FIRST ON FOX: A former longtime Minnesota resident who fled the state as a result of governor’s insurance policies and her mom dying “alone” in a nursing dwelling warns that “you do not want Tim Walz in a position of power over this country.”
Cathy, who requested for her final title to be omitted, grew up in Minneapolis however moved to South Dakota in late 2020 as Democratic vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz’s insurance policies on crime and coronavirus prompted her to go away the state, she revealed throughout a latest interview with Fox Information Digital.
Cathy stated she particularly left Minnesota after her mom handed away of “loneliness” in a nursing dwelling throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
“If it weren’t for these rules put in place for COVID by Governor Walz, one of my brothers could have been there with her. She didn’t have to be alone when she died, but their tyranny is the reason that she was alone when she passed,” Cathy informed Fox Information Digital. “We all know she died of loneliness because how can you go on in a room by yourself for weeks and months and not be able to touch your family or see your family.”
Gov. Tim Walz waited a number of days to name within the Nationwide Guard as riots destroyed Minneapolis in 2020. (Getty Photos)
Cathy detailed the damaging results Minnesota’s state insurance policies had on her mom’s nursing dwelling, saying that at one level the one manner she might go to her mom was to face outdoors of her window. Ultimately, she stated a one-person go to per day coverage was put in place, however that limitations nonetheless prevented household visits.
Cathy visited her mom on the morning that she handed away.
“I did give her a kiss on the forehead before I left, but she passed while I was having chemo that day,” she stated. “I can’t imagine the loneliness that my mother went through when she was dying.”
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After rising up in Minneapolis, Cathy added that rampant crime has modified town for the more serious.
“It was so safe. It was just good. We could go anywhere and not be afraid,” she stated of security within the metropolis. “Minneapolis is just not safe anymore. Our son still lives just four blocks from the Minneapolis border, and they hear gunshots at night. It’s very concerning how the crime is, and they don’t seem to want to do anything to make things better, especially Tim Walz.”
US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris (L) and Minnesota Governor and Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz gesture throughout a marketing campaign rally on the Thomas and Mack Middle, College of Nevada in Las Vegas, Nevada, on August 10, 2024. (RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP by way of Getty Photos)
Having lived beneath Walz’s management, Cathy stated a possible Harris-Walz administration “terrifies” her.
“Tim Walz is just not what he says he is. He’s the ultimate liberal. He wants high taxes. He wants control of everything. He wants to allow kids to come in and have sex-change operations without their parents’ consent. He has a sanctuary state, lets any illegal immigrants in and protects them,” she stated. “I just shudder to think what would happen if they had the presidency and the vice presidency, what they could do to our country.”
“He’s not a good old boy from southern Minnesota,” Cathy informed Fox. “He is a crazy liberal guy from southern Minnesota. And you don’t want that. You don’t want that for the country.”
Cathy’s expertise in Minnesota echoes the experiences of many different residents who’ve warned in opposition to supporting Walz’s vice presidential bid. Lisa Hanson, a former wine and low bistro proprietor thrown into jail for violating Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s lockdown orders, informed Fox Information Digital that Gov. Walz primarily “shut down and destroyed” her small enterprise, warning People, “You do not want tyranny at this level.”
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris is welcomed by Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, earlier than she delivers remarks at a marketing campaign occasion, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Eau Claire, Wisc. (AP Picture/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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“He shut down a lot of the mom-and-pop shops, those folks that were just trying to make a living and provide a great product and a great service,” Hanson stated. “In contrast, he allowed big-box stores, etc., to stay open. Really incredible, an incredible use of tyranny against the people.”
Walz has additionally obtained backlash for establishing a COVID-19 hotline in 2020 that allowed Minnesota residents to tell authorities about their suspicions associated to neighbors probably violating lockdown measures.
Fox Information Digital reached out to the Harris-Walz marketing campaign for remark.
Fox Information’ Danielle Wallace and Timothy Nerozzi contributed to this report.
