As we prepare to enter the new year, we&#8217;re taking you back to some of The Daily Wire&#8217;s best reporting from 2024. This article was originally published on November 22. 
Earlier this year, a Minnesota hospital issued a profuse apology to staff after failing to abide by its “values of respect and justice” — by giving out free Chick-fil-A.
Staff at Essentia Health in Duluth complained about the free sandwiches available in the St. Mary’s Medical Center’s <a href="https://www.essentiahealth.org/find-facility/essentia-health-st-marys-medical-center-duluth-building-b/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">atrium</a>, an email chain obtained by The Daily Wire shows.
“Please spread the word that Chick-fil-A will be handing out free sandwiches” from 2:15 to 3:30 p.m. wrote Tammy Kritzer, senior vice president for regional operations at Essentia Health.
Several health care professionals responded indignantly.
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🧵EXCLUSIVE: Read the emails from the &#8220;courageous&#8221; hospital staffers who complained about free Chick-fil-A
The Minnesota hospital later apologized profusely for allowing the free lunch <a href="https://t.co/frs6ESESBN">pic.twitter.com/frs6ESESBN</a>
— Mairead Elordi (@JohnsonHildy) <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnsonHildy/status/1860015511716921833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 22, 2024</a></blockquote>
“Chick-fil-A is an Anti-LGBTQ+ business and I would not recommend supporting them in any way. We need to protect vulnerable communities during this time and at all times,” one male licensed practical nurse wrote.
“I’m not sure Essentia realizes the message they are sending to their LGBTQ+ employees (or patients) with this affiliation. The sandwiches might be free, but the implicit endorsement certainly has a cost,” wrote a medical laboratory scientist whose email signature has “they/them” pronouns.
The emails critical of Chick-fil-A got dozens of thumbs up and heart emoji reactions, while another message suggesting the staffers calm down did not get such a warm response.
“It is just a Sandwich,” one employee responded. “Plenty of the items Essentia Health uses in the healthcare industry to include supplies and equipment were likely made in China. It doesn’t mean that Essentia supports communism or government oppression.”
Chick-fil-A has drawn the ire of LGBT activists over the years, who have boycotted and staged protests over the company <a href="https://thinkprogress.org/chick-fil-a-anti-lgbtq-donations-tax-filings-62ca15281f17/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">donating</a> to groups like the Salvation Army, which activists claim has “a record of anti-LGBTQ discrimination.” In fact, the company <a href="https://www.chick-fil-a.com/dei" target="_blank" rel="noopener">emphasizes</a> that it “values diversity, equity and inclusion” and does not discriminate or tolerate harassment on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Some cities have <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/chick-fil-banned-second-airport-two-weeks-n991016">prevented</a> Chick-fil-A from opening locations at their airports, including Buffalo, New York, and San Antonio, Texas. The chain famously does not open on Sundays to honor the Lord’s Day, Chick-fil-A’s founder<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/chick-fil-a-closes-on-sunday-why-2019-7#:~:text=However%2C%20Chick%2Dfil%2DA,never%20open%20on%20a%20Sunday.&amp;text=%22Closing%20our%20business%20on%20Sunday,Chikin%3A%20Inspire%20More%20People.%22"> explained</a>, likely causing it to lose more than $1 billion a year.
Later in the day, Kritzer, the hospital administrator, who has “she/her” pronouns in her email signature, wrote to staff apologizing for the free lunch.
“We have received feedback from some colleagues who were concerned or offended by this occurrence, and we value colleagues feeling comfortable expressing their reservations,” Kritzer wrote.
“We would like to thank our colleagues who had the courage to speak up to widen our lens of inclusivity, and we appreciate all colleagues continuing to live our values of respect and justice,” she said.
The hospital distanced itself from Chick-fil-A in the email, writing that the free lunch was “not intended to endorse a business or business practices,” the email said.
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“We respect all we are honored to serve and employ, and situations such as these are an important reminder to consider all viewpoints. As we strive to be thoughtful and inclusive as an organization, we will have learnings along the way,” the email read.
“In the words of Maya Angelou, when we know better, we do better,” the email concluded. “Thank you for giving us grace, as we work to be better, together.”
The hospital did not respond to a request for comment.
Essentia Health is a Catholic hospital system with a <a href="https://www.essentiahealth.org/about/mission-vision-values/catholic" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mission</a> to “promote Christ’s ministry of holistic healing for all human life with special concern for the poor and powerless.”
However, Essentia provides cross-sex hormones and more to minors. According to the <a href="https://stoptheharmdatabase.com/hospital/essentia-health-st-marys-childrens-hospital/">Stop The Harm database</a>, Essentia has performed at least five sex change operations on minors.
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Chick-fil-A

Read The Emails From ‘Courageous’ Hospital Staffers Who Complained About Free Chick-Fil-A

Leftists

LGBTQ

Minnesota

A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/minnesota" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Minnesota</a> school district was hit with a federal complaint by Parents Defending Education (PDE), which claims that the district engaged in race-based discrimination.
The complaint against Minnesota’s Rochester Public Schools was filed after the district allegedly used funds to support affinity group programs and professional development initiatives that barred white employees from participation.
“Parents Defending Education (PDE) brings this complaint against Rochester Public Schools in Rochester, MN for discrimination on the basis of race in programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance in violation of both Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,” the organization wrote in its <a href="https://defendinged.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/OCR-Rochester-Public-Schools_Redacted.pdf">federal complaint</a> to the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights.
The complaint goes on to explain that the district received over $136,000 in grants from the Minnesota Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board in support of various different race-based programs. One such program, called the Employees of Color Resource Group, appears to discriminate against white professionals as it offers paid professional development opportunities.
“We have funds to pay for equity PD for our group, so if there are opportunities that you are interested in, please contact us so we can set it up,” the employee group site reads.
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The district also boasted an initiative called “Grow Your Own,” which sought to “increase and support the number of educators of color in our district.” The description of the initiative went on to add that the program “will support teachers/individuals of color who want to pursue a career in teaching.”
The race-based program offered participants access to scholarships, “partnership with Minnesota PELBS Accredited University,” “Advising and Navigator Support,” and “Employees of Color Resource Group Access.”
“We ask that the Department promptly investigate the allegations in this complaint, act swiftly to remedy unlawful policies and practices, and order appropriate relief,” the complaint from PDE concludes.
The complaint from PDE comes after the organization previously filed a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-school-district-hit-with-calls-for-investigation-into-racial-discrimination">different federal complaint</a> against California’s La Honda-Pescadero Unified School District over hiring practices that specifically sought to “achieve an increase in diversity” among new hires.

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Minnesota School District Hit With Federal Complaint Over Race-Based Discrimination

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A judge on Monday approved the examination of George Floyd’s heart tissue and bodily fluids, offering a potential legal avenue for appeal in the conviction of former Minneapolis police officer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/derek-chauvin-stabbed-in-prison-life-saving-measures-administered-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Derek Chauvin</a>.
Chauvin was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/derek-chauvin-attorney-talks-u-s-supreme-court-appeal-every-juror-had-a-stake-in-outcome-of-trial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found guilty</a> in the contentious and highly-publicized case concerning the death of George Floyd and is currently serving a 20-plus year sentence for second-degree murder.
Chauvin&#8217;s new defense attorney, Robert Meyers, filed a motion last week to explore samples taken during Floyd&#8217;s autopsy on the basis that Chauvin was given &#8220;ineffective assistance of counsel&#8221; under his last attorney, Eric Nelson.
Meyers noted that Dr. William Schaetzel, a Kansas-based forensic pathologist, told Nelson before conviction that he believed Floyd died from heart failure due to an excessive release of catecholamines, not from Chauvin&#8217;s actions, ABC5 <a href="https://kstp.com/kstp-news/local-news/chauvin-appeal-judge-oks-analysis-of-george-floyds-heart-tissue-fluids-in-federal-case/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. However, Nelson never discussed this with Chauvin.
&#8220;Nelson provided ineffective assistance of counsel to Mr. Chauvin by failing to consult with him on this issue,” Judge Paul Magnuson agreed.
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JUST IN: In new court ruling, Derek Chauvin will be allowed to test heart tissue of George Floyd. <a href="https://t.co/51Kzl1qoIP">pic.twitter.com/51Kzl1qoIP</a>
— Liz Collin (@lizcollin) <a href="https://twitter.com/lizcollin/status/1868750129899225438?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 16, 2024</a></blockquote>
<a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/7738970/george-floyd-doctor-testimony/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Floyd</a>, who suffered from heart disease and hypertension and had fentanyl and methamphetamine in his system at the time of his death, did not die until he was at a nearby hospital.
Chauvin, who has already been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/derek-chauvin-stabbed-in-prison-life-saving-measures-administered-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stabbed</a> in prison, has been trying to appeal the conviction.
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In 2023, attorney William Mohrman filed an appeal at the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing, in part, that Chauvin was denied the right to a fair trial. However, the high court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/supreme-court-rejects-derek-chauvin-appeal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">refused</a> to hear the appeal.
“Under the Sixth Amendment of the U. S. Constitution, every criminal defendant is guaranteed a right to a fair trial,” Mohrman told <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/supreme-court-rejects-derek-chauvin-appeal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire</a> at the time. “And part of that fair trial-right is not to be tried in a location where the jurors have either been exposed to extensive pre-trial publicity, or there has been such community outrage and the like that the jurors, before they even were impaneled before the trial, would have concluded the defendant’s guilty, or would have been pressured into rendering a guilty verdict.”
Mohrman also suggested that jurors were scared not to convict.
“During the questioning, I would say the vast majority — not only the vast majority, probably 75 to 80 percent of the jurors — expressed concerns for their own personal safety as a result of being impaneled on the jury,” he said. “Virtually every juror had obviously heard about the case, knew about the riots, had seen the videos that were taken when George Floyd was arrested; virtually all the jurors have seen that, so it’s difficult in a case like that to impanel the jury where the jurors haven’t formed firm conclusions before the trial even starts.”
Chauvin has also been convicted of a federal civil rights violation, for which he is serving over 20 years concurrently with his state sentence.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/derek-chauvin-stabbed-in-prison-life-saving-measures-administered-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Derek Chauvin Stabbed In Prison, ‘Life-Saving Measures’ Administered: Report</a>

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin Arrested For George Floyd Death

Chauvin’s Legal Team Allowed Avenue For Appeal, Will Examine George Floyd’s Heart Tissue

Derek Chauvin’s Legal Team Allowed Avenue For Appeal, Will Test George Floyd’s Heart Tissue 

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The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) sent out a memo, exclusively obtained by The Daily Wire, warning against the “colonial settler mythological” presentation of Thanksgiving and urging staff members to instead reflect on the plight of Native Americans and celebrate “Truthsgiving.”
The statement, sent out today and written by the director of the DHS Office of Indian Policy Angie DeLille, encourages staff to reconsider their usual Thanksgiving celebration and allocate money to “indigenous-owned businesses.”
“As we approach this holiday, it’s an important time to reflect on the historical truths surrounding this holiday, particularly the impact it has had on Tribal and urban American Indian communities in Minnesota,” reads the opening of the memo, titled  &#8220;Thanksgiving offers opportunity for gratitude — and learning.&#8221;
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“While ‘Thanksgiving’ is often framed in its colonial settler mythological form, as a celebration of harmony and gratitude, it&#8217;s also important to acknowledge its deeper history &#8211; one that involves the displacement, violence, and enduring struggles that Tribal and native communities still face today,” it went on to read.
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DeLille, a <a href="https://mn.gov/boards/social-work/abouttheboard/boardmembers/angie-delille.jsp">social worker</a>, has “an interest in improving cultural competency in the social work profession” and leads the state’s Office of Indian Policy, which is <a href="https://mn.gov/dhs/partners-and-providers/program-overviews/indian-policy/">tasked</a> with assisting with “the delivery of services to American Indians living both on and off the reservation.”
Her memo goes on to propose an alternative to traditional Thanksgiving celebrations, noting that “my family has even started calling the holiday Truthsgiving!” before suggesting some ways that DHS staff can celebrate “truthsgiving.”
“You can incorporate some action steps as a family of things you will do this year to positively impact native communities, you can commit to learning more about Native communities in Minnesota as a family, the possibilities are endless,” DeLille’s memo reads. “You can also honor native people in other ways over the weekend, such as supporting indigenous-owned businesses on Black Friday.”
A representative of the Minnesota DHS confirmed the authenticity of the memo to The Daily Wire, explaining that it was &#8220;posted on our intranet site, which we use regularly to share news and updates for staff.&#8221;
The memo is the latest attempt to deconstruct Thanksgiving by labeling it a celebration of oppression, all while attempting to replace it with an alternative holiday.
In the Los Angeles Unified School District, for example, one lesson prepared by the Office of Human Relations, Diversity &amp; Equity in 2021 <a href="https://thefederalist.com/2021/11/26/los-angeles-public-schools-teach-students-that-celebrating-thanksgiving-is-evil/">taught</a> that Thanksgiving was a celebration of violence against American Indians. One video featured in the lesson plan taught that the “true story of Thanksgiving” is that “after every killing of a whole village, these European settlers celebrated it and then called it Thanksgiving.” 
The lesson plan also posited that instead of Thanksgiving, Americans should recognize a “national day of mourning.”

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EXCLUSIVE: Minnesota Official Urges Staff To Ditch Thanksgiving, Learn About ‘Colonial’ Violence

Thanksgiving

Wokeness

Last week, a Minnesota hospital issued a profuse apology to staff after failing to abide by its “values of respect and justice” — by giving out free Chick-fil-A.
Staff at Essentia Health in Duluth complained about the free sandwiches available last Tuesday in the St. Mary’s Medical Center’s <a href="https://www.essentiahealth.org/find-facility/essentia-health-st-marys-medical-center-duluth-building-b/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">atrium</a>, an email chain obtained by The Daily Wire shows.
&#8220;Please spread the word that Chick-fil-A will be handing out free sandwiches&#8221; from 2:15 to 3:30 p.m. wrote Tammy Kritzer, senior vice president for regional operations at Essentia Health.
Several health care professionals responded indignantly.
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🧵EXCLUSIVE: Read the emails from the &quot;courageous&quot; hospital staffers who complained about free Chick-fil-A
The Minnesota hospital later apologized profusely for allowing the free lunch <a href="https://t.co/frs6ESESBN">pic.twitter.com/frs6ESESBN</a>
&mdash; Mairead Elordi (@JohnsonHildy) <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnsonHildy/status/1860015511716921833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 22, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Chick-fil-A is an Anti-LGBTQ+ business and I would not recommend supporting them in any way. We need to protect vulnerable communities during this time and at all times,&#8221; one male licensed practical nurse wrote.
&#8220;I&#8217;m not sure Essentia realizes the message they are sending to their LGBTQ+ employees (or patients) with this affiliation. The sandwiches might be free, but the implicit endorsement certainly has a cost,&#8221; wrote a medical laboratory scientist whose email signature has &#8220;they/them&#8221; pronouns.
The emails critical of Chick-fil-A got dozens of thumbs up and heart emoji reactions, while another message suggesting the staffers calm down did not get such a warm response.
&#8220;It is just a Sandwich,&#8221; one employee responded. &#8220;Plenty of the items Essentia Health uses in the healthcare industry to include supplies and equipment were likely made in China. It doesn&#8217;t mean that Essentia supports communism or government oppression.&#8221;
Chick-fil-A has drawn the ire of LGBT activists over the years, who have boycotted and staged protests over the company <a href="https://thinkprogress.org/chick-fil-a-anti-lgbtq-donations-tax-filings-62ca15281f17/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">donating</a> to groups like the Salvation Army, which activists claim has “a record of anti-LGBTQ discrimination.” In fact, the company <a href="https://www.chick-fil-a.com/dei" target="_blank" rel="noopener">emphasizes</a> that it “values diversity, equity and inclusion” and does not discriminate or tolerate harassment on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Some cities have <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/chick-fil-banned-second-airport-two-weeks-n991016">prevented</a> Chick-fil-A from opening locations at their airports, including Buffalo, New York, and San Antonio, Texas. The chain famously does not open on Sundays to honor the Lord’s Day, Chick-fil-A’s founder<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/chick-fil-a-closes-on-sunday-why-2019-7#:~:text=However%2C%20Chick%2Dfil%2DA,never%20open%20on%20a%20Sunday.&amp;text=%22Closing%20our%20business%20on%20Sunday,Chikin%3A%20Inspire%20More%20People.%22"> explained</a>, likely causing it to lose more than $1 billion a year.
Later in the day, Kritzer, the hospital administrator, who has &#8220;she/her&#8221; pronouns in her email signature, wrote to staff apologizing for the free lunch.
“We have received feedback from some colleagues who were concerned or offended by this occurrence, and we value colleagues feeling comfortable expressing their reservations,” Kritzer wrote.
“We would like to thank our colleagues who had the courage to speak up to widen our lens of inclusivity, and we appreciate all colleagues continuing to live our values of respect and justice,” she said.
The hospital distanced itself from Chick-fil-A in the email, writing that the free lunch was “not intended to endorse a business or business practices,” the email said.
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“We respect all we are honored to serve and employ, and situations such as these are an important reminder to consider all viewpoints. As we strive to be thoughtful and inclusive as an organization, we will have learnings along the way,” the email read.
“In the words of Maya Angelou, when we know better, we do better,” the email concluded. “Thank you for giving us grace, as we work to be better, together.”
The hospital did not respond to a request for comment.
Essentia Health is a Catholic hospital system with a <a href="https://www.essentiahealth.org/about/mission-vision-values/catholic" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mission</a> to &#8220;promote Christ’s ministry of holistic healing for all human life with special concern for the poor and powerless.&#8221;
However, Essentia provides cross-sex hormones and more to minors. According to the <a href="https://stoptheharmdatabase.com/hospital/essentia-health-st-marys-childrens-hospital/">Stop The Harm database</a>, Essentia has performed at least five sex change operations on minors.
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Chick-Fil-A Facade

Hospital Staffers Complained About Free Chick-fil-A. Read Their Messages

LGBT

A Minnesota hospital issued a profuse apology to staff after failing to abide by its &#8220;values of respect and justice&#8221; — by giving out free Chick-fil-A.
Essentia Health in Duluth wrote to staff last Tuesday after staff clucked about the free sandwiches available in the St. Mary&#8217;s Medical Center&#8217;s <a href="https://www.essentiahealth.org/find-facility/essentia-health-st-marys-medical-center-duluth-building-b/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">atrium</a> earlier that day.
&#8220;We have received feedback from some colleagues who were concerned or offended by this occurrence, and we value colleagues feeling comfortable expressing their reservations,&#8221; Tammy Kritzer, senior vice president for regional operations at Essentia Health wrote in an email to medical staff that was obtained by The Daily Wire.
&#8220;We would like to thank our colleagues who had the courage to speak up to widen our lens of inclusivity, and we appreciate all colleagues continuing to live our values of respect and justice,&#8221; Kritzer wrote.
Chick-fil-A has drawn the ire of LGBT activists over the years, who have boycotted and staged protests over the company <a href="https://thinkprogress.org/chick-fil-a-anti-lgbtq-donations-tax-filings-62ca15281f17/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">donating</a> to groups like the Salvation Army, which activists claim has &#8220;a record of anti-LGBTQ discrimination.&#8221; In fact, the company <a href="https://www.chick-fil-a.com/dei" target="_blank" rel="noopener">emphasizes</a> that it &#8220;values diversity, equity and inclusion&#8221; and does not discriminate or tolerate harassment on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
The hospital distanced itself from Chick-fil-A in the email, writing that the free lunch was &#8220;not intended to endorse a business or business practices,&#8221; the email said.
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&#8220;We respect all we are honored to serve and employ, and situations such as these are an important reminder to consider all viewpoints. As we strive to be thoughtful and inclusive as an organization, we will have learnings along the way,&#8221; the email read.
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&#8220;In the words of Maya Angelou, when we know better, we do better,&#8221; the email concluded. &#8220;Thank you for giving us grace, as we work to be better, together,&#8221; the email read.
Some cities have<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/chick-fil-banned-second-airport-two-weeks-n991016"> prevented</a> Chick-fil-A from opening locations at their airports, including Buffalo, New York, and San Antonio, Texas. The chain famously does not open on Sundays to honor the Lord&#8217;s Day, Chick-fil-A&#8217;s founder<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/chick-fil-a-closes-on-sunday-why-2019-7#:~:text=However%2C%20Chick%2Dfil%2DA,never%20open%20on%20a%20Sunday.&amp;text=%22Closing%20our%20business%20on%20Sunday,Chikin%3A%20Inspire%20More%20People.%22"> explained</a>, likely causing it to lose more than $1 billion a year.
While Essentia staff squawked about the free lunch, they have been silent about some of their employer&#8217;s other decisions. The hospital, which did not respond to a request for comment, provides cross-sex hormones and more to minors. According to the <a href="https://stoptheharmdatabase.com/hospital/essentia-health-st-marys-childrens-hospital/">Stop The Harm database</a>, Essentia has performed at least five sex change operations on minors.
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Chick-fil-A Draws Conservative Criticism For Its Diversity, Equity And Inclusion Policy

Hospital Apologizes For Chick-Fil-A Lunch, Thanks Employees Who Had The ‘Courage’ To Complain

Hospital Apologizes For Chick-Fil-A Lunch, Thanks Employees Who Had The 'Courage' To Complain

Cancel Culture

Tim Walz, the now-forgotten nominee for vice president, infamously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tim-walz-calls-for-the-electoral-college-to-be-abolished-we-need-a-national-popular-vote">said</a> on the campaign trail, “I think all of us know, the Electoral College needs to go. We need a national popular vote.”
In 2023, Walz signed legislation adding Minnesota to the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV). While it hasn’t taken effect, 17 blue states have joined the anti-Electoral College plan.
But why wait? Walz and others who want a national popular vote should act now to give their state’s electoral votes to Donald Trump. If NPV states followed through, Trump would receive 520 electoral votes. Harris would get 18.
The <a href="https://www.electoralcollege101.com/">Electoral College</a> was designed by the American Founders to keep states in charge. It makes presidential elections a two-step, state-based democratic process. This creates important checks and balances. It limits how much power any one state or region can have, which spreads power out across our vast country. It also contains any election problems within individual states, reducing lawsuits and eliminating the possibility of a nationwide recount.
The <a href="https://saveourstates.com/electoral-college/what-is-national-popular-vote">NPV compact</a> is an attempt to undo all this without amending the Constitution. How is this possible? It takes advantage of the power that state legislatures have to decide how presidential electors are selected. Right now, state laws say that voters within each state elect their state’s presidential electors — that’s what last Tuesday was about. The NPV compact would change state laws so that presidential electors are chosen based on nationwide vote totals.
<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna18053715">Maryland</a> was the first state to join NPV, in 2007, when it was sponsored by then-Delegate Jamie Raskin. Other blue states have followed, including California in 2011, New York in 2014, and <a href="https://www.themainewire.com/2024/04/maine-house-narrowly-approves-national-popular-vote-after-dem-lawmakers-leave-chamber-before-roll-call/">Maine</a> just this year. Together, NPV states have <a href="https://saveourstates.com/electoral-college/the-status-of-npv">209 electoral votes</a>. Yet the compact only takes effect if joined by enough states that they control a majority — 270 electoral votes.
The reason for this “trigger” is not clear. If the compact is legal, then individual states must have the power to give away electors unilaterally. And why not, if they really believe in a national popular vote?
If <a href="https://americanmind.org/salvo/walz-versus-the-electoral-college/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Walz really wants a national popular vote</a>, he should ask the Minnesota Legislature to put NPV into effect now and add 10 electoral votes to Trump’s total. Gov. Jared Polis in <a href="https://www.cpr.org/2019/03/15/colorado-joins-national-popular-vote-movement-with-gov-jared-polis-signature/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Colorado</a>, who signed his state onto NPV in 2019, could do the same thing. Do these politicians really believe in a national popular vote, or were they just seeking partisan advantage?
Every NPV state went for the Harris-Walz ticket. That means that if they all followed through, they would shift all 209 of their electoral votes to the Republicans. Trump-Vance would win with 520 electoral votes. Harris-Walz would get 18.
Of course, NPV states probably can’t change their rules after the election. Voters in those states favored Harris, and so they will elect Democrat-nominated presidential electors. Of course, if any of those Democrat presidential electors believe the popular vote is the right way to choose the president, they could simply choose to cast their votes for Trump and Vance (depending on whether their state has a law to bind presidential electors).
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That none of this will happen simply exposes the truth: the NPV compact is a partisan ploy. When the sour grapes of Al Gore’s 2000 election loss were pressed, NPV was the sour wine that flowed out. The movement was created and is still run and funded by <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/22/us/politics/22electoral.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Koza</a>, one of Gore’s presidential electors in California. It gained support after 2016, when Trump smashed the blue wall and won the presidency according to the Constitution’s rules but without the popular vote.
The Electoral College rewards whichever party reaches out to build a more national coalition. Trump and Vance did that this year, attracting more support from young and minority voters than Republicans have seen in a generation. Their successful strategy to win the Electoral College has also delivered a popular vote majority.
If blue state legislators aren’t willing to throw their support to Trump, the popular vote winner, there is another course of action they can take: Repeal the National Popular Vote interstate compact, stop trying to manipulate the Electoral College, and focus instead on building coalitions capable of winning future elections.
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Trent England is founder and executive director of <a href="https://saveourstates.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Save Our States</a> and a producer of the film <a href="https://www.safeguard.film/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Safeguard: An Electoral College Story</a>.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, who has built his image around his career as a teacher, earned his master&#8217;s degree in education with a thesis on how to teach genocide that deemphasized the Holocaust, suggesting it be used primarily &#8220;as a means to educate students on the dangers of racism.”
Walz submitted the 25-page paper, &#8220;Improving Human Rights and Genocide Studies In The American High School Classroom,&#8221; to Minnesota State University in 2001. In the capstone, which was obtained by The Daily Wire, Walz said research showed that Minnesota students couldn’t pinpoint the role that racism played in the Holocaust.
Rather than addressing the apparent lack of empathy for Jews, Walz suggests teachers use Holocaust &#8220;as a means to educate students on the dangers of racism,&#8221; so they can identify early signs of discrimination against other groups.
He acknowledged that this argument “was controversial because [sic] the implication the Jewish Holocaust was not viewed as a ‘watershed’ event in human history.” But he did not seem worried about the controversy, writing that &#8220;If the Jewish Holocaust is a requirement of the state or local district this is a perfect time to fit it into the unit,&#8221; but that &#8220;At no time should this current unit be referred to as a Holocaust unit.&#8221;
Elsewhere, the paper said “American high schools must begin to broaden the scope of studies into genocide and human rights violations. This means continuing to teach the lessons learned in the Jewish Holocaust, but to not limit those lessons to one incident of genocide.&#8221;
The paper proposed requirements geared toward giving “students the necessary background information to apply historical examples of abuses to current world situations.”
“What never again means is never again will European Jews be killed in Europe, it does not mean never again to genocide,” its introduction complained about a Jewish-oriented focus on the Holocaust.
Walz&#8217;s running mate, Vice President Kamala Harris, has repeatedly likened former President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler, a rhetorical barb that some Jews say simultaneously degrades the severity of the actual Holocaust and uses its memory to manipulate people for political reasons. Trump was president from 2017 to 2021 and did not kill six million people.
Walz leaves it to schoolteachers to identify which groups and countries may be on the precipice of genocide and flag them to students.  He said teachers could “single out some countries…that are experiencing pre-genocidal conditions.&#8221;
&#8220;Political, social, and economic intervention may help prevent future genocide,&#8221; Walz writes. &#8220;Great care must me [sic] taken by the teacher to choose examples of economic conditions that are found in all cases were [sic] genocide occurs. The same is true of the political climate of the times the genocide was committed.&#8221;
“Schools are teaching about the Jewish Holocaust, but the way it is traditionally being taught is not leading to increased knowledge of the causes of genocide in all parts of the world. Better methods of instruction, a variety of resources, and a commitment to the teaching of the causes of genocide rather than specific incidents will give students the understanding of the elements that lead to genocide,” he said.
Compared to state laws which mandating teaching of the Holocaust, he pointed approvingly to a Massachusetts law mandating teaching about human rights abuses — which listed “the transatlantic slave trade” first and “the holocaust and the Mussolini fascist regime” last — in which “the key change was the lack of emphasis on the Holocaust and a broader definition of genocide and human rights as areas of study. This multidisciplinary approach was what researchers have found to work.”
Walz lauded modern resources in which “the Armenian genocide and the Cambodian genocide was presented in the same manner as the database for the Holocaust. This equality of subject treatment was also reflective of the current trends in genocide education.” He does not mention the Holodomor, in which the Soviet Union killed up to five million Ukrainians.
“The traditional mindset of holocaust education stated horrible acts committed against others were done by evil people. This seemed to remove all possible causes for the acts from the human realm and move them into the good versus evil realm. This does nothing to teach the causes of the actions,” he wrote.
Walz&#8217;s capstone includes widespread spelling and grammar issues. The governor misuses apostrophes in phrases like “Amnesty Internationals’ webpage,” and repeatedly writes “lead” where he meant “led.”
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There are a lot of ways you could measure the profound changes that have taken place in this country over the past century. You could talk about the civil rights movement, which pretty much everyone on the Left does — constantly, all the time. You could talk about the growth of our GDP and the stock market. Or you could talk about our many technological advancements in aviation and space flight and computing and so on. Plenty of people talk about those achievements, too.
What&#8217;s less discussed are our views about nature and the environment. I&#8217;m not talking about the politics of &#8220;man-made global warming,&#8221; and all the junk science behind it. I&#8217;m talking about our view of nature as a totally non-political concept. That&#8217;s changed, too, and not for the better.
When he was president, Teddy Roosevelt doubled the number of national parks, made the Grand Canyon a national monument, and established hundreds of millions of acres of protected public land. He became known as the &#8220;conservation president&#8221; because he inspired an entire generation to become outdoorsmen. And he didn&#8217;t do any of these things to advance any kind of political agenda. He did it because a healthy society recognizes that nature is worth protecting and enjoying for its own sake. Both Democrats and Republicans respected that.
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A little over a century later, we don&#8217;t have politicians like Teddy Roosevelt anymore. In fact, the government is trying to erase his legacy to the extent possible. They&#8217;ve taken down his statues because he was supposedly racist. And in the place of leaders like Teddy Roosevelt, we have politicians like Tim Walz, the governor of Minnesota who&#8217;s now running to be the vice president of the United States.
Tim Walz, unlike Teddy Roosevelt, views nature as a means to a political end. Like so many other politicians, he sees the environment as just another part of the all-encompassing &#8220;total state&#8221; — as just another avenue to indoctrinate as many people as possible, particularly young people, into the most perverse and deranged excesses of Left-wing ideology.
Yesterday, my team and I <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/under-tim-walz-minnesota-pays-for-kids-to-go-on-queer-camping-trips-without-parents" target="_blank" rel="noopener">broke the news</a> about a particularly disturbing program that the state of Minnesota, under Tim Walz, recently funded. Here&#8217;s how it works. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources operates something called the &#8220;No Child Left Inside&#8221; program. The idea of &#8220;No Child Left Inside,&#8221; which has been around for more than a decade, is that young people shouldn&#8217;t spend all of their time indoors. They should go hiking, ice fishing, bird-watching, et cetera, and learn something about nature. And as part of this program, the Minnesota government gives grants to organizations that promise to facilitate these kinds of outdoor excursions. So far, so good.
The problem is that, because politicians like Tim Walz believe that their ideology must be promoted everywhere and at all times, these &#8220;No Child Left Inside&#8221; grants aren&#8217;t just going to organizations that facilitate hikes and bird watching. Instead, they&#8217;re going to organizations that want to get young children between the ages of 11 and 17 alone, in the wilderness, where adults who identify as transgender can talk to them in private about topics like &#8220;queerness and nature&#8221; — without their parents present.
From The Daily Wire&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/under-tim-walz-minnesota-pays-for-kids-to-go-on-queer-camping-trips-without-parents" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Spencer Lindquist</a>:
<blockquote>The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources gave $10,500 to Clean River Partners, which sponsors the &#8216;Queer Unity, Environmental Education, and Recreation for Youth&#8217; program [a.k.a. &#8216;QUEERY&#8217;]. Led by a woman named Heron, a self-described &#8216;trans non-binary naturalist, youth educator, and community engagement professional&#8217; who uses &#8216;they/them&#8217; pronouns, the group convenes monthly &#8216;to offer a safe space for young individuals &#8230; to connect, learn outdoor skills, and explore the intersection of queerness and nature,&#8217; an Instagram post advertising the program states. According to Heron, parents are asked to &#8216;not attend the events, so participants have the chance to build their independence outdoors.&#8217;</blockquote>
For the record, here&#8217;s a picture of Heron, the &#8220;they/them&#8221; who wants to spend some time alone in nature with children as young as 11 years old:
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3/ Run by a “trans-non-binary” “they/them” named Heron, the club is “specifically designed for queer and questioning middle and high school youth” to “explore how queerness shows up in nature.” <a href="https://t.co/sJwPeTFHzR">pic.twitter.com/sJwPeTFHzR</a>
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Some of the topics that Heron reportedly wants to chat about include examples of queerness in nature, which will supposedly make these children more comfortable with their identity, whatever that means exactly. This is what Tim Walz&#8217;s Minnesota is spending taxpayers&#8217; money on. Some of these examples of &#8220;queerness&#8221; in nature, by the way, include female wood-frog sex-changing tadpoles, mushrooms with different &#8220;sex types,&#8221; and so on.
This relates to a familiar argument that trans activists use, even though it&#8217;s never made any sense. There&#8217;s an obvious difference between a tadpole that undergoes natural physical changes throughout its life, and a human who “identifies” as a different gender — or who makes the voluntary decision to remove body parts. The tadpole is undergoing a natural process that alters its body. A human who cuts off body parts is not undergoing a natural process. It&#8217;s like saying you can make a trans butterfly. Yes, a caterpillar can become a butterfly. That doesn&#8217;t mean we can paste wings on the caterpillar and turn it into a butterfly whenever we want.
Obviously, anyone who says the opposite shouldn&#8217;t be alone with 11-year-old children without parental supervision. But this &#8220;trans-binary naturalist&#8221; says there&#8217;s no cause for alarm, because there will be plenty of &#8220;adult supervision&#8221; on these excursions — which are an ongoing, monthly thing. For example, there will also be a college student in attendance, who serves on the board of a &#8220;student-run drag organization.&#8221; This college student uses &#8220;he/they&#8221; pronouns and appears to be a female who&#8217;s had her breasts cut off. So rest easy, parents. Your child is in good hands at &#8220;QUEERY.&#8221;
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The Daily Wire reached out to this organization, and the State of Minnesota, to figure out exactly what&#8217;s going on here. The organization&#8217;s director claimed that, &#8220;parents aren’t banned from attending the program, but it is meant to be a space for youth and it’s designed as such.” She added that the program is intended to promote a sense of &#8220;safety and belonging in the outdoors for queer and questioning youth,&#8221; with discussion topics including &#8220;trail navigation, plant identification, and paddling skills.&#8221;
So what exactly do trail navigation, plant identification and paddling have to do with children who say they&#8217;re gay or &#8220;non-binary&#8221;? That&#8217;s a question that definitely would&#8217;ve confused Teddy Roosevelt not too long ago. To Tim Walz, though, it&#8217;s not so confusing. This is how grooming works. You surround confused children with gender ideology at all times, and you tell them that everything in the world — even plant identification — relates back to their perceived sexuality.
For their part, the state of Minnesota gave us a predictably useless, bureaucratic answer to our questions about this program. First they told us:
<blockquote>It is our understanding that parents can participate in the program.</blockquote>
So they just dodge the whole issue of whether parents are being pressured not to attend. And then the government spokesman told us that the Department of Natural Resources:
<blockquote>&#8230; funded this project because it scored highly on a rubric-based assessment that took into account program focus, design, approach, and evaluation; feasibility; and financial need and match. </blockquote>
Whenever you hear terms like &#8220;rubric-based assessment,&#8221; you know you&#8217;ve descended to the sixth circle of bureaucratic hell. You don&#8217;t need a &#8220;rubric&#8221; to know it&#8217;s a terrible idea to have adults taking children out into the woods without their parents to talk about &#8220;queerness.&#8221; As as general rule, it is never a good sign when adults are trying to lure children into the woods to talk about sexuality. You don’t need any special rubric to know that. You just need common sense. But bureaucracy exists to provide plausible deniability when people disregard common sense in order to advance an agenda. It exists to provide cover for programs like &#8220;QUEERY.&#8221; When they&#8217;re called out for what they&#8217;re doing, they hide behind the &#8220;rubric.&#8221; That&#8217;s the strategy that Tim Walz has decided upon.
I could go through the many other examples of depraved programs that Tim Walz has either endorsed or overseen in Minnesota. There was his legislation removing the requirement that doctors provide lifesaving care to children who survive abortions. And we&#8217;ve already talked at length about his bill that requires high schools to put tampons in the boys&#8217; bathroom. Tim Walz&#8217;s wife recently doubled down on this bill. She suggested it was just common sense. Watch:
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Gwen Walz says that it &quot;makes sense&quot; for tampons to be available in the boy&#39;s bathroom at schools. <a href="https://t.co/AxNYjcCye2">pic.twitter.com/AxNYjcCye2</a>
&mdash; Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1846924591337239028?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
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In hindsight, these people calling JD Vance &#8220;weird&#8221; was one of the most flagrant examples of projection in all of modern politics. They always accuse you of exactly what they&#8217;re guilty of. Any reasonable person can take one look at Tim Walz and come to that conclusion. You can read his policies. You can look at how he behaves at his rallies. It&#8217;s actually striking how strange and viscerally disturbing he is.
At the same time, within the Democrat Party, Tim Walz isn&#8217;t weird at all. He embodies everything that the party stands for. And in particular, he stands for the idea that everything — even outdoor activities like trail navigation and plant identification — should be used as an opportunity to indoctrinate as many children as possible.
This is an ideology that seeks to corrupt everything it touches. It&#8217;s what Tim Walz has brought to the state of Minnesota. And even if you&#8217;re not particularly political — even if you care at all about preserving sane, non-political spaces in this country — that&#8217;s reason enough to make sure he never gets anywhere near the White House.

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Under Governor Tim Walz, Minnesota funds an organization that hosts no-parents-allowed wilderness excursions where children as young as 11 can discuss “queerness” with an adult who identifies as transgender.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources gave $10,500 to Clean River Partners, which sponsors the &#8220;Queer Unity, Environmental Education, and Recreation for Youth&#8221; program. Led by Heron Mahr, a self-described “trans non-binary naturalist, youth educator, and community engagement professional” who uses “they/them” pronouns, the group convenes monthly &#8220;to offer a safe space for young individuals in Northfield and Faribault to connect, learn outdoor skills, and explore the intersection of queerness and nature,” an Instagram post advertising the program states.
According to Mahr, parents asked to &#8220;not attend the events, so participants have the chance to build their independence outdoors. Mahr notes that there will be &#8220;ample adult supervision, including myself, a Carleton student who is supporting the program, and occasional guest instructors.” The student Mahr is referencing is Vio Csedrik, a board member of a “student-run drag organization” at Carleton College.
Mahr also said that the program is “designed specifically for queer and questioning middle and high school youth, and we kindly ask that you only attend if you belong to one of those groups.”
When asked by The Daily Wire, however, the organization&#8217;s executive director Jennifer Tonko said that &#8220;parents aren’t banned from attending the program, but it is meant to be a space for youth and it’s designed as such.&#8221; Tonko also stated that the program intends to &#8220;promote a sense of safety and belonging in the outdoors for queer and questioning youth,&#8221; with discussion topics including &#8220;trail navigation, plant identification, and paddling skills.&#8221;
Walz has been at the forefront of the Harris campaign&#8217;s effort to mobilize voters who identify as LGBT, <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-walz-delivers-remarks-at-human-rights-campaign-event-for-lgbtq-equality">recently speaking</a> at an event hosted by an organization that promotes child transgenderism.
The Daily Wire uncovered that parents of children who identify as trans recently spoke out in support of the Harris-Walz ticket on a &#8220;Trans Families for Harris&#8221; Zoom call, with the organizer behind the event, a man who identifies as a woman, celebrating Walz as &#8220;a beacon of LGBTQ rights for decades.&#8221; Both Walz and his wife, Gwen, promoted LGBT identification while they were high school teachers. Tim Walz advised his high school&#8217;s Gay-Straight Alliance Club, and Gwen Walz <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/as-a-teacher-in-90s-gwen-walz-brought-up-sexual-orientation-on-first-day-of-class">discussed sexual orientation</a> with students on the first day of school.
When asked why the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources decided to fund the program, an agency spokeswoman for the agency told The Daily Wire that the organization &#8220;received funding for its QUEERY nature club as part of our No Child Left Inside (NCLI) competitive grant program&#8221; and added that &#8220;it is our understanding that parents can participate in the program.&#8221;
The spokeswoman went on to say that the Department of Natural Resources &#8220;funded this project because it scored highly on a rubric-based assessment that took into account program focus, design, approach, and evaluation; feasibility; and financial need and match.&#8221;
Earlier this month, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/federal-government-set-to-pay-50k-to-encourage-lgbt-teen-wilderness-conservation-efforts">reported</a> that the federal government is set to grant $50,000 to an Oregon-based organization that hosts similar events outdoor events. The recipient organization, called the Northwest Youth Corps, will use the taxpayer funding in part to promote “lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer inclusion.”
National Geographic celebrated the program, stating that “having the support of an organization that provides safe spaces and opportunities for queer youth is essential for queer youth, especially during a time when transgender youth care is banned in numerous states and legislation transgender youth from participating in sports.”

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Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) picked a fight with Senator JD Vance (R-OH) on Monday, and somehow, it was Vice President Kamala Harris who came out the loser.
The confrontation began with a story in the Star Tribune that was promoted on X by the reporter who wrote it, Ryan Faircloth. &#8220;VP nominee JD Vance visited Minneapolis on Monday and portrayed it as a city in decline, echoing Trump’s comments about Detroit,&#8221; Faircloth wrote. &#8220;&#8216;The story of Minneapolis is coming to every community across the [U.S.] if we promote Kamala Harris to president,&#8217; Vance said.&#8221;
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VP nominee JD Vance visited Minneapolis on Monday and portrayed it as a city in decline, echoing Trump’s comments about Detroit. “The story of Minneapolis is coming to every community across the [U.S.] if we promote Kamala Harris to president,” Vance said. <a href="https://t.co/YoZ5olnTt9">https://t.co/YoZ5olnTt9</a>
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Phillips responded to Faircloth&#8217;s post, attacking Vance directly. &#8220;Shame on you @JDVance for coming to our community and calling us a city in decline. George Floyd’s murder and COVID’s destruction occurred under your emperor’s reign, and you’ve done NOTHING to help. Take your fear-mongering freak show back to lovely Cleveland,&#8221; he scolded.
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Shame on you <a href="https://twitter.com/JDVance?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JDVance</a> for coming to our community and calling us a city in decline.
George Floyd’s murder and COVID’s destruction occurred under your emperor’s reign, and you’ve done NOTHING to help.
Take your fear-mongering freak show back to lovely Cleveland. <a href="https://t.co/AZswoADoOv">https://t.co/AZswoADoOv</a>
&mdash; Dean Phillips (@deanbphillips) <a href="https://twitter.com/deanbphillips/status/1845946839276622047?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 14, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Vance replied to Phillips&#8217; attack, noting first that the Minnesota Congressman was attributing a statement to Vance that was actually said by the journalist.
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&#8220;I never used the phrase &#8216;city in decline.&#8217; It was editorializing from a journalist. What I did say: Minneapolis has suffered greatly,&#8221; Vance clarified, pivoting to turn the attack back on the Minnesota Democrats — up to and including Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) — who had allowed rioters to destroy the city of Minneapolis over the summer of 2020. &#8220;And not because of &#8216;George Floyd&#8217;s murder,&#8217; but because politicians like you allowed rioters to loot and burn, causing $500 million in damage.&#8221;
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If you want to let people burn down cities, harass police officers, and allow violent crime to nearly double, vote for Dean&#39;s buddy Kamala Harris. 
If you want to support our law enforcement and the people who depend on them for safety, vote for Donald J. Trump.
&mdash; JD Vance (@JDVance) <a href="https://twitter.com/JDVance/status/1846022517829333258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 15, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Vance went on to tie that to Harris, who is currently campaigning to be the next president and chose Walz to be her vice presidential running mate, saying that things would be no different with her in charge.
&#8220;If you want to let people burn down cities, harass police officers, and allow violent crime to nearly double, vote for Dean&#8217;s buddy Kamala Harris. If you want to support our law enforcement and the people who depend on them for safety, vote for Donald J. Trump,&#8221; he said.

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A damning report from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/cnn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a> this week found that there is widespread fraud throughout Minnesota&#8217;s government and that Governor Tim Walz demands little to no accountability for what has transpired under his watch.
The <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/04/politics/walz-audits-fraud-accountability-invs/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> highlighted numerous examples of fraud, ranging from pandemic funds intended to go to frontline workers that instead went to undeserving recipients to lax oversight of a government program that federal prosecutors said was the &#8220;nation&#8217;s largest&#8221; pandemic fraud scheme.
The report comes as Vice President Kamala Harris has faced significant criticism for her decision to pick Walz as her running mate after he has been found to be a serial liar on matters that span nearly every aspect of his life, both personal and career.
That criticism was again amplified after he was trounced in the vice presidential debate this week by Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) — Donald Trump&#8217;s vice presidential pick.
The state’s nonpartisan auditor, Judy Randall, told CNN that when Walz and his administration were confronted with dozens of examples of waste, fraud, and abuse, they minimized or dismissed the allegations.
The report said she was stunned that the state agencies under Walz&#8217;s control have become &#8220;defensive&#8221; and showed &#8220;signs of resentment&#8221; when confronted with the fraud, something that she has never seen over her nearly three decade career.
Randall said that she is not aware of a single person who has been removed from their job in the administration as a result of the fraud findings.
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“When he is not holding any commissioners responsible, then yes, Governor Walz is responsible for the fraud that has been ongoing in the state of Minnesota,” said Lisa Demuth, the state House GOP leader. “It falls squarely on his shoulders.”
Sen. Mark Koran, a Republican who serves as the vice chair of the state’s bipartisan legislative audit commission, said that the &#8220;hostility&#8221; that the state government has shown to investigators &#8220;is led by Governor Walz.&#8221;
“The governor’s appointees across the board at almost all agencies have been hostile and uncooperative when citizens are seeking transparency and oversight through the legislative auditor,” said Koran.
The chair of the committee, Democrat Rep. Rick Hansen, refused to respond to CNN&#8217;s request for comment.
The corruption under the Walz administration has attracted the attention of federal law enforcement officials who have conducted raids on various entities in connection with multiple criminal corruption investigations that are ongoing.
The report highlighted one of the examples of corruption that involved hundreds of millions of dollars of pandemic relief funds that were stolen through government programs in Minnesota.
Instead of helping those in need, &#8220;$250 million in federal tax dollars [were used] to purchase luxury cars, lavish overseas trips, gold jewelry and lakeside property.&#8221;

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