• NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml
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    "In a post on X earlier in the morning, Walz asked Minnesotans to remain calm and said his team is working to gather information on the shooting.

    Walz held a news conference later Wednesday afternoon with Minnesota DPS Commissioner Bob Jacobson, announcing he had placed the Minnesota National Guard on standby, saying, “soldiers are prepared to be deployed if necessary.”

    I thought Walz was everybody’s friend? This doesn’t seem very supportive of his former constituents.

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        More specifically, he’s worried about looking bad if there are riots and looting. Because in 2020 after George Floyd’s murder, Walz caught a lot of flak about not responding quickly enough to the Minneapolis police station burning to the ground.