Tim Walz's Somali/re-election crisis
Monday afternoon, I contacted a frequent reader of this blog to see if my friend had tracked the activities of a Twitter account thought to be connected to people thought to be employed by Minnesota's Department of Human Services. He'd been tracking the account as closely as I had. When I asked him what he thought was going on, he said that one of 3 things was happening. The first possibility was that the DFL thought Walz was too weak to win so they tried to make Walz look utterly corrupt so they attempted to help him look bad by shutting down the account. Option 2 was that the DHS employees really had violated Twitter's rules and their account was legitimately suspended. Option 3 was that it was a combination of the first 2 options. This is just opinion but I think that Option 2 is most likely.
That doesn't eliminate the possibility of the DFL not wanting Walz out of the competition. This NY Post article is interesting in that it highlights the employees' perspective. From the employees' perspective:
"Tim Walz is 100% responsible for massive fraud in Minnesota. We let Tim Walz know of fraud early on, hoping for a partnership in stopping fraud but no, we got the opposite response," the Minnesota DHS employees’ X account, which represents over 480 staffers, chided Saturday.
"Tim Walz systematically retaliated against whistleblowers using monitoring, threats, repression, and did his best to discredit fraud reports. Instead of partnership, we got the full weight of retaliation," the account charged. "It’s scary, isolating and left us wondering who we can turn to."
That's entirely possible. Walz is narcissistic. Further, he's exceptionally thin-skinned. Both possibilities seem realistic. This is the event that started this dramatic moment: In the opening exchange about the National Guard, Walz said this:Well, first of all, let me express my condolences to the families of the National Guardsmen. They're out there doing their duty. They serve us. As a commander in chief of the National Guard and someone who served, we have a responsibility to put them in a position where they're protected and they have a clear mission.Walz acting like he's got the utmost respect for the National Guard is insulting. In Gov. Walz's own words: In terms of respect, it's difficult to detect. Walter Hudson, a member of the Fraud and Oversight Committee, buried Gov. Walz in this interview: Tim Walz isn't a real governor. He' playing the part of a governor but he's been overwhenlmed by the job. He's good at sounding legitimate but he's underwhelming as CEO of Minnesota's Executive Branch of government. Finally, alz has overlooked the fraud crisis because he's afraid of saying anything negative against Somalis.
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