{"id":2322942,"date":"2024-08-12T07:34:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T11:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-let-the-camo-hat-distract-you-from-walzs-radical-record\/"},"modified":"2024-08-12T07:37:51","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T11:37:51","slug":"dont-let-the-camo-hat-distract-you-from-walzs-radical-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-let-the-camo-hat-distract-you-from-walzs-radical-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Let The Camo Hat Distract You From Walz&#8217;s Radical Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdont-let-the-camo-hat-distract-you-from-walzs-radical-record%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2322942&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Governor\u200c Tim Walz of \u200cMinnesota, now under national scrutiny as Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s \u200drunning mate, faces criticism for his governance\u200b during a challenging period marked by the George Floyd riots in 2020. His delayed response\u200c to the unrest contributed to significant \u200bproperty damage and a subsequent rise in crime, making Minnesota the first state to officially shift from low\u200c to\u200d high crime rates. Under his leadership, Minnesota&#8217;s economy has also\u2063 struggled, with a decline in per capita GDP below \u2064the national average, a stark contrast to its historically high-income\u200d status.<\/p>\n<p>Education outcomes have worsened, despite increased spending on K-12\u2063 schools, with a\u2064 majority \u2063of \u2062students failing to meet reading and\u200b math proficiency levels. Walz\u2019s\u200c aggressive push for renewable energy has led to rising electricity costs, further hampering economic growth.\u200d His administration has been marred by \u2064scandal, particularly the Feeding \u200cOur Future fraud, where millions meant for feeding children were embezzled.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Walz&#8217;s actions have alienated rural voters, where he faces\u2062 significant\u2064 opposition\u2014especially after making dismissive comments about \u200drural \u2064areas. His military service has also come under fire\u2064 due to his \u200cchoice not to deploy during a critical mission, leading to distrust among\u2064 some veterans. critics argue that Walz\u2019s record reflects a series of failures across multiple \u200csectors, raising concerns\u200c over his viability on the Democratic ticket.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., was largely unknown to voters across the country when Vice President Kamala Harris selected him as her running mate, so his record is coming under national scrutiny for the first time. Unfortunately for Walz and the Democrats, his record as governor of Minnesota is every bit as bad as that of the Biden-Harris administration, if not worse.<\/p>\n<p>When the George Floyd riots began in Minneapolis in May 2020, Walz dithered. For four days, while Minneapolis and other cities burned, Walz <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanexperiment.org\/the-truth-about-gov-walz-and-the-national-guard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">refused to call out the National Guard<\/a>. By the time the riots were finally brought under control, the Minneapolis Police Department&rsquo;s Third Precinct station had been stormed by rioters and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanexperiment.org\/magazine\/article\/hard-of-healing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">burned, along with many other buildings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The result is a crime wave that continues to the present. Throughout its history, Minnesota had always been a low-crime state. But as a result of Walz&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-dem-takes-far-left-groups-money-but-claims-he-doesnt-support-their-policies\/\" title=\"Wisconsin Dem Takes Far-Left Group\u2019s Money But Claims He Doesn\u2019t Support Their Policies\">anti-law enforcement policies<\/a>, the rate of serious crimes in Minnesota now exceeds the national average. For the first time, Minnesota is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanexperiment.org\/what-america-needs-to-know-about-tim-walz-of-minnesota\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">officially a high-crime state<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Walz&rsquo;s tenure has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanexperiment.org\/what-america-needs-to-know-about-tim-walz-of-minnesota\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">equally destructive of Minnesota&rsquo;s economy<\/a>. Historically, Minnesota has been a relatively high-income state. Its per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/were-at-the-beginning-of-a-new-era\/\" title=\"We\u2019re At the Beginning of a New Era\">capita gross domestic product<\/a> has always been higher than the national average. But that, too, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanexperiment.org\/minnesotas-advantage-over-the-united-states-in-gdp-per-person-has-fallen-from-3237-to-43-in-just-six-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">no longer true<\/a>. Walz&rsquo;s anti-business and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantiss-ship-might-have-already-sailed-ahead-of-next-gop-debate-tiana-lowe-doescher\/\" title=\"DeSantis may have missed his chance before the next GOP debate: Tiana Lowe Doescher.\">anti-growth policies<\/a> have taken their toll, so that beginning in 2023, Minnesota&rsquo;s per capita GDP is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanexperiment.org\/in-2023-minnesotas-per-capita-gdp-dropped-below-that-of-the-united-states-for-the-first-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">below the national average<\/a>. Walz has performed the remarkable feat of making Minnesota an economically below-average state.<\/p>\n<h2>Students Suffer<\/h2>\n<p>For many years, Minnesotans have believed that their public schools and students &mdash; like those of the fictional Lake Wobegon &mdash; are above average. That was true once, but not under Walz. The Walz administration has driven an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanexperiment.org\/what-america-needs-to-know-about-tim-walz-of-minnesota\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">explosion in spending<\/a> on K-12 schools, but more spending has not meant better results. On the contrary, student performance has plummeted.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanexperiment.org\/majority-of-minnesota-students-arent-meeting-reading-and-math-standards\/\">fewer than half<\/a> of all K-12 students in Minnesota&rsquo;s public schools can either read or do math at grade level. Shockingly, 64 percent of Minnesota&rsquo;s 11th graders can&rsquo;t do math at grade level. And in the most recent testing, both 4th and 8th grade reading proficiency is the lowest ever recorded. Some of this decline is due to Walz&rsquo;s improvident closing of Minnesota&rsquo;s schools during the Covid epidemic, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanexperiment.org\/how-education-has-changed-under-gov-walz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dismal test results continue to the present<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Costly Energy Policy<\/h2>\n<p>Walz is an admirer of California. He has never seen a left-wing California initiative that he hasn&rsquo;t tried to import into Minnesota. Thus, he has been a strong advocate for wind and solar energy. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanexperiment.org\/reports\/the-high-cost-of-100-percent-carbon-free-electricity-by-2040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">authored a proposal<\/a> to require 100 percent of Minnesota&rsquo;s electricity to come from wind and solar by 2040. Remarkably, there was no cost estimate for this plan, nor was there a feasibility study to show that it could be done. Energy experts at the Center of the American Experiment <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanexperiment.org\/american-experient-report-finds-gov-walzs-100-carbon-free-electricity-plan-would-cost-313-billion-and-cause-blackouts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">estimated the cost of Walz&rsquo;s plan at $313 billion<\/a>, a price that still could not assure reliable power. Nevertheless, Walz was able to get that legislation passed, and he signed it into law.<\/p>\n<p>Because of Walz&rsquo;s &ldquo;green&rdquo; initiatives, the cost of electricity in Minnesota has risen much <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanexperiment.org\/what-america-needs-to-know-about-tim-walz-of-minnesota\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">faster than the national average<\/a>. Minnesota has lost the competitive advantage of cheaper-than-average electricity. This no doubt contributes to Minnesota&rsquo;s subpar economic growth.<\/p>\n<h2>Scandal and Population Loss<\/h2>\n<p>Walz&rsquo;s administration has also been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanexperiment.org\/minnesota-scandal-tracker-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">plagued by scandal<\/a>. Most notoriously, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanexperiment.org\/explosive-audit-report-on-feeding-our-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$250 million<\/a> was stolen from taxpayers in the Feeding Our Future scandal. The money supposedly went to feed poor children, but the meals for which the money was paid were almost entirely fictitious. Confronted with the facts, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twincities.com\/2022\/09\/22\/minnesota-governor-pushes-back-against-food-fraud-criticism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Walz lied<\/a>, asserting falsely that his Department of Education had been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanexperiment.org\/the-alleged-feeding-our-future-scandal-the-guthmann-files\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">required by court order to make the payments<\/a>. That claim was so outrageous that the court took the remarkable step of issuing a public statement refuting it.<\/p>\n<p>The acid test of policies in any state is, are people moving in or out? Sadly, Minnesota, which once was a magnet, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanexperiment.org\/what-america-needs-to-know-about-tim-walz-of-minnesota\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">now repels residents<\/a>. Every year Minnesota suffers a net outflow of residents to other states. Minnesota loses residents in every age bracket, and in every income category <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanexperiment.org\/irs-data-show-sharp-increase-in-net-loss-of-higher-earners-from-minnesota\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">above $50,000<\/a>. (The only income bracket where Minnesota gains residents, on net, is 0 to $25,000.) Under Walz&rsquo;s leadership, Minnesota has joined California, New York, and Illinois as a state that many people want to leave, and few want to move into.<\/p>\n<p>So on policy, Walz&rsquo;s record is one of failure. That being the case, what does he bring to the Democratic ticket?<\/p>\n<h2>Offending Rural Voters and Veterans<\/h2>\n<p>Democrats seem to think that Walz will appeal to swing voters in rural areas because he is a veteran and from a small town. They may be in for a rude awakening: Walz is despised in rural Minnesota, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/2022-election\/results\/minnesota\/statewide-offices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">where he was routed in his re-election race in 2022<\/a>. This is partly because he has been openly contemptuous of rural voters. He was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PlzFsnESqag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">famously caught on video<\/a> telling fellow Democrats that they shouldn&rsquo;t worry about those broad red swaths on the map, because rural areas are &ldquo;mostly rocks and cows.&rdquo; Thousands of small-town Minnesotans formed a group called <a href=\"https:\/\/rocksandcows.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rocks and Cows of Minnesota<\/a>, which sold merchandise and erected anti-Walz billboards.<\/p>\n<p>As for being a veteran, Walz did serve in the Minnesota National Guard for 24 years, rising to a high rank. But when the Minnesota Guard was ordered to Iraq in 2005, rather than being deployed, <a href=\"https:\/\/alphanews.org\/tim-walz-said-we-wants-to-ban-guns-he-carried-in-war-he-never-saw-combat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Walz quit<\/a>. Many of his fellow guardsmen are still bitter at what they regard as a betrayal.<\/p>\n<h2>Social Issues<\/h2>\n<p>Walz is hard left on bread and butter issues, but it is the social issues where he is most extreme. He advocated for and signed legislation that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanexperiment.org\/shock-and-awe-at-the-capitol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">legalizes abortion up to the moment of birth<\/a>, as well as a law that makes Minnesota a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanexperiment.org\/minnesota-house-passes-controversial-trans-refuge-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;trans refuge&rdquo; state<\/a> where minors can obtain&nbsp;transgender surgeries that would be illegal where they live. Walz actually suggested that Minnesota can reverse its current outflow of residents by being the state people come to for abortions and transgender operations.<\/p>\n<p>Walz has defended <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanexperiment.org\/ban-all-that-supposed-book-banning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stocking public school libraries<\/a> with books that include graphic depictions of gay sex. He signed a law requiring tampon dispensers in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanexperiment.org\/2024-will-kick-off-with-menstrual-product-requirement-in-boy-and-girl-school-bathrooms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">all boys&rsquo; bathrooms<\/a> in the public schools. More seriously, he backed and signed a law that will require every class in every Minnesota public school to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanexperiment.org\/missing-the-mark-the-proposed-mn-version-of-ethnic-studies-and-its-narrow-ideology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">include an &ldquo;ethnic studies&rdquo; component<\/a> that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/condoleezza-rice-denounces-critical-race-theory-curriculums-being-taught-in-schools\/\" title=\"Condoleezza Rice Denounces Critical Race Theory Curriculums Being Taught in Schools\">incorporates critical race theory<\/a> and is openly anti-American.<\/p>\n<p>Walz&rsquo;s record does not commend him as a candidate for national office, and his views are sufficiently out of the mainstream that Democrats can only hope they do not become widely known. No doubt, the national press will do its best to try to keep them quiet.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      John Hinderaker is the president of Center of the American Experiment and a co-founder of the Power Line website.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota was relatively unfamiliar to voters nationwide when Vice President Kamala Harris chose him as her running mate, leading to a first-time examination of his record. Unfortunately for both Walz and the Democratic Party, his tenure as governor mirrors the shortcomings of the Biden-Harris administration, if not surpassing them. <\/p>\n<p>During the George Floyd riots in Minneapolis in May 2020, Walz hesitated for four days before calling in the National Guard while cities burned around him. By the time order was restored, rioters had attacked and set fire to multiple buildings, including the Minneapolis Police Department&#8217;s Third Precinct station.<\/p>\n<p>This indecision has contributed to an ongoing crime wave; historically a low-crime state, Minnesota now experiences serious crime rates that exceed national averages due to Walz\u2019s anti-law enforcement policies. For the first time ever, Minnesota is classified as a high-crime state.<\/p>\n<p>Walz&#8217;s governance has also negatively impacted Minnesota&#8217;s economy. Once known for its relatively high income levels and per capita GDP above national averages, these figures have declined under his anti-business policies. As of 2023, Minnesota\u2019s per capita GDP has fallen below that of other states.<\/p>\n<p>In education, despite significant increases in K-12 funding during Walz\u2019s administration, student performance has deteriorated sharply. Currently less than half of K-12 students can read or do math at grade level; alarmingly 64% of 11th graders are unable to perform at grade level in math. This decline is partly attributed to school closures during COVID-19 but continues even now.<\/p>\n<p>Walz is also known for his admiration of California&#8217;s progressive initiatives and has pushed for aggressive wind and solar energy policies without providing cost estimates or feasibility studies\u2014leading experts to estimate implementation costs at $313 billion without guaranteeing reliable power supply. Consequently, electricity prices in Minnesota have surged beyond national averages.<\/p>\n<p>His administration faced scandals too; notably $250 million was misappropriated from taxpayers through a program intended to feed children\u2014most meals funded were fictitious\u2014and when confronted with this reality he falsely claimed legal obligations forced payments from his Department of Education.<\/p>\n<p>The effectiveness of any state&#8217;s policies can often be gauged by population trends; unfortunately for Walz-led Minnesota\u2014which once attracted residents\u2014it now sees an annual net outflow across all demographics except those earning below $25k annually.<\/p>\n<p>Despite hopes that he might appeal to rural swing voters due to his military background and small-town roots\u2014he actually faces significant disdain among rural Minnesotans after losing re-election there in 2022 following dismissive comments about their communities being &#8220;mostly rocks and cows.&#8221; His military service is also viewed critically since he resigned rather than deploy with fellow guardsmen during Iraq operations.<\/p>\n<p>On social issues where he takes extreme left positions\u2014such as supporting unrestricted abortion rights up until birth and making Minnesota a refuge state for minors seeking transgender surgeries\u2014his views may alienate many potential voters further still. He advocates controversial educational reforms including mandatory ethnic studies incorporating critical race theory into public school curricula while defending explicit content available in school libraries.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, Governor Walz\u2019s record raises questions about his viability as a candidate on a national stage given how far removed some aspects are from mainstream perspectives\u2014a reality Democrats may wish remains obscured from broader public awareness<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3353,"featured_media":2322943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Tim_Walz_%E2%80%94_Virginia_MN_2021-e1723221582513.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[37558,5843,5894,37869,27318],"class_list":["post-2322942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-camo-hat","tag-distraction","tag-politics","tag-radical-record","tag-walz"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Tim_Walz_%E2%80%94_Virginia_MN_2021-e1723221582513.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3353"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2322942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2322943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2322942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2322942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2322942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}