House GOP connects Tim Walz’s record on BLM riots to Minnesota’s crime problem

Published September 11, 2024 4:14pm ET



House Republicans are pummeling former congressman-turned-presidential running mate, Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), over his handling of the Minneapolis-St. Paul riots that racked the state in 2020.

“Violent crime in Minnesota remains significantly elevated due to the lingering effects of the summer 2020 riots, in addition to the prosecution’s refusal to hold criminals accountable following the riots and violence that occurred during the aftermath of the death of George Floyd,” House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Chairman Andy Biggs (R-AZ) said in a hearing on “soft-on-crime” policies in America Wednesday.

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