:54.160 while legal non-citizens

00:24:55.340 could benefit from programs

00:24:56.420 like Minnesota Care and SNAP. 0.74

00:24:58.160 These progressive policies

00:24:59.180 put a strain on state resources

00:25:00.420 and encouraged illegal immigration.

00:25:02.340 According to the

00:25:02.840 Migration Policy Institute,

00:25:04.280 Minnesota has an undocumented 0.53

00:25:05.420 immigrant population

00:25:06.340 of approximately 81,000 individuals

00:25:08.400 out of a total state population

00:25:09.720 of 5.7 million,

00:25:10.980 a fraction of that

00:25:11.820 total illegal immigration population

00:25:13.300 of the country

00:25:13.860 that we even know about,

00:25:14.880 of course.

00:25:15.360 If Walls was willing

00:25:16.220 to do that to Minnesota,

00:25:17.280 imagine what he would do

00:25:18.280 with the whole country.

00:25:19.480 Walls' next priority

00:25:20.420 after his re-election

00:25:21.300 was a terrifying move

00:25:22.460 that centered around

00:25:23.080 expanding abortion rights

00:25:24.100 in Minnesota.

00:25:24.980 In 2023,

00:25:26.080 Walls signed the

00:25:26.640 Protect Reproductive Options Act,

00:25:28.880 a horrific piece of legislation

00:25:30.100 establishing a fundamental right

00:25:31.440 to obtain an abortion

00:25:32.220 in Minnesota.

00:25:33.100 The PRO Act lacks

00:25:34.000 time limits,

00:25:34.740 term,

00:25:35.240 or trimester specifications,

00:25:36.780 meaning it permits abortion 0.97

00:25:37.900 up and until the point of birth.

00:25:39.440 Additionally,

00:25:40.300 Walls signed

00:25:40.800 Minnesota Senate Bill 2995,

00:25:42.940 repealing several existing laws

00:25:44.320 protecting life.

00:25:45.320 That bill repealed provisions

00:25:46.820 that prohibited coercion

00:25:47.820 into undergoing an abortion

00:25:48.860 or sterilization,

00:25:49.940 as well as the use of public funds

00:25:51.260 for abortion,

00:25:51.980 including for minors in schools.

00:25:53.540 The bill also eliminated

00:25:54.680 any requirement

00:25:55.440 for written patient consent

00:25:56.600 before an abortion,

00:25:57.820 instead requiring only

00:25:58.680 that the abortion

00:25:59.200 be deemed medically necessary

00:26:00.300 by the treating provider.

00:26:01.600 The repeal of informed

00:26:02.460 consent provisions,

00:26:03.400 which previously mandated

00:26:04.380 that women be informed

00:26:05.220 about the medical risks

00:26:06.060 of an abortion,

00:26:06.920 the age of the unborn child,

00:26:08.380 and their rights

00:26:08.860 to state assistance

00:26:09.560 or other paternal child support

00:26:11.020 was also prioritized

00:26:12.400 and enacted by Walls.

00:26:14.220 Since the reversal

00:26:14.940 of the Dobbs v. Jackson

00:26:16.120 Women's Health Organization decision,

00:26:17.840 Minnesota has become

00:26:18.560 a booming abortion factory

00:26:19.820 for women all over the Midwest.

00:26:21.740 The combination

00:26:22.200 of the PRO Act

00:26:22.980 and Senate Bill 2995

00:26:24.200 has made the state

00:26:25.040 a significant provider

00:26:25.880 of abortion services,

00:26:27.200 all pushed by Tim Walls

00:26:28.220 and his government.

00:26:29.160 In addition

00:26:29.520 to his extraordinarily

00:26:30.600 radical abortion policies,

00:26:32.480 Walls has also played

00:26:33.380 a key role

00:26:33.960 in the advancement

00:26:34.560 of left-wing LGBTQ policies

00:26:36.500 throughout his political career.

00:26:37.880 This started with his advocacy

00:26:39.400 of the repeal

00:26:40.000 of Don't Ask, Don't Tell

00:26:40.900 in the military

00:26:41.500 and in 2006 Congressional speech,

00:26:43.680 Walls emphasized

00:26:44.260 sexual orientation

00:26:45.120 did not affect a unit's ability

00:26:46.440 to fulfill its mission.

00:26:47.680 I know how important it is

00:26:48.860 to fill our military

00:26:49.800 with qualified, professional

00:26:51.160 and motivated volunteers.

00:26:52.860 We are blessed in this nation.

00:26:54.240 That's exactly what we have.

00:26:55.900 It's time for us

00:26:56.780 to honor their professionalism

00:26:58.100 and know that they're ready

00:26:59.020 to end this discriminatory practice.

00:27:01.440 Walls was a key player

00:27:02.500 in Congress

00:27:03.060 in passing the Matthew Shepard

00:27:04.280 and James Byrd Jr.

00:27:05.340 Hate Crimes Prevention Act,

00:27:06.520 which expanded the definition

00:27:07.660 of federal hate crimes

00:27:08.520 to include those

00:27:09.300 based on sexual orientation,

00:27:10.720 gender identity and disability.

00:27:12.300 This bill arose

00:27:12.920 out of an implicit accusation

00:27:14.080 that Matthew Shepard

00:27:14.720 was killed

00:27:15.060 due to his sexual orientation,

00:27:16.800 marking the Midwest

00:27:17.580 as a bigoted place,

00:27:19.100 a story since totally debunked

00:27:20.300 by the free press.

00:27:21.220 In a revisit of the case,

00:27:22.180 the article determined

00:27:22.820 the 1998 murder

00:27:23.820 of Matthew Shepard

00:27:24.580 was motivated not

00:27:25.560 by sexual orientation

00:27:26.440 or homophobia,

00:27:27.380 but by drugs and money.

00:27:28.640 In January 2021,

00:27:30.080 Walls signed an executive order

00:27:31.120 to ban conversion therapy.

00:27:33.040 And in March 2023,

00:27:34.320 Walls signed the Trans Refuge 1.00

00:27:35.600 and Gender Affirming

00:27:36.580 Healthcare Bill.

00:27:37.880 This bill made Minnesota

00:27:38.720 into a so-called

00:27:39.540 trans-sanctuary state.

00:27:41.460 The bill ensures

00:27:42.080 transgender individuals

00:27:43.060 and their families

00:27:43.600 can access quote-unquote

00:27:44.540 gender-affirming healthcare

00:27:46.040 without any legal repercussions.

00:27:48.520 Walls has been presented

00:27:49.400 by the Harris campaign

00:27:50.300 as America's dad,

00:27:51.700 emphasizing his family-oriented image

00:27:53.220 and Midwestern roots.

00:27:54.240 This portrayal

00:27:54.920 is attempting to serve

00:27:55.880 as a strategic foil

00:27:56.920 to distract from

00:27:57.800 Walls' wild left-wing stances.

00:28:00.080 The campaign highlights

00:28:00.940 his wholesome family life,

00:28:02.040 posting about his kids' achievements

00:28:03.060 and family activities

00:28:03.940 to try and create

00:28:04.780 a sense of authenticity

00:28:05.660 and relatability.

00:28:07.280 That is a false flag.

00:28:08.980 It is not true.

00:28:10.180 It is not Mr. Feeney.

00:28:11.280 It is not Coach Taylor.

00:28:12.420 He is,

00:28:13.040 as he has stated publicly

00:28:14.080 and repeatedly,

00:28:15.060 a wild progressive,

00:28:16.260 a radical,

00:28:17.100 and a liar. 0.84

00:28:17.920 Walls' personal background

00:28:18.900 is leveraged

00:28:19.500 to enhance his moderate image.

00:28:21.240 Raised in a small town

00:28:22.020 in Nebraska,

00:28:22.700 his experiences

00:28:23.360 as a high school teacher,

00:28:24.380 football coach,

00:28:24.900 and Army National Guard member

00:28:25.880 paint a picture

00:28:26.560 of somebody deeply connected

00:28:27.640 to traditional American values.

00:28:29.440 It is all political

00:28:30.320 sleight of hand.

00:28:31.220 It's a bad political

00:28:31.940 sleight of hand at that.

00:28:33.360 Arrested for DUI

00:28:34.180 while teacher and assistant coach

00:28:35.220 abandoning his unit in the guard,

00:28:36.720 none of the dad persona

00:28:37.600 really sticks when revealed.

00:28:39.340 In examining Walls' career,

00:28:40.580 it becomes painfully clear

00:28:41.540 his journey

00:28:41.940 from a high school teacher

00:28:42.740 to state governor

00:28:43.280 has been marred

00:28:44.100 by a series of missteps,

00:28:45.380 failures,

00:28:45.940 and a turn toward

00:28:46.520 the radical left.

00:28:47.720 Walls' administration,

00:28:48.980 characterized by indecision

00:28:50.140 and reactive measures,

00:28:51.260 has dragged Minnesota

00:28:52.200 through crisis after crisis,

00:28:53.780 each handled with a lack

00:28:54.880 of foresight

00:28:55.420 or effective leadership.

00:28:56.380 The COVID-19 pandemic

00:28:57.760 saw Walls' draconian

00:28:58.880 lockdown measures

00:28:59.540 cripple small businesses, 1.00

00:29:00.800 leading to countless closures

00:29:01.840 and economic hardships.

00:29:02.720 His delayed,

00:29:03.660 disjointed response

00:29:04.520 to the George Floyd riots

00:29:05.500 allowed chaos to reign

00:29:06.480 in Minneapolis,

00:29:07.460 exacerbating tensions

00:29:08.320 and leading to widespread destruction.

00:29:10.360 In the aftermath,

00:29:10.980 his handling of the Derek Chauvin trial

00:29:12.200 did nothing to ensure

00:29:13.040 a fair judicial process,

00:29:14.520 instead contributing

00:29:15.200 to a politically charged atmosphere

00:29:16.880 that undermined public confidence

00:29:18.100 in the justice system.

00:29:19.600 He has left Minnesota

00:29:20.340 more divided than ever,

00:29:21.860 and more people are leaving Minnesota

00:29:23.340 than ever.

00:29:24.320 Here is a chart

00:29:25.180 of people leaving Minnesota.

00:29:27.140 Tim Walls' Minnesota legacy

00:29:28.320 will likely be more

00:29:29.300 about his progressive policies,

00:29:30.720 failures, and controversies

00:29:31.740 than any substantive achievements.

00:29:33.500 His tenure stands

00:29:34.260 as a cautionary tale

00:29:35.120 of how poor leadership

00:29:36.220 and political opportunism

00:29:37.360 can lead to further crisis

00:29:38.780 and complete deletion

00:29:39.900 of public trust.

00:29:41.000 Not a great look

00:29:41.620 for a person seeking higher office.

00:29:43.500 In January 2024,

00:29:44.660 Walls joined many on the left

00:29:45.680 in downplaying concerns

00:29:46.540 about President Joe Biden's

00:29:47.500 mental fitness,

00:29:48.340 dismissing them at the time

00:29:49.360 as ageism.

00:29:50.320 I think he's just doing

00:29:51.360 what he does,

00:29:51.960 and I think it's kind of incumbent

00:29:53.160 upon all of us.

00:29:54.040 Look, my mom's 88,

00:29:55.580 still living on the farm,

00:29:56.680 drives herself.

00:29:58.460 Folks are able to do this,

00:29:59.640 so I think this little bit

00:30:00.460 of ageism that goes to this,

00:30:02.260 if it's not,

00:30:03.060 that would be something else.

00:30:03.860 This stance contradicted

00:30:04.780 pretty much all the evidence,

00:30:06.460 including a Rasmussen report

00:30:07.620 and Heartland Institute poll

00:30:08.620 showing more than 6 in 10 likely voters

00:30:10.420 believed Biden's mental decline

00:30:11.860 posed a national security threat.

00:30:13.440 Walls' dismissal of those concerns

00:30:14.780 further undermined his credibility,

00:30:16.340 especially as the truth

00:30:17.220 about Biden's cognitive challenges

00:30:18.680 became painfully clear

00:30:19.860 to Americans

00:30:20.360 over the course of the summer.

00:30:21.580 In the lead-up to Kamala Harris

00:30:22.580 selecting her running mate,

00:30:23.660 the progressive godfather himself,

00:30:24.940 Bernie Sanders,

00:30:25.660 vocally supported Tim Walls.

00:30:27.180 I'm very impressed by him.

00:30:28.500 I think you have

00:30:29.320 an excellent governor

00:30:30.380 who understands

00:30:31.420 the needs of working families,

00:30:33.460 and I hope very much

00:30:34.380 that the vice president

00:30:35.720 selects a running mate

00:30:37.760 who will speak up

00:30:39.080 and take on

00:30:39.780 powerful corporate interests,

00:30:41.520 and I think Tim Walls

00:30:42.460 is somebody who could do that.

00:30:43.960 Sanders emphasized that Walls,

00:30:45.260 a former teacher

00:30:45.780 and native of rural Nebraska,

00:30:47.140 would be a strong advocate

00:30:48.240 for taking on

00:30:48.880 public corporate interests

00:30:50.160 and representing

00:30:50.900 the working class.

00:30:51.700 That should have been

00:30:52.540 a giant,

00:30:53.540 red,

00:30:54.120 flashing,

00:30:54.740 cautionary signal.

00:30:55.960 Do not pass go.

00:30:57.100 Walls is not a centrist.

00:30:58.680 Walls has ventured

00:30:59.220 as far from his

00:30:59.940 Midwestern traditionalist roots

00:31:01.680 as one can.

00:31:02.600 Governor Walls,

00:31:03.440 are you a progressive

00:31:04.180 or are you a centrist?

00:31:06.140 I'm a progressive.

00:31:07.720 At his debut rally

00:31:08.640 in Philadelphia

00:31:09.220 as Kamala's new VP pick,

00:31:11.240 he passed in another opportunity

00:31:12.360 to call J.D. Vance,

00:31:13.400 the Republican vice

00:31:14.040 presidential nominee,

00:31:15.220 weird.

00:31:15.520 You know it,

00:31:16.520 you feel it.

00:31:17.440 These guys are creepy

00:31:18.500 and yes,

00:31:19.220 just weird as hell.

00:31:20.220 That's what you see.

00:31:21.580 That's what you see.

00:31:23.580 Which has been parroted

00:31:24.280 by Democrats

00:31:24.820 and the media establishment,

00:31:26.120 but I repeat myself,

00:31:27.040 for weeks.

00:31:27.620 Yeah, it's not,

00:31:28.140 I mean,

00:31:28.280 it's quite weird.

00:31:28.980 Just plain weird.

00:31:29.940 Just plain weird.

00:31:31.300 Really weird.

00:31:32.080 He's such a weirdo.

00:31:32.880 They're weird.

00:31:33.420 They are weird.

00:31:34.520 Republicans just being weird.

00:31:35.800 He said a lot of things

00:31:36.720 that are weird.

00:31:37.480 Just plain weird.

00:31:38.980 Walls is the person

00:31:39.660 who popularized the term weird

00:31:41.180 to refer to Republicans

00:31:41.980 in an interview

00:31:42.800 with Morning Joe.

00:31:43.760 After the assassination

00:31:44.520 attempt on President Trump,

00:31:45.880 caused in large part

00:31:46.800 by inflammatory rhetoric

00:31:47.720 of the left,

00:31:48.480 the Democrats found

00:31:49.100 themselves backfooted.

00:31:50.240 They needed a new strategy,

00:31:51.580 one less incendiary

00:31:52.400 but still critical.

00:31:53.500 Enter Tim Walls.

00:31:54.580 These are weird people

00:31:55.540 on the other side.

00:31:56.280 They want to take books away.

00:31:57.620 They want to be

00:31:58.080 in your exam room.

00:31:58.940 That's what it comes down to.

00:32:00.560 And don't, you know,

00:32:01.200 get sugarcoating this.

00:32:02.460 These are weird ideas.

00:32:03.600 Listen to them speak.

00:32:04.540 Listen to how they talk

00:32:05.180 about things.

00:32:05.900 Walls introduced the term weird

00:32:07.020 as a viral trend

00:32:07.800 to describe Republican Party

00:32:09.220 behavior policies and players.

00:32:10.500 The strange move was aimed

00:32:11.740 at appealing to younger generations,

00:32:13.300 especially Gen Z.

00:32:14.460 But this was a rather ironic choice

00:32:15.920 considering the long line

00:32:16.900 of strange and extreme actors

00:32:18.060 within his own party.

00:32:19.060 The truth is that nothing

00:32:19.820 is weirder than the current

00:32:20.940 Democratic Party.

00:32:21.860 It's key players.

00:32:22.640 It's policies.

00:32:23.480 It's followers.

00:32:24.400 Considering the alternatives,

00:32:25.500 Tim Walls is a perplexing choice

00:32:27.020 as running mate

00:32:27.920 for Kamala Harris.

00:32:28.920 In fact, the choice

00:32:29.440 is so perplexing

00:32:30.320 it raises some weird questions

00:32:31.620 about discrimination

00:32:32.340 in the selection process.

00:32:34.260 The frontrunner originally

00:32:35.320 for that VP nod

00:32:36.320 was Pennsylvania Governor

00:32:37.220 Josh Shapiro,

00:32:38.140 an extremely popular figure

00:32:39.480 in a swing state

00:32:40.360 62% approval rating.

00:32:42.180 Shapiro happens to be,

00:32:43.740 however, openly pro-Israel

00:32:45.140 and Jewish.

00:32:47.040 Kamala Harris could not

00:32:47.800 have that on the ticket

00:32:48.580 as she seeks to win over 1.00

00:32:49.860 the pro-Hamas radicals

00:32:51.260 in her base.

00:32:52.080 All of those radicals,

00:32:52.960 by the way,

00:32:53.260 were ecstatic about the Walls pick

00:32:54.520 for good reason.

00:32:55.240 It's Walls, baby!

00:32:56.460 Let's go!

00:32:57.560 High school teachers,

00:32:58.620 stand up!

00:32:59.280 He comes from a rural state.

00:33:01.300 He has been a champion

00:33:02.380 of the working class.

00:33:03.720 He's passed some

00:33:04.320 very good legislation.

00:33:05.520 He's a wonderful person,

00:33:08.300 just normal,

00:33:09.300 lovely,

00:33:10.040 wonderful guy.

00:33:11.480 Walls' selection

00:33:12.120 amplifies Kamala Harris'

00:33:13.620 own radicalism.

00:33:14.640 His own record

00:33:15.140 is riddled with flaws,

00:33:16.300 question marks,

00:33:17.060 history of flip-flopping,

00:33:18.040 poor decision-making,

00:33:18.840 ineffective leadership.

00:33:19.840 Rather than strengthening

00:33:20.660 the Democratic ticket,

00:33:21.800 Walls' presence bolsters

00:33:22.880 the Trump-Van's campaign

00:33:24.020 as the cracks in the

00:33:24.940 Harris-Walls team

00:33:25.520 are already beginning to show.

00:33:27.080 This is, without a doubt,

00:33:28.340 the most left-wing ticket

00:33:29.640 to ever enter

00:33:30.500 a presidential race.

00:33:31.420 The ideological extremity

00:33:33.380 of this ticket

00:33:34.120 will alienate moderate

00:33:35.300 and independent voters,

00:33:36.680 paving the way

00:33:37.140 for a Republican victory

00:33:37.940 in the fall.

The Matt Walsh Show - August 23, 2024

Scamala： Kamala Harris Unmasked ｜ Episode 4 - Walz of Shame

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