There is reckless rhetoric—and then there is the kind of language that pours gasoline on a city already soaked in fumes. What Tim Walz and Jacob Frey have chosen to say and do over the past 24 hours belongs squarely in the latter category. It is not leadership. It is not moral clarity. And it is not safe.

Minnesota has already endured years of instability, billions in fraudulently dispersed taxpayer dollars, and a steady erosion of trust between law-abiding citizens and the institutions meant to protect them. Now, rather than lowering the temperature, Walz and Frey appear determined to turn the dial to red-hot—publicly signaling sympathy for lawlessness while law enforcement officers are being targeted, vilified, and put directly in harm’s way.

Let’s be clear: no serious person wants violence. No serious person wants innocent people harassed or mistreated because of race, religion, or country of origin. Minnesota is home to countless immigrants who came legally, work hard, raise families, and contribute to their communities with dignity and pride. They deserve peace and protection just like everyone else.

But that truth does not excuse—much less justify—officials who blur the line between peaceful coexistence and violent defiance of the law.

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