No one has done more work analyzing Governor Walz's energy policies over the last six years than we have. Today, we detail the policies he has enacted or proposed in Minnesota and their implications for the nation.

In short, Walz has never seen a California energy policy he didn't try to implement in Minnesota. His standard tactic has been the bait-and-switch, first proposing a seemingly moderate policy during election season and then lurching to the extreme end of the spectrum at his first opportunity.

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Raising Gas Taxes

While campaigning for Governor in 2018, Walz said he was for a "modest" increase in the gas tax, but he did not mention a specific amount.

Once he was elected, he sought to raise the tax by 20 cents per gallon, a 70 percent increase. This massive tax hike would have cost the average Minnesota family an additional $207 per year and made Minnesota’s gas tax the 4th highest in the nation.

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Tim Walz repeatedly hosted Muslim cleric who celebrated Oct. 7 and shared pro-Hitler website link

https://www.washingtonexaminer...hitler-website-link/

Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz, on at least five occasions as governor of Minnesota, hosted a Muslim cleric who celebrated Hamas‘s Oct. 7 attack last year on Israel and promoted a film popular among Neo-Nazis that glorifies Adolf Hitler, the Washington Examiner found.

The imam, Asad Zaman of the Muslim American Society of Minnesota, joined other Muslim leaders in May 2023 for a meeting about mosque security with Walz’s gubernatorial office in Minnesota. Zaman also spoke at a May 2020 event to call for peaceful protests with the governor during the riots in Minnesota sparked after George Floyd’s death. In April 2019, the cleric delivered an invocation before Walz’s state address — just months after Zaman called for an end to a government shutdown at a press conference with Walz in January 2019.

Zaman, moreover, attended a May 2019 event that Walz hosted for Ramadan, social media posts show.

Walz’s ties to Zaman could serve as problematic baggage for the Minnesota governor as he campaigns with Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee. News of the ties also comes after a Washington Free Beacon report this week found Walz spoke at a 2019 event with an antisemitic scholar who has defended terrorism against Israel.

Zaman, who is from Bangladesh, said on Oct. 7 of last year that he “stands in solidarity with Palestinians against Israeli attacks.” That day, which saw 1,200 Israelis murdered by Hamas terrorists, he also shared an image of a Palestinian flag on Facebook in response to a post by Yusuf Abdi Abdulle, director of the Islamic Association of North America, declaring that “Palestine has the right to defend itself.” The Biden-Harris administration, Abdulle wrote in the post, was “on the wrong side of history” in “supporting the extremist Zionist regime and its illegal settlements.”

Zaman, meanwhile, has used his Facebook page over the years to share official Hamas press releases, blog posts on antisemitic websites slamming Jews, and, in one 2015 instance, a link to a piece on a website for a pro-Hitler film called The Greatest Story Never Told. The propaganda movie was released in 2013 and is a favorite among antisemites and QAnon conspiracy influencers, according to the Anti-Defamation League.

“Imam Zaman has a troubling history of playing into classic anti-Jewish themes and justifying violence against Israel,” an Anti-Defamation League spokesperson told the Washington Examiner.

“He also has justified violence against Israel, including from terror groups,” the ADL spokesperson said. “Given his hurtful remarks post-Oct. 7, and absent any recognition of the pain he has caused the Jewish community, we urge all public officials and leaders to avoid meeting with him in the future. Those who have met with Imam Zaman should clarify that they don’t agree with his toxic views about Jews and the Jewish state.”

A drag queen danced on the star in Minnesota’s Capitol Rotunda under Gov. Tim Walz’s (D) leadership.

https://www.breitbart.com/poli...im-walzs-leadership/

A video from 2023 shows drag queen Tomi Saint James dancing around the Capitol Rotunda in Minnesota, entertaining a crowd. According to Alpha News, “The rules, which event coordinators must agree to when reserving the space, state that the North Star symbol must not be walked on and that the stanchions to protect it cannot be moved.” That, however, was violated by the drag queen, as he danced on the star on the “Trans Day of Visibility” in 2023. According to reports, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan was there:





At the time, House Minority Leader Lisa Demuth told Alpha News that many people reached out to her office “troubled by both the inappropriate performance during Friday’s Trans Day of Visibility, as well as the disrespect it showed to the Capitol building.”

“Video circulating on social media showed a performer dancing on the stanchioned-off North Star State symbol area in the Capitol Rotunda. This is a clear violation of rules for public events at our Capitol, which plainly state, ‘The Star in the Rotunda is not to be straddled, stood upon, or walked on,’” Demuth added.

This display should come to no surprise, given Walz’s open embrace of LGBTQ+ issues, even praising children as “stars” of the “Walz for Governor Pride Parade” in 2017, when he was running for governor.

“Let’s be honest – these were the real stars of the Walz for Governor pride parade unit this Sunday,” Walz said, proudly sharing the video of innocent children participating in a political LGBTQ+ event, as Breitbart News detailed.

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Who vetted this weirdo?

^They vetted him and decided they love everything about him. Something that can't be repeated enough is: "There is no peak in Clown World"

This shit needs to keep coming out and promoted as much as possible. Pull the mask of this weirdo and expose him as much as possible. Shine a light so bright this roach has nowhere to hide. We can make this ticket DOA by just destroying Walz no need to worry about the whore.

I'm glad to see this fucker finally getting drug out in the light nationally. He has never been challenged here in Minnesota. I hope he lives to rue the day he stepped into the light. I want his own ambitions to become his demise.

I’ve been saying the same thing for a week now:

https://x.com/realchriscotts/s...346871995945024?s=46

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Here's another head scratcher:

In 24 years, @Tim_Walz's top decorations are one Army Commendation Medal (ARCOM), and two Army Achievement Medals (AAM).

That is, for lack of a better term, weird. These are the two lowest level decorations for meritorious service and/or outstanding achievement. These decorations would normally be presented to junior soldiers or younger NCOs who have a limited scope of responsibility.

For an E-8 with 24 years of service to have only the 2 entry-level awards is highly unusual. Highly.

Not clear what Walz's retirement decoration was (if he received one), but if it was an ARCOM or AAM, that is bad. If he received no decoration at all, it's even worse. It indicates a lack of confidence in and respect for Walz's contributions as a Senior NCO.

Not as bad as screwing over your unit and soldiers and then lying about your service, but definitely an indicator that he was not considered to be a good and trustworthy NCO.

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Originally posted by lastmanstanding:
This shit needs to keep coming out and promoted as much as possible. Pull the mask of this weirdo and expose him as much as possible. Shine a light so bright this roach has nowhere to hide. We can make this ticket DOA by just destroying Walz no need to worry about the whore.

I'm glad to see this fucker finally getting drug out in the light nationally. He has never been challenged here in Minnesota. I hope he lives to rue the day he stepped into the light. I want his own ambitions to become his demise.

I'd prefer if this COWARD (and Lying Weirdo Commie Freak!), along with the 'Word-Salad Spinner' were not completely destroyed until AFTER the Dem Convention, when they're officially nominated as the Candidates on the Dim ticket!

Beyond his lack of commendations, would it be typical for a guy with a couple of college degrees to not be selected for OCS? Maybe the Guard doesn't work that way.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by MNSIG:
Beyond his lack of commendations, would it be typical for a guy with a couple of college degrees to not be selected for OCS? Maybe the Guard doesn't work that way.[/QUOTE

No. He’s a weirdo but not for that. The tasks are different. Don’t think of the paper chain of command, think of a rolling ball of razor blades with the senior enlisted responsibility to keep it wired together and moving. The officers will determine the direction and why they are rolling.

Above is pretty weak but watch We were Soldiers and tune in on plummy the sm and Mel Gibson the co and see how they interact. For a movie, and in my non-army experience, spot on.

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Originally posted by downtownv:
Who vetted this weirdo?

Eric Holder.

Any more questions?

https://babylonbee.com/news/8-...he-man-who-was-there

He was there with Brian Williams.

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Originally posted by wishfull thinker:

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Originally posted by MNSIG:
Beyond his lack of commendations, would it be typical for a guy with a couple of college degrees to not be selected for OCS? Maybe the Guard doesn't work that way.

No. He’s a weirdo but not for that. The tasks are different. Don’t think of the paper chain of command, think of a rolling ball of razor blades with the senior enlisted responsibility to keep it wired together and moving. The officers will determine the direction and why they are rolling.

Above is pretty weak but watch We were Soldiers and tune in on plummy the sm and Mel Gibson the co and see how they interact. For a movie, and in my non-army experience, spot on.

Would be interested to see how he did at Senior Leaders Course and other leadership courses during his NCO progression to E-8. All that's been circulated is his boot camp photo, any photos of his time as a SFC or MSG? Even his DD214?
I know Reserve & Guard units have all manor of odd career paths and cross-service laterals, is he one of these guy's that slipped though the cracks with no 'excitement' in their career? After 20-years of war, if you're a career solider and you didn't deploy to either combat zones, you must've actively worked to avoid those orders.

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Originally posted by corsair:
After 20-years of war, if you're a career solider and you didn't deploy to either combat zones, you must've actively worked to avoid those orders.

What wars were there when he was in? He tuck tailed and ran right at the start of those 20 years of war. And he wasn't a career soldier. I doubt in 24 years if he did more than a cumulative 4 years of actual active duty.

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
What wars were there when he was in? He tuck tailed and ran right at the start of those 20 years of war...

According to wiki, he re-enlisted, after 9/11. So, he was "in" the war, technically. But only in Italy.

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Walz served in the National Guard for 24 years after enlisting in 1981.[31] In 2001, he completed the 20 years of service needed for retirement from the guard, but he reenlisted after the September 11, 2001 attacks.[32] During his military career, he had postings in Arkansas, Texas, the Arctic Circle, New Ulm, Minnesota, and elsewhere.[31] He trained in heavy artillery.[31] During his service, he worked in disaster response postings following floods and tornadoes and was deployed overseas.[31] In 1989, he earned the title of Nebraska Citizen-Soldier of the Year.[33]

In August 2003, Walz deployed with the Minnesota National Guard to Vicenza, Italy, for nine months to serve with the European Security Force in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.[34][35]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Walz

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
What wars were there when he was in?

He enlisted in 1981.

Grenada (1983)
Panama (1989)
Iraq/Kuwait (1990-1991)
Somalia (1992-1993)
Haiti (1994-1995)
Bosnia (1996+)
Kosovo (1999+)
Afghanistan (2001+)
Iraq (2003+)

He then retired in 2005.


And those are just counting the larger operations. There were a number of smaller scale training/humanitarian/evacuation deployments that occurred during those 2+ decades.

Granted, National Guard troops were not used in many of those.

Right, but the point is that I don't think he had to work very hard to avoid deployment to a combat zone.