{"id":2326995,"date":"2024-08-19T17:08:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T21:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walz-ripped-for-snitch-line-after-making-thanksgiving-reference-in-pennsylvania-campaign-speech-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-19T17:12:07","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T21:12:07","slug":"walz-ripped-for-snitch-line-after-making-thanksgiving-reference-in-pennsylvania-campaign-speech-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walz-ripped-for-snitch-line-after-making-thanksgiving-reference-in-pennsylvania-campaign-speech-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Walz ripped for \u2018snitch line\u2019 after making Thanksgiving reference in Pennsylvania campaign speech &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Fwalz-ripped-for-snitch-line-after-making-thanksgiving-reference-in-pennsylvania-campaign-speech-washington-examiner%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=2326995&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>During a campaign event in \u2062Pennsylvania, \u2064Minnesota \u2063Governor Tim Walz \u2063expressed\u2062 nostalgia \u200bfor a time\u200b when Thanksgiving\u2064 gatherings were free of political discord. Speaking alongside\u2064 Vice \u200cPresident Kamala Harris,\u2063 Walz\u2062 reminisced about enjoying holidays without politics overshadowing family\u200d time.\u2064 However, his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-choice-jenner-supports-texas-right-to-choose-to-ban-abortions\/\" title=\"Pro-Choice Jenner Supports Texas\u2019 Right To Choose To Ban Abortions\">comments sparked criticism<\/a>\u2063 from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-furious-ca-restaurant-owner-confronts-inspectors-issuing-citation-are-you-gonna-pay-my-rent\/\" title=\"WATCH: Furious CA Restaurant Owner Confronts Inspectors Issuing Citation: \u2018Are You Gonna Pay My Rent?\u2019\">social media users<\/a> who \u200crecalled his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-gretchen-whitmers-approval-rating-plunges\/\" title=\"Poll: Gretchen Whitmer\u2019s Approval Rating Plunges\">controversial pandemic policies<\/a>, which included encouraging citizens \u200cto report neighbors\u200c for violating lockdown measures.\u200b Critics pointed out the\u2064 irony in Walz\u2019s statements, highlighting how his past\u200c actions had made people fearful of gathering during the holidays. This backlash underscored tensions around his handling of the pandemic \u200dand prompted \u200copponents to remind him of the restrictions he \u2063imposed that\u2063 affected family gatherings.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Walz ripped for &lsquo;snitch line&rsquo; after making Thanksgiving reference in Pennsylvania campaign speech<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1733379\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tim-walz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris\">Tim Walz<\/a> (D-MN) campaigned with Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris\">Kamala Harris<\/a> in western <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pennsylvania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Pennsylvania<\/a> on Sunday and lamented that he yearned for a time in politics when relatives could enjoy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/thanksgiving\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Thanksgiving\">Thanksgiving<\/a> without politics. Critics were quick to say he hurt families during the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And we, some of us who have less hair and are old enough, can remember when you could go to Thanksgiving, watch a Steelers game with your relatives, and not complain about politics the whole time, not be on each other&rsquo;s neck,&rdquo; Walz said to the crowd in Rochester, Pennsylvania, &ldquo;because you shared a commitment to democracy, a commitment to personal freedoms, a commitment to public education, a commitment to infrastructure.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Remember the time when you could go to Thanksgiving with your relatives and not complain about politics the whole time?<\/p>\n<p>This election is a chance to bring up the joy and look to the future. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IuIYgjQkAb\">pic.twitter.com\/IuIYgjQkAb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tim Walz (@Tim_Walz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tim_Walz\/status\/1825338411726635043?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>As Minnesota governor, Walz was accused of massive overreach in wielding his executive power to shutter schools, businesses, and churches during the pandemic. One of his most infamous pandemic measures in 2020 was encouraging residents to snitch on their neighbors who were ignoring draconian lockdown measures during that first year of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Remember the time when you couldn&rsquo;t go to Thanksgiving with your relatives because you were afraid someone was going to use the Walz snitch line to report you?&rdquo; a social media user <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/seanagnew\/status\/1825342228346081406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"asked\">asked<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Remember the time you tried to cancel Thanksgiving?&rdquo; another person posted on X, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/magills_\/status\/1825347060884725893\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"adding a 2020 news article\">adding a 2020 news article<\/a> about how he limited indoor and outdoor gatherings and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AlexBerenson\/status\/1823872213285761364\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"barred\">said<\/a> that &ldquo;no person from outside your immediate household should enter your home.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You guys support Thanksgiving now?&rdquo; political analyst Terry Schilling <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Schilling1776\/status\/1825449898201792934\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Remember this, you fascist?&rdquo; another person <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/dgoldwas\/status\/1825344805322334361\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said with a link\">said, adding a link<\/a> to a CBS News story about Walz and hospitals urging &ldquo;people to wear masks and keep Thanksgiving gatherings small.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Fellow Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RonDeSantis\/status\/1822290730494116333\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"tore into Walz\">tore into Walz<\/a> for setting &ldquo;up a snitch line imploring Minnesotans to tattle tale on their neighbors for failing to abide by his draconian COVID measures.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Minnesota governor continued his comments on Sunday about how the country has grown divided.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We don&rsquo;t call each other names. We don&rsquo;t do it. And we don&rsquo;t use the least fortunate amongst us as punch lines for our jokes because they&rsquo;re our neighbors. They&rsquo;re our neighbors. And so, you&rsquo;re getting an opportunity to see the best side of America,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Walz then noted that the pandemic had previously affected campaigning.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For the young people here, they maybe haven&rsquo;t seen a campaign like this because of COVID, because of things that&rsquo;s happening,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;This is a chance to bring out that joy, turn the page, and look to the future, this idea of going forward.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1733379\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1733379\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walz criticized for &#8216;snitch line&#8217; after Thanksgiving comment in Pennsylvania campaign speech<\/p>\n<p>Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) campaigned alongside Vice President Kamala Harris in western Pennsylvania on Sunday, expressing a desire for a time when families could celebrate Thanksgiving without political discussions. Critics quickly pointed out that his actions during the coronavirus pandemic had negatively impacted families. &#8220;Some of us who are older and have less hair can remember when you could enjoy Thanksgiving, watch a Steelers game with family, and not argue about politics the entire time,&#8221; Walz told the audience in Rochester, Pennsylvania. He emphasized shared values like democracy, personal freedoms, public education, and infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>A social media user recalled how people were afraid to gather for Thanksgiving due to Walz&#8217;s encouragement of residents to report neighbors violating strict lockdown measures during the pandemic. Another user referenced his restrictions on gatherings from 2020. Political analyst Terry Schilling questioned whether Walz now supported Thanksgiving celebrations after previously limiting them.<\/p>\n<p>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis criticized Walz for creating a &#8220;snitch line&#8221; that urged Minnesotans to report their neighbors for not following his stringent COVID-19 regulations. During his speech, Walz also addressed the division in the country: &#8220;We don\u2019t call each other names or use those less fortunate as punchlines because they\u2019re our neighbors.&#8221; He noted how campaigning had been affected by the pandemic and expressed hope for moving forward positively together as a nation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2678,"featured_media":2326996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/AP24231721215079.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[38599,5836,38597,38598,27318],"class_list":["post-2326995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-campaign-speech","tag-pennsylvania","tag-snitch-line","tag-thanksgiving","tag-walz"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/AP24231721215079.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2326995","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\/2678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2326995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2326995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2326996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2326995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2326995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2326995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}