Tim Walz's complicated record on crime comes back to haunt him

Vice President Kamala Harri s’s decision to pick Tim Walz as her running mate on Tuesday renewed criticisms from Republicans about the Minnesota governor’s record on crime after his state spawned nationwide riots, looting, and calls to defund the police in 2020.

Minnesota saw an alarming crime wave beginning in 2018 that surged through 2021, dipped slightly in 2022, and then dipped again in 2023, according to preliminary state data released this year. Meanwhile, Walz, who has been in office since 2019, has had mixed responses to law enforcement in his state.