{"id":2632590,"date":"2026-07-20T11:18:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T15:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesotas-biggest-paper-cheers-tim-walz-for-pardoning-child-rapist-says-he-was-justified-because-of-jan-6\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T11:21:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T15:21:04","slug":"minnesotas-biggest-paper-cheers-tim-walz-for-pardoning-child-rapist-says-he-was-justified-because-of-jan-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesotas-biggest-paper-cheers-tim-walz-for-pardoning-child-rapist-says-he-was-justified-because-of-jan-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota&#8217;s Biggest Paper Cheers Tim Walz For Pardoning Child Rapist, Says He Was Justified Because of Jan 6"},"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\">36<\/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%2Fminnesotas-biggest-paper-cheers-tim-walz-for-pardoning-child-rapist-says-he-was-justified-because-of-jan-6%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=2632590&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>A man who repeatedly raped a 10-year-old girl has returned to Laos after being pardoned by Minnesota Governor Tim walz, despite having a criminal history and an active removal order. The pardon was supported by the Minnesota Clemency Review Commission, the state&#8217;s Attorney General, and the Supreme Court Chief Justice, citing remorse, no recent crimes, and the victim\u2019s support.However, this decision drew criticism, especially from federal authorities like Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who revoked the man\u2019s legal status and deported him, emphasizing that illegal immigrant sex offenders should be removed from the U.S. <\/p>\n<p>The incident sparked debate over state pardons, child protection, and immigration policies. Critics argued Walz\u2019s decision was misguided, especially considering the severity of the crime. Minnesota\u2019s largest newspaper praised the pardon, comparing it to controversial clemency decisions for political protests, but opponents condemned it as a serious lapse in judgment that put public safety at risk. The article underscores the importance of protecting children from sex offenders and questions the fairness and implications of granting pardons in such cases.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A man who raped a 10-year-old child repeatedly is now back in his native Laos \u2014 no thanks to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who had pardoned the man who had a removal order due to his criminal history.<\/p>\n<p>It took intervention from Secretary of State Marco Rubio to get the man\u2019s legal status revoked after the pardon.<\/p>\n<p>But the biggest paper in Minnesota, the Minnesota Star Tribune, is hailing Gov. Walz\u2019s decision. Their reason to allow a child rapist to walk the streets of Minnesota when it could be deported? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/j6-cop-coughs-vulgar-curse-republican-rep-jack-smith-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The events of Jan. 6, 2021<\/a>, of course.<\/p>\n<p>One does have to applaud the folks at the Star Tribune for ingenuity, if here unleashed in a manner that is profoundly sick. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sick-man-child-tim-walz-bringing-national-guard-back-dc-rubio-deports-child-rapist-walz-pardoned\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tou Lue Vang<\/a>, the man in question, told investigators he raped the girl in question because in his society, this was considered normal. In fact, he told police this was \u201ca mistake,\u201d but \u201ca minor thing,\u201d and he didn\u2019t mean the victim\u2019s age. Apparently, child rape was little more severe than a fender-bender in his mind.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that he didn\u2019t receive a removal order until earlier this year should have been an outrage in and of itself, but what happened next was why we\u2019re still discussing this. In the intervening years, the convicted child rapist (who ended up just spending eight months in confinement at a county facility despite receiving a 12-year state prison sentence initially) has built a life in the United States, with children of his own.<\/p>\n<p>This was effectively the reason behind the decision to pardon him, which received a 4-2 vote from the Minnesota Clemency Review Commission and a unanimous decision to pardon from Walz, Democrat state Attorney General Keith Ellison, and state Supreme Court Chief Justice Natalie Hudson, a Walz appointee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe victim supports this pardon. His [Vang\u2019s] wife stayed and has forgiven. He also [has] immigration concerns. He has remorse and was discharged from probation,\u201d said the head of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/walzs-minnesota-illegal-immigrant-child-rapist-pardoned-libs-sickest-reason-imaginable-say-care-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Clemency Review Commission<\/a> in her decision.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump\u2019s administration was wholly unmoved, and Rubio terminated the sex abuser\u2019s legal status and deported him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder President Trump, criminal illegal aliens who rape children will be found, arrested, and removed \u2014 and Democrat politicians will not stand in the way,\u201d a White House statement read.<\/p>\n<p>Walz fumed after Vang\u2019s removal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid that make us any safer? Did that make the children that are left behind any more stable?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tim-walz-fumes-illegal-alien-child-rapist-pardoned-deported-cant-judge-someone-worst-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Walz said at a media briefing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid it improve the idea that we can\u2019t all be judged by our worst day? And I want to be very clear,\u201d Walz added, \u201cThese are horrific crimes. They often are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The answer to all those rhetorical questions, by the way, is yes: We have one less child rapist in our country, that child rapist is not in the same country as his children are, and we often have to be judged by our worst actions, because it shows what we are capable of. (Walz seems to have left out the fact that he was being judged for his worst <em>days<\/em>, since this happened repeatedly.)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GovTimWalz?\">@GovTimWalz<\/a> on why ICE shouldn\u2019t have deported this child rapist: \u201cwe can\u2019t all be judged by our worst day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For Tou Lue Vang this wasn\u2019t just one \u201cworst day\u201d \u2014 it was YEARS of repeatedly sexually assaulting a girl starting when she was 10.<\/p>\n<p>Just disgraceful. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QCzSnYh4zA\">https:\/\/t.co\/QCzSnYh4zA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hJ2TRlan4k\">pic.twitter.com\/hJ2TRlan4k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Homeland Security (@DHSgov) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DHSgov\/status\/2077477643541197259?\">July 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This lame-duck move to help a sex offender dodge expulsion from the country should have been universally unpopular, but it found at least one defender in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-walz-blame-minnesota-fraud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Star Tribune<\/a> newsroom. From their \u201cCheers and Jeers\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/mn-news-roundup-northern-mn-fires-smoke-global-warming\/601867324\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">section<\/a> on Friday, attributed to Rochelle Olson but assumedly passing through the hands of <em>some<\/em> editor who still didn\u2019t find this outrage distasteful:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>Cheers to Gov. Tim Walz:<\/strong> The governor refused to back down from his vote to pardon a Hmong man convicted of felony sexual assault in 2006. It\u2019s significant that Tou Lue Vang needed only two of three votes from the state Board of Pardons, but he received unanimous support. In addition to Walz, the board includes Attorney General Keith Ellison and state Supreme Court Chief Justice Natalie Hudson. Before her vote, the chief cited the letter of support for Vang submitted by the assault survivor. Also, Vang had not committed additional crimes in the past two decades. The Pardons Board makes weighty, life-changing decisions after studying the cases and history. In this case, Vang\u2019s pardon made him a political punching bag. Secretary of State Marco Rubio deported him to Laos. Vang\u2019s actions 20 years ago were awful, but so were the violent protests at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and those folks received presidential pardons. Of the deportation, Walz said, \u201cAnd by just picking them up and taking them out with no due process, it just seems unfair.\u201d Cheers to Walz for standing behind the pardon.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The degeneracy of the modern left would be impossible to exaggerate because it is impossible to exaggerate infinity. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oCzGZb9AwD\">pic.twitter.com\/oCzGZb9AwD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeremy Carl (@realJeremyCarl) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realJeremyCarl\/status\/2078693505426456616?\">July 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So, let\u2019s go through those depraved and illogical excuses seriatim.<\/p>\n<p>First, he was not just convicted of felony sexual assault, but of repeatedly raping a pre-pubescent girl. If there is anything that modern criminal science has taught us, it is that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/protecting-child-rapists-killers-ice-lists-off-illegals-caught-liberal-protests-rage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">child sex offenders<\/a> are the worst of the worst, capable of inflicting the most harm upon the maximum number of people, and the sooner they are stopped, the better.<\/p>\n<p>As for the unanimous support, two politicians from the same party and one judge who was appointed by one of the two politicians does not a strong case make, particularly when Walz and Ellison are two of the principals.<\/p>\n<p>Then: \u201cAlso, Vang had not committed additional crimes in the past two decades.\u201d Not that we know of, but sure, let\u2019s accept that. He should have spent those two decades not committing those additional crimes back in Laos.<\/p>\n<p>Ah, but the <em>pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance<\/em>: \u201cVang\u2019s actions 20 years ago were awful, but so were the violent protests at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and those folks received presidential pardons.\u201d Remember the \u201cFamily Guy\u201d episode where Lois ends up winning the mayoralty of Quahog by simply answering every question with \u201c9\/11\u201d? It\u2019s as if an entire generation of millennial stoners memorized that playbook, lived through the Capitol incursion, and thought because that was their 9\/11, they could get away with doing that in real life, not on an animated comedy.<\/p>\n<p>In such cases, of course, those were U.S. citizens who had been overcharged, sometimes for mere chaos tourism, by a politically motivated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-speaks-71-year-old-grandma-convicted-j6-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Justice<\/a>. In this case, it\u2019s a man who was undercharged and undersentenced who now gets a politically motivated pardon by Democrats who believe that slogans like \u201cno person is illegal\u201d are somehow policy. This was a child rapist who didn\u2019t even serve significant consequences and who should have been deported ages ago. Thank God we finally have a president willing to do it.<\/p>\n<p>As for Walz, we can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/alert-tim-walz-says-leaving-politics-announces-will-never-run\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">also thank God he\u2019ll be gone next January<\/a>. The Democrats, given Minnesota\u2019s history, will likely stay. 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