Tim Walz Was Never ‘Affable’ Coach Democrats Claimed

After an ICE agent fatally shot a Minneapolis woman during a confrontation last week, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz responded about as irresponsibly as a state executive could: seeming to suggest that he might deploy the state National Guard against federal agents.

“I’ve issued a warning order to prepare the Minnesota National Guard,” the Democratic governor told reporters. “These National Guard troops are our National Guard troops. Minnesota will not allow our community to be used as a prop in a national political fight.”

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After an ICE agent fatally shot a Minneapolis woman during a confrontation last week, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz responded about as irresponsibly as a state executive could: seeming to suggest that he might deploy the state National Guard against federal agents.

“I’ve issued a warning order to prepare the Minnesota National Guard,” the Democratic governor told reporters. “These National Guard troops are our National Guard troops. Minnesota will not allow our community to be used as a prop in a national political fight.”