CV NEWS FEED // As it became clear that Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris would select Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be her running mate, reports came to light that Walz presided over a mass exodus of Minnesota residents leaving for other states.
The day before Harris announced her decision, John Phelan wrote that Walz’s state “has seen a rate of outflow to other parts of the United States since 2019 which is worse than in 35 out of 50 states.” Walz first assumed office as Minnesota’s governor in 2019.
Phelan is an economist at the Center of the American Experiment, a Minnesota-based think tank.
Phelan pointed out that before Walz became governor, Minnesota was in the top half of states when it came to retaining its population: For the five years before 2019, Minnesota’s out-migration was ranked only “worse than 21 states.”
In his analysis, Phelan alluded to the controversial COVID-era lockdowns and mandates pushed by Walz’s administration.
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Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took to X Tuesday pointing out that much of the emigration from Minnesota was in fact directed toward his state.
“In 2021, Minnesotans were roughly five times more likely to move to Florida than vice versa,” DeSantis wrote:
They were fleeing a state that, under Gov. Tim Walz, turned its back on law and order, increased taxes, and imposed unscientific coronavirus restrictions, harming children and destroying businesses. Walz is an unbridled leftist, an Ilhan Omar-style Democrat that puts ideology above all else.
DeSantis made headlines after the outbreak of COVID-19 for opposing most COVID restrictions and pursuing virus mitigation policies that sought to maximize personal freedom – a stark contrast to Walz’s approach in Minnesota.
CatholicVote reported earlier this week:
Like most Democratic governors who presided over the COVID outbreak, Walz was a steadfast supporter of restrictions which critics asserted violated First Amendment rights to the freedoms of religion and assembly.
Walz in 2020 issued an executive order that banned Masses and church services with more than ten people – effectively causing houses of worship across the state to shutter.
Despite this, the same executive order allowed retail stores “to operate at 50 percent capacity.”
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