“Gov. Tim Walz had Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman killed.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
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“I take responsibility for putting people in jail” in Minnesota fraud scandal.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“During the 2020 Minnesota riots after George Floyd’s murder, Gov. Tim Walz didn’t call in the National Guard, “so, I sent in the National Guard to save Minneapolis.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Gov. Tim Walz signed an executive order May 28, 2020, calling up the Minnesota National Guard to respond to riots.
“Violent crime was up under Donald Trump.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: The crime rate spiked in 2020, Trump's last year in office, but it was still slightly lower than it was during the final year of his predecessor's tenure.