The Walz Family, Will The Public Smell the Deception?

It was a slow transformation from moderate Midwest Democrat to far-left radical for Tim Walz, but eventually, he unburdened himself from the restraints of his past.

So has his wife and daughter.

Now, the Minnesota governor is Kamala Harris’ running mate, and he’ll help Democrats pursue the art of confusion and deception.

What voters may see in Tim Walz and his family will not be what they get. 

Beware of the smoke screen.

Be informed, not misled.

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It was a slow transformation from moderate Midwest Democrat to far-left radical for Tim Walz, but eventually he unburdened himself from the restraints of his past.

Now, the Minnesota governor is Kamala Harris’s running mate, and he will help Democrats pursue the art of confusion and destruction.

Moses Bratrud, director of strategy for the Minnesota Family Council, told Tony Perkins, “He seems like kind of a straight-shooter, straight-talker kind of guy that you could have a conversation with as a Trump voter. And that's exactly what Kamala Harris hopes she will get from him."

The New York Times says, "Tim Walz is going to bring big Midwestern dad energy to the presidential campaign."

The Times says, "Minnesota’s governor won’t deliver a key state or bring key policy experience that Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, lacks. She picked him to run as her vice president for one reason above all others: His biography and his demeanor make him a familiar figure for voters who might not be attracted to a Black and South Asian woman from California."

Voters would be wise to look not at the color of the skin but at the content of the character. 

The smoke screen.

Bratrud explains: "When Waltz was elected governor in 2018, defeating Republican Jeff Johnson with 52.7% of the vote, he began to change. He left the city of Minneapolis unguarded and stood as the protector of lawlessness during the riots after the murder of George Floyd in 2020."

He says, “I’m in my home in St. Paul, smelling the smoke, seeing the boarded-up windows wondering why is the governor not calling out the National Guard? What’s the delay here? In fact, during that rioting he waited three days, while the city burned, to send out the National Guard.” 

“It was Tim Walz who ordered that there would be no pushback against the Antifa, Black Lives Matter rioters,” former U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann told AFN.

“He was one of the worst governors in America on COVID,” Bachmann continued. “He had mask mandates, vaccine mandates. The schools were closed. School children committed suicide because they were staying at home. They weren’t allowed to go to school.”

The real turn for Walz came in his second term. On one day in January of 2023, shortly after his reelection, Walz signed bills that allowed the state to take children from parents who refused them gender-manipulation treatments, banned mental health practitioners from offering therapy for minors with gender questions and made Minnesota a safe haven for abortion doctors who face criminal charges in other states, Bratrud said.

The big delay

No question Tim Walz had changed. But apparently, his family had changed as well.

His views on abortion are alarming, to say the least.

“One of the main bills he signed removed all existing abortion restrictions from Minnesota state code,” Ben Dorr, executive director of Minnesota Right to Life, told American Family News. “It even gutted the protections for children born alive during a botched abortion. He could not be a further left pro-abortion extremist than he is. He’s the worst in the country.”

Red State says, "After George Floyd died in May 2020, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz dilly-dallied for days, resisting pleas for him to call in the National Guard to quell the growing riots as Minneapolis burned. A few months later, local news station KSTP interviewed Tim and Gwen Walz about the state's COVID response and the Black Lives Matter riots. 

Gov. Walz's wife, Gwen, made a bizarre and disgusting statement about her actions in those first few days.

Here's what she said in the clip:

"I would say those first days, you know, when there were riots, I could smell the burning tires, and that was -- that was a very real thing. And I kept the windows open for as long as I could because I felt like that was such a touchstone of what was happening."

This is how Minnesota First Lady Gwen Walz reacted to the widespread BLM riots her husband enabled:

“I could smell the burning tires…I kept the windows open as long as I could because I felt like that was such a touchstone of what was happening."

They openly want destruction. pic.twitter.com/hM3m4OV2yv

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) August 6, 2024

Who thinks to do that? Did she keep the windows open for as long as possible as a "weird" way to feel solidarity with the rioters? Or was she savoring the smell of burning tires, burning stores, burning police stations, burning dreams? Or both?

In those first days, Walz's daughter, Hope, made sure rioters knew that the National Guard was not going to be deployed on the night of May 28 so they could continue their rampage.

Her posts read:

[spelling and capitalization original]: 

“Could someone who actually has followers rely [sic] to the masses that … the [National] guard [sic] WILL NOT be present tonight? there is a lot of misinformation that is further spreading fear and chaos at the scene of the protests."

And then, in another tweet:

"the guard cannot be sent in minutes. It takes time for them to deploy because they come from all over the state. to be clear, the national guard will not be present tonight."

And in a third:

"just because someone asked for something doesn't mean it's happening right away or even happening at all. i don't know about swat but what i do know is that the guard will not be present arresting people tongiht."

That night a six-story housing project and the Minneapolis Police Department's Third Precinct burned, and several stores were looted. As reported by American Experiment in an excellent article detailing the timeline of Walz's failure to respond, it seems that Hope Walz was sharing information she had access to through her father. 

Blaze show host Daniel Horowitz said on American Family Radio Wednesday, “Tim Walz embodies anarcho-tyranny where under his stewardship you were allowed to burn down businesses, but you weren’t allowed to open businesses,” Horowitz told show host Jenna Ellis.

Takeaway

Horowitz said the Harris-Walz ticket should make things easier for former President Donald Trump, the GOP nominee, if, and this is a big if, Trump can stay on message.

“If you look at the issues of this election, inflation, invasion, indoctrination, crime, Hamas … on all five of those the Democrats could not have embraced and worn themselves on their sleeves more than they did with Harris and Walz."

“If you accentuate those issues and elevate them to the point that the election becomes about that, it’s hard to see how Republicans lose,” Horowitz continued. “If it ultimately becomes about distractions and personalities, I think we know how that ends.”

Psalms 20:7-8 says, "Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: But we will remember the name of the LORD our God. They are brought down and fallen: But we are risen, and stand upright."

To paraphrase, See those people polishing their chariots and those others grooming their horses? But we’re making garlands for GOD, our God. The chariots will rust, those horses pull up lame— and we’ll be on our feet, standing tall.

Work and pray, but remember, God is in control.

Be Informed. Be Discerning. Be Vigilant. Be Engaged. Be Peaceful. Be Prayerful.