Two Minnesotans are scheduled to testify on Gov. Tim Walz’s record on crime before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee this week, Alpha News has learned.
The Sept. 11 hearing from the Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance will serve as a continuation of the “committee’s oversight into the rise in violent crime and how the left’s anti-victim agenda, rogue prosecutors, and pro-criminal legislation disguised as ‘reform’ jeopardize public safety across the country,” according to an advisory obtained by Alpha News.
Jim Schultz, a former Republican nominee for Minnesota attorney general and current president of the Minnesota Private Business Council, is one of three witnesses expected to testify at the 10 a.m. ET hearing.
“Tim Walz has clearly mastered one leadership skill: the art of standing idly by while his state spirals into chaos,” Schultz told Alpha News.
Minnesota chef and restaurant owner Brian Ingram is also slated to testify. Ingram, the CEO of Purpose Driven Restaurants, has spoken to Congress before about the impact of crime on his business ventures. In 2021, Ingram was the victim of a string of burglaries at his St. Paul restaurants.
With his ascension to the top of the Democratic ticket as Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, Gov. Walz has faced renewed criticism for his handling of the 2020 George Floyd riots and resulting crime wave. Late last month, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson joined a group of local Republicans for a press conference outside of the abandoned Third Precinct police station in Minneapolis, where he said “the building behind me stands as one enduring symbol of [Harris and Walz’s] destructive records.”
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Republican congressional candidate Joe Teirab, who has helped prosecute some of the Twin Cities’ most violent gang members, said during the press conference that he believes voters in his district are tired of the policies of Walz, Harris and U.S. Rep. Angie Craig, his Democratic opponent this fall.
“Tim Walz let Minnesota burn to the ground, and Kamala Harris raised money to bail out the rioters who set it on fire,” House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan told Alpha News in a statement. “The American people have had enough of the Left’s soft-on-crime policies.”
Wednesday’s hearing will also feature Amanda Kiefer, who was attacked by an illegal immigrant in 2008 in San Francisco while Harris served as district attorney.
Anthony Gockowski
Anthony Gockowski is Editor-in-Chief of Alpha News. He previously worked as an editor for The Minnesota Sun and Campus Reform, and wrote for the Daily Caller.
