{"id":48562,"date":"2024-08-06T17:48:15","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T21:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=48562"},"modified":"2024-08-06T17:54:22","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T21:54:22","slug":"harriss-running-mate-tim-walz-the-governor-who-oversaw-ground-zero-of-the-2020-riots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2024\/08\/06\/harriss-running-mate-tim-walz-the-governor-who-oversaw-ground-zero-of-the-2020-riots\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris&#8217;s running mate Tim Walz the governor who oversaw \u2018ground zero\u2019 of the 2020 riots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 reported running mate, Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, shortly after news broke of the vice presidential pick on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-dominant-color=\"775c53\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #775c53;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"685\" height=\"458\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-58-12.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48563 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-58-12.png 685w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-58-12-300x201.png 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Minnesota, home to Minneapolis, was a major location for the Black Lives Matter riots in 2020 after the death of George Floyd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHarris-Walz: most left-wing ticket in American history,\u201d DeSantis said. \u201cMinnesota was ground zero for the BLM riots of 2020. Harris egged it on and Walz sat by and let Minneapolis burn.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The governor also called Walz an \u201cIlhan Omar-style Democrat\u201d and an \u201cunbridled leftist.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn 2021, Minnesotans were roughly five times more likely to move to Florida than vice versa,\u201d he said. \u201cThey were fleeing a state that, under Gov. Tim Walz, turned its back on law and order, increased taxes, and imposed unscientific coronavirus restrictions, harming children and destroying businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DeSantis\u2019 communications director, Bryan Griffin, also went on the offense against the ticket running against Trump-Vance for the presidency.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-dominant-color=\"b0854a\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"760\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot_20240806_170332_Truth-Social-1-1024x760.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48566 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #b0854a; width:476px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot_20240806_170332_Truth-Social-1-1024x760.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot_20240806_170332_Truth-Social-1-300x223.webp 300w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot_20240806_170332_Truth-Social-1-768x570.webp 768w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot_20240806_170332_Truth-Social-1-1536x1141.webp 1536w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot_20240806_170332_Truth-Social-1-2048x1521.webp 2048w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cKamala Harris, the most leftist presidential nominee in American history, picks an even further-left candidate for VP in Tim Walz,\u201d Griffin said. \u201cBiden is bad. This pair would be next-level destructive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some Democrats worried about Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro\u2019s pro-Israel stances in the context of rallying an already fragile Democratic base when the nominee just a few short weeks ago was set to be President Joe Biden. Shapiro is Jewish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As The Hill reports, Walz has \u201cliberal bona fides\u201d and was also a safer pick among&nbsp;union backers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 reported running mate, Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, shortly after news broke of the vice presidential pick on Tuesday. 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