Op-ed: Joe Teirab: Don t buy Gov. Tim Walz s dangerous bill of goods | Washington Reporter
America is being sold a bill of goods with Gov. Tim Walz, and a dangerous one at that.
The Democrat machine has been working overtime to introduce Walz as a folksy Midwestern dad with natural good sense, but nothing could be further from the truth.
I would know I was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Minnesota for four years under Gov. Walz.
When I first started as a federal prosecutor, I never thought so much of my time would go towards cleaning up after the governor s messes, but it quickly became a recurring theme in my job. When Walz sat on his hands and let protesters destroy the Twin Cities, my colleagues and I went after rioters and held them accountable. When Walz was asleep at the wheel while crooks stole hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars, I prosecuted some of the fraudsters and recouped some of the money.
The problem is that this isn t just gross incompetence it is downright dangerous decision-making. And there won t always be prosecutors like myself, local law enforcement, or other stopgaps to help lessen the damage.
Walz s weaknesses become even more concerning when they are paired with those of Kamala Harris. The Harris-Walz approach to public safety is so radical that it defies common sense and puts the public at serious risk. In fact, to the types of criminals I worked to put away, the pairing of Harris and Walz probably seems like a match made in heaven.
Not surprising.