Posted on 01/05/2026 8:19:41 AM PST by Rummyfan
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz abruptly dropped his bid for a third term on Monday, amid a growing fraud scandal in which allegedly billions of taxpayer dollars were swindled on his watch.
Democrat Walz, former Vice President Kamala Harris’ veep pick in 2024, had launched his campaign for a third term back in September. No Minnesota governor has been elected three times since the term of office was doubled to four years in the 1960s.
“In September, I announced that I would run for a historic third term as Minnesota’s Governor. And I have every confidence that, if I gave it my all, I would succeed in that effort,” Walz said in a statement.
“But as I reflected on this moment with my family and my team over the holidays, I came to the conclusion that I can’t give a political campaign my all,” he added.
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Off to prison.
His statement is as stupid and vile as he is.
Will Ilhan Omar now throw her hat into the ring?
Busy with your defense attorneys.
Maybe Minnesota is in for a red wave? We can only hope.
He’s an old white guy, he’s expendable.
And lose?
No! I was going to vote for him 10 times!
“… I came to the conclusion that I can’t give a political campaign my all because I’ll be spending all my time and money trying to stay out of jail.”
There. Fixed it.
Dear Pam, Now, go for the throat.
It’ll be interesting who Soros and Obama chose as the next governor and how many billions will fund their campaign.
I’m not sure if fraud alone is a good enough resume enhancement for victory like calling for murder of kids like the Dem candidate for AG in Virginia - the Dem base may expect more than just billions in fraud.
doesn’t matter....instead of him being re-elected by 5 points another demhole will be elected by 15 points. Timmy won’t go to jail. he’ll hit the msmwhore talk-show circuit. MN is still a lost cause.
He was probably told today there was a grand jury empaneled
there a lot of documents and hard drives to shred and burn, he’d be way to busy to campaign.
The Trump curse!
It’s amazing what radical truth-telling will do.
Is it possible that Walz' poll numbers have gotten so bad that they felt it necessary to switch candidates? There are reports that Amy Klobuchar is taking a look at running. If so, I don't see how a Republican beats her in Minnesota.
Sounds like the MN DFL political establishment is offering Putz as the sacrificial lamb in order to save themselves. They won’t be safe until they sacrifice their precious Somalis.
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