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1. His administration oversaw the largest pandemic fraud in the country. Over 60 Minnesotans have been charged in the $250 million scheme. A recent state audit said the Walz administration "failed to act on warning signs" to prevent the fraud. https://t.co/mSkvbBgfKJ
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2. He is notoriously thin-skinned and very sensitive to any criticism of his rural credentials: https://t.co/zoZNzFu1xc
However, he lost the Greater Minnesota district he represented in Congress for a decade during his 2022 reelection campaign. pic.twitter.com/9LzT1bdJdq
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4. On his watch, Minneapolis experienced several days of rioting following the death of George Floyd, causing $500 million in damage to 1500 buildings. He was criticized by a news anchor on the air for his response: https://t.co/BWL6DVCq9n
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5. During his 2022 reelection campaign, 3 former National Guard members said Walz “let his soldiers down” because they say he avoided a deployment to Iraq in 2005 before running for Congress. https://t.co/Q0b8Lk2OAc
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6. Last year, he was told by the widow of a fallen deputy not to attend her husband's funeral. “It’s not that I wanted to be rude or anything. It’s just that I don’t appreciate people that don’t support law enforcement," she said. https://t.co/39hVdSox7U
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8. His lieutenant governor celebrated when a statue of Christopher Columbus was torn down outside the Minnesota Capitol. Emails indicate his administration decided not to reinstall the statue the same day it was toppled over by a group of protesters. https://t.co/CCUujPmomi
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10. In 2023, he signed a highly controversial "trans refuge" bill that promotes sex changes for minors. https://t.co/5Myhw5EYL5
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12. He defended his COVID school closures by claiming "over 80% of our students missed less than 10 days of in-class learning. The vast majority of students were in." In MN, schools were closed from March 18 to March 27 in 2020 and then students learned remotely the rest of the…
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