It is laborious to stroll throughout south Minneapolis, which I lately visited for work, and never see what poor management has completed to a as soon as stunning state. The scars of the 2020 George Floyd riots are nonetheless there: outlets that at the moment are completely closed as a result of riots and covid, the fronts are occupied by junkies. Subsequent to the place Floyd was killed are crazily crafted picket sculptures, worse artwork with abolition, “ACAB” and Palestinian liberation motifs. The tradition shock is clear for somebody from exterior the state.
The Twin Cities are stunning, however they’re blue islands in a state poised to show crimson. Minnesota is Trump nation, and Donald Trump most likely understands that instinctively greater than anybody.
Gov. Tim Walz, a part of the place that ousted President Joe Biden from the Democratic ticket, was one of many first governors to launch a marketing campaign for Harris. Apparently so, after Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro — a darling of the Wall St. donor base, and thought of a borderline struggle felony amongst progressives for supporting Israel and volunteering for the IDF — Tim Walz is crucial potential vice-presidential decide.
You will need to take into account Walz’s legacy. Let me quote from a supply on the left, MSNBC.
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They’ve made Minnesota a secure haven for the trans group. They’ve affirmed abortion as a basic proper and eliminated restrictions that restrict entry. They legalized the usage of leisure marijuana and handed laws requiring driver’s licenses for all Minnesotans no matter immigration standing, automated voter registration.
Individuals simply watched an Olympic boxing match through which an intersex boxer virtually killed a lady’s eye; They could learn that a whole lot of hundreds of unlawful immigrants have been given driver’s licenses that will permit them to vote. Add to that the whole price of the 2020 riots of $2 billion and greater than 1500 houses and outlets had been destroyed below Walz’s management. The counter-charge of “bizarre” is ridiculous.
If Walz is the VP nominee, Trump’s marketing campaign crew ought to mechanically make a thousand brief clips of the riots and switch them into marketing campaign adverts for all swing states. This election will likely be an election about crime and dysfunction, immigration and international wars. That is all there’s to it. Regardless of the media blitz on Harris’ behalf, that is nonetheless Donald Trump’s misplaced election.
