Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz denigrated large parts of his own state, the Trump campaign noted Tuesday after Walz was picked to be the running mate of Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris.
“Itâs no surprise that San Francisco Liberal Kamala Harris wants West Coast wannabe Tim Walz as her running-mate — Walz has spent his governorship trying to reshape Minnesota in the image of the Golden State,â Karoline Leavitt, the Trump campaign’s press secretary, said in a news release.
âWhile Walz pretends to support Americans in the heartland, when the cameras are off, he believes that rural America is âmostly cows and rocks,ââ she said.
âFrom proposing his own carbon-free agenda, to suggesting stricter emission standards for gas-powered cars, and embracing policies to allow convicted felons to vote, Walz is obsessed with spreading Californiaâs dangerously liberal agenda far and wide.”
Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are the most extreme ticket in recent presidential history â they want to decriminalize illegal immigration, end private health insurance, reduce sentences for violent criminals, and make your energy bills more expensive. #mnleg #VP
â Lisa Demuth (@LisaDemuthMN) August 6, 2024
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âIf Walz wonât tell voters the truth, we will: Just like Kamala Harris, Tim Walz is a dangerously liberal extremist, and the Harris-Walz California dream is every Americanâs nightmare,â she concluded.
In 2017, the Republican Governors Association noted that Walz commented that rural Minnesota was not worth anyoneâs worry.
VIDEO: Democrat @Tim_Walz Caught On Tape Attacking Rural Minnesota As âMostly Rocks and Cowsâ #MNGov https://t.co/3zZJvCpTTV
â The RGA (@GOPGovs) November 2, 2017
Should Kamala Harris have selected someone else for VP?
âYou see those maps,â Walz said in a recording posted to X. âRed and blue, and thereâs all that red across there. And Democrats go into depression over it. Itâs mostly rocks and cows that are in that red area.â
At the time, the RGA said, it was âdisgusting that Walz is peddling the insulting narrative used by urban elites — that rural Americans who tend to vote Republican are worthy of disparagement. If Tim Walz is willing to insult and dismiss rural Minnesota, he isnât fit to be governor.â
Hereâs what Tim Walz thinks of rural America:
âYou see those maps. Thereâs all that red across there and Democrats go into depression over it. Itâs mostly rocks and cows in that red area.â
pic.twitter.com/FmEDMjFQfLâ Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 6, 2024
During his time as governor, Walz made Minnesota a sanctuary state for illegal immigrants, meaning he does not want local law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration officials.
âMy position on Minnesota becoming a sanctuary state boils down to who has the responsibility for enforcing immigration laws,â Walz said in 2018, according to the New York Post.
âHereâs what I believe: Congress has given federal agencies the authority to enforce immigration laws in Minnesota, and I support their doing so,â he said.
Not only did Governor Tim Walz sign legislation giving free college and free health care to illegal immigrants, but he sat on the sidelines and watched Minneapolis burn for four days straight.
Weird and dumb.
To the American people: If you had any doubt that Kamala Harris isâ¦
â Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) August 6, 2024
âCongress has not given local law enforcement that same authority. The role of law enforcement is to enforce state and local laws, not federal immigration laws, and I strongly believe that they should not do so,â he said then.
The Post reported that as governor, Walz supported illegal immigrants by giving them state-funded health care, driverâs licenses and college tuition reimbursement.