And he just can’t get enough. Earlier this week, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz headlined a campaign fundraiser in Seattle for first-term Washington state governor Bob Ferguson (D).
The Center Square reports,
As federal probe widens, Gov. Walz tells Seattle crowd he’ll welcome more Somalis
The event was a luncheon held at the Seattle Convention Center, attended by a thousand or so Democrats. KVI 570 Talk Radio, Seattle, reports that press weren’t supposed to be inside the venue,
No media allowed: journalist describes slipping into Ferguson fundraiser where Walz drew cheers after pledging to bring in more Somali immigrants
This event fits a pattern where Walz travels out of state and says things in front of friendly, all-Democratic audiences to get applause that he wouldn’t likely say in public and/or back in Minnesota.
The Center Square’s reporter slipped past the bouncers to record Walz saying,
“We have in Minnesota per capita wise, more refugees than any other state,” he said once again eliciting cheers from the crowd. “Right now our neighbors are being demonized. Our neighbors are being terrorized and literally picked up off the streets.
Wanting to pad Minnesota’s per capita lead, Walz says,
So instead of demonizing our Somali community, we’re going to do more to welcome more in.
I guess we can expect Walz to introduce a bill in the legislature next year to facilitate that effort. I look forward to testifying.
