This dude is the guy everyone pretended Bernie was. I still love Bernie and am glad for his politics but Walz has a kind of dad charisma you can't replicate
He mobilized the national guard against protesters. I still like him, but Bernie is better. Bernie is too old now though. We fucked up and don't deserve him.
Mobilizing the national guard against protestors is a really strong way to put him only sending the guard after buildings had burned down, looting had occurred, and the Mayor requested it.
As Governor, I will always defend the right to protest. It is how we express pain, process tragedy, and create change. That is why I'm answering our local leaders' request for Minnesota National Guard to protect the peaceful demonstrators, neighbors, and small businesses in Minnesota.
this is the perfect response to protests where a handful are violent and destructive. not spraying crowds with pepper spray so Trump can hold a bible upside-down for a photo.
Right wingers always pretend like left wingers want violence to occur at protests. Lock up the people who commit crimes, leave everyone else alone
I know it's going to be down voted, but pretending like it didn't happen or it's such a great thing is going to do harm, because it's going to come up. I can't really find anything about how the national guard was used, and how much force they used against protesters, but I'm certain it was more than was necessary. Sure, some damage had been done to property, but I don't really care. I so don't really care about the politically laced response he made either. I care about how the protesters were treated.
There wasn't an ideal way to handle it though. Even with his mobilization of the national guard, republicans said he was too slow. We all know there was no way to be fast enough for them though, so whatever. Trump praised his response, which is a pretty clear indication to me that it was too aggressive.
Whatever though. It's politics and not doing so would possibly have lost him the election. I don't approve of it necessarily, and addressing it is the correct move, not pretending like it shouldn't be brought up. The more we're all aware of it the better prepared we are for when Republicans start using it as an attack.