Posted on 05/30/2020 3:01:12 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
Minnesota Democrat Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan accused “white supremacists” on Saturday of instigating and participating in the widespread riots and looting in her state over the police killing of state resident George Floyd.
Flanagan indicated that gangs of white supremacists are taking advantage of the anarchy unfolding in the Twin Cities to sow more chaos.
“People should be able to come together … and mourn and grieve and demand change and justice in policing and every other racist system that we have that has been part of this state,” Flanagan, the first Native American lieutenant governor in Minnesota, declared.
“But in this moment, we cannot because there are detractors,” she continued. “There are white supremacists. There are anarchists. There are people who are burning down the institutions that are core to our identity and who we are.”
Flanagan did not name any particular white supremacist group or offer evidence of their presence there.
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Upvote x 100.
"The Governor and both mayors are butt stupid and incompetent."
Anything, ANYTHING, to deflect blame away from themselves or their base.
Since when are Antifa thugs “White Supremacists”?
Prolly a ploy to shame those involved in the looting.
Seems arrest records shows many white out of towners. To us “ Antifa”.
To those who only have a hammer......
Follow the money. Catch enough in the act, charge them with domestic terrorism and a possible 20 year jail sentence unless they say who paid them, then work on the guys who paid them and so on and so on until you have enough to charge Soros with a Rico violation, or until one will work with him anymore because they know they will be charged.
That seems like something that would cause brain freeze.
The All Whites Are Evil Oppressors ideology is destructive.
“White” is used as a synonym for “bad”.
If I recall correctly, during Ferguson the Feds absolutely refused to go anywhere near the rioting. You can understand why they would go after an innocent, decent man like Flynn rather than face violent Democrats.
That one too, FRiend. There is a war on Whites. It smoldered for a long time. During the reign of obama it became more obvious and open. It has gone underground to some extent. It has not been extinguished. Once the Democrats regain power, it will again manifest itself full force.
Nope, either the IWW, the Wobblies, or the survivors of the Abraham Lincoln brigade, the Americans who fought for the Communists, from the Spanish Civil War.
You know we are, eventually, going to have to do something MASSIVE about this...
If the Democrats are actually this stupid, there will be oceans of blood.
I’m pretty sure the anarchist have no problem with violence all on their own.
Actually, the purpose is to bring more blacks into the riots and the streets, increase the violence and hatred towards white people, and eventually weaken the country so the Democrats can finally destroy the America they despise.
FBI always comes in after the rough stuff then takes over with the paper work ands tries to take all the credit.
Hitler: It was the Jews.
They spelled Antifa and Black Lives Matter wrong.
finally, I have a first name for the “journalist” who conveniently brought up the “white supremacist” topic at Walz’s press conference - it is “TOM”.
hope someone can help identify him. he also followed up to make Harrington respond to the allegation also. have included the first excerpt to show Walz clearly knows TOM, goes to him as soon as the opening statements are made, etc.
seems TOM gets to ask all the questions!
30 May: Rev.com: Gov. Tim Walz & Mayor Jacob Frey Press Conference During 4th Night of Protests
Governor Tim Walz: (24:03)
...With that, TOM.
TOM: (24:25)
Governor, for the second night in a row, hundreds of thousands or maybe millions of Minnesotans and Americans are watching on television as fires burn, buildings are looted ETC...
Governor Tim Walz: (25:49)
We have to prioritize, we have to triage. It is a horrible predicament. I can tell you this, TOM ETC...
Tom: (29:33)
If I could ask perhaps all three of you this question four. We’re hearing reports that it’s not only the criminal element that was here the last couple of nights, but now some white supremacists have come to Minnesota and are causing some of the destruction. Can you address, are there white supremacists causing destruction in the city?
Governor Tim Walz: (29:55)
Yeah. Well, the unconfirmed reports, and again, we’re trying to get that, but we’ve got intel from all the different agencies. Of course, this is where the federal government helps us with some of this. I certainly can’t confirm personally on this. My suspicions and what I’ve seen on this, yes, it gets worse than that. The cartels who are wondering that it was a break in their drug transmissions, are trying to take advantage of the chaos that’s there too. That’s why this situation is on a federal level. You’re seeing it highly coordinated across the country, so that will happen. And I think this is the conversation we’re having with the president, that we’re having together here to be very clear with Minnesotans and the dangerous situation.
Governor Tim Walz: (30:34)
Of those who are going to legitimately grieve George Floyd’s death are going to gather here. It is a highly volatile situation. And these folks who want to do this, blend in, and when you look at those pictures as you see at night, oh, look like they’re just strolling and 8:00 coming and we’ll see if they go home. They didn’t come to stroll, they didn’t come to go home. They came, and I think asking where the guard is, how they’re responding, think about a rule of engagement in a civilized society where these people have no rules. Their one goal is that destruction or to hurt or to entice those folks to come in. And our folks are the professionals that that is not our intention. Our intention is to restore. We want them to do nothing more than go home. We don’t want them arrested. We don’t want to try and have violence on the streets, but that’s who they are.
Governor Tim Walz: (31:22)
I don’t know if John can speak any more on unconfirmed reports, but I think it’s very clear by now, when you have a situation like this across the country, elements that want to do that are certainly gathering. And then they are professionals on some of it. Like John said, we’re seeing evidence of pretty sophisticated attempt to cause problems.
Tom: (31:42)
Governor, do you have any evidence of white supremacists?
Governor Tim Walz: (31:45)
Oops, I’m sorry. John. We’ll come back.
Tom: (31:47)
Drug cartels, as the governor mentioned.
John: (31:48)
We’ve got intel reports that have been confirmed, but I cannot say that we have confirmed observations of local law enforcement to say that we’ve seen cells of white supremacists in the area. We got reports of that over the last couple of days that we were tracking in terms of threat to some of the critical infrastructure, threat to the National Guard and others. But I don’t have confirmed reports that I can give you at this point.
John: (32:17)
Speaking to the governor’s point, we also, from some national sources, also got reports on drug cartels that were directing their resources to restore their drug markets in some of the areas that had been looted and some of the businesses that had been operated by them. We’re still trying to work through that, but frankly, that’s at best a secondary or tertiary concern as we’re trying to deal with right now life and death situations on the street...
Governor Tim Walz: (39:52)
That is the moves that we will start thinking and talking about and have tonight about this plan for tomorrow. TOM?...
Governor Tim Walz: (42:40)
That’s what’s happening right now, TOM, and the answer might be no...
TOM: (46:10)
Thank you. Did we get it?
Speaker 4: (46:11)
Yeah. [inaudible 00: 10:26].
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/gov-tim-walz-mayor-jacob-frey-press-conference-on-4th-night-of-protests
looks like TOM is Tom Hauser, KSTP-TV, an ABC-affiliated television station licensed to Saint Paul, Minnesota.
don’t know if this FB is about the particular press conference, though it’s exactly the same cast of character, and the pic seems to show KSTP dominating the room! not many comments, all praising Hauser for the hard questions!
Facebook: Tom Hauser “At Issue” (KSTP)
Yesterday at 08.29
DEVELOPING: I’m in place as we await a news conference by MN Gov. Tim Walz and state law enforcement regarding the protests, riots and looting in the Twin Cities. We’ll be live at 10:30 on 5 Eyewitness News and KSTP.com
replies:
Tris Casciaro Thank you for asking the hard questions. You’re one of the few unbiased and respected journalists and reporters out there and we need you!
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=193139530755079&story_fbid=3014899251912412
can’t find mention of the drugs/supremacist stuff on his twitter page:
Twitter: Tom Hauser, Chief Political Reporter, KSTP-TV
https://twitter.com/thauserkstp?lang=en
Updated 30 May: KSTP: Minnesota officials, leaders prepping for continued unrest in Twin Cities
VIDEO TOM HAUSER
We are now confronting white supremacists, members of organized crime, out of state instigators, and possibly even foreign actors to destroy and destabilize our city and our region.
— Mayor Jacob Frey (@MayorFrey) May 30, 2020
KSTP reporter Tom Hauser was able to get a video of Minnesota National Guard Convoy entering Minneapolis...
https://kstp.com/news/minnesota-officials-leaders-prepping-for-continued-unrest-in-twin-cities-george-floyd-/5745653/?cat=1
Wikipedia: George Floyd protests
Day 5: May 30
Governor Walz held a press conference at 1:30 am CDT on May 30, in which he said that as much as 80% of people causing destruction and lighting fires could be from outside the state. Walz said the rioters were a “tightly controlled” group in “an organized attempt to destabilize civil society”; the Star Tribune said, “It was not clear if the outside groups suspected to be playing a part in the mayhem are made up of white supremacist agitators, left wing anarchists, or both.”...
Alleged extremist involvement
Vice reported that the far-right “boogaloo boys”, whose ideological aim is to incite a second civil war, have been spotted at the protests. White supremacists were claimed by Minnesota officials to have taken part...
Ref 293: “Minnesota Officials Link Arrested Looters to White Supremacist Groups”. www.courthousenews.com. May 30, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd_protests
Tweet Tom Hauser, KSTP:
Gov. Walz says he is assessing whether and when to accept offer of federal troops from President Trump. Says it would be a major step to put federal troops on Minnesota soil...
reply: Brenda: Why would he only blame white supremacy & not Ellisons Antifa?
30 May 2020
https://twitter.com/Bjhags11/status/1266631715755343874
Tweet: Tom Hauser, KSTP
Maj. Gen. Jon Jensen says the largest MN National Guard deployment of 2,500 wasn’t enough. So now “we’re all in” with full mobilization of National Guard and requesting federal military assistance as well.
reply: MN Up North Lake Guy: .@thauserkstp, why won’t the journalists or elected leaders in this room say the words #antifa or anarcho socialists?
reply: Gray man: They are allies.
30 May 2020
https://twitter.com/MNUpNorthLakeG1/status/1266741493898842112
Note to Gov. Walz - if the president invokes the Insurrection act, you won’t have to worry about whether to accept the offer or not. The President alone can “call the ball”.
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