Harris is
pursuing her own presidential run and will do so alongside Walz since Biden in
July decided to step down from re-election. The 60-year-old Midwestern governor
grew up in West Point, Nebraska. He served in the Army National Guard for 24
years. He was also a teacher, football coach and union member in Minnesota
before getting into politics.
In 2020, he
froze for two days before calling out the National Guard to quell the riots
that saw small businesses, grocery stores, and affordable housing developments
go up in flames. In 2021, Walz and his appointees at the Minnesota Department
of education failed to stop the massive, $250 million embezzlement of funds
that were supposed to feed hungry children. Both decisions involved standing up
to an important political constituency or voting bloc for Walz and the
Democrats, and both times his decision not to act harmed the entire state.
From riots to food fraud, Tim Walz allowed political calculations to cloud his thinking, resulting in terrible outcomes for the Minnesota families who rely on his leadership. Walz always avoids confrontation and sensible plans.
Gov. Walz
got stuck in an ideological and philosophical discussion about whether the use
of force was the appropriate response to George Floyd’s death, and whether more
force would exacerbate the problem “in the community.” In truth, it was too
late for that discussion and Walz needed to call in the National Guard fully
two days earlier than he did to stop the unrest and end the rioting.
Walz was
concerned that liberals, Black Lives Matter supporters and those screaming
“Defund the Police” would react negatively to a National Guard call-up to stop
the rioting. You can see the pain in his face as he said the same thing eight
different times in one press conference on May 29, 2020.
This
political weakness was not lost on the fraudsters at Feeding Our Future. Once
Walz’s Department of Education started asking questions and stopped payments,
they went right for his Achilles’ heel. They filed a discrimination lawsuit in
Ramsey County Court arguing Walz was mistreating another important political
constituency, Somalis. Then they took
their message against the Walz administration to the press. Feeding Our Future
CEO Aimee Bock told the Sahan Journal in May 2021 article, “The Department of
Education has really launched an attack on the community as a whole regarding
this food program.” Ouch. Team Walz probably spent hours in Zoom meetings
trying to figure out what to do next.
Bock
continued her calculated attack on the Walz administration in February 2022,
telling the Sahan Journal, “And my conclusion is, the reason why they didn’t
care about the impact of that decision, is because the centers are run by
immigrants and the beneficiaries of the food are also immigrants and poor
people. That’s my opinion.” Bock knew making the fraud about an important
political constituency to Walz and the Democrats would prevent them from doing
the right thing. Just look at all the DFL political contributions that are
linked to the players in the Feeding Our Future fraud.
Walz froze
again, allowed the fraudulent payments to continue and then tried to blame it
on a Ramsey County Judge when it blew up in his face.
At last, from riots to food fraud, Tim Walz allowed political calculations to cloud his thinking, resulting in terrible outcomes for the Minnesota families who rely on his leadership. Walz always avoids confrontation and sensible plans.
