{"id":75586,"date":"2024-08-09T15:00:12","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T15:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/c410a03f5f2bc9add238c8ff203649bb"},"modified":"2024-08-09T15:00:12","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T15:00:12","slug":"former-minnesota-lawmakers-unload-on-harris-partisan-vp-pick-tim-walz-very-thin-skinned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/former-minnesota-lawmakers-unload-on-harris-partisan-vp-pick-tim-walz-very-thin-skinned\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Minnesota lawmakers unload on Harris’ ‘partisan’ VP pick Tim Walz: ‘Very thin-skinned’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
MINNEAPOLIS – A former Republican Minnesota lawmaker<\/span> and the head of the state Republican party slammed Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz, telling Fox News Digital he is a pure “partisan and abandoned the city during the 2020 Black Lives Matter riots, which was echoed by another former Walz colleague. <\/p>\n “It was absent,” Minnesota GOP Chair David Hann told Fox News Digital about Walz\u2019s leadership as the city of Minneapolis was destroyed by Black Lives Matter rioters in 2020, resulting in hundreds of buildings being destroyed and an estimated $500 million<\/u><\/span> in damage.<\/p>\n Walz has faced criticism for waiting several days to call in the National Guard, which Hann tells Fox News Digital was a decision made for political reasons. <\/p>\n “He didn’t do anything for three days, and I think it’s because he was fearful of alienating this left-wing base that is the Democratic Party,” Hann said. “They were talking about this as a protest against police violence,” Hann said. “I think that if he were to call in the National Guard when it started to get out of control, that would have been seen as, oppositional to their narrative of, we’re just out here protesting, you know, excessive police force.”<\/p>\n HARRIS VP PICK TIM WALZ\u2019S TOP FIVE \u2018WEIRD\u2019 MOMENTS IN THE SPOTLIGHT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n