poll<\/a> last summer conducted by the Minnesota Star Tribune and Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication ahead of Walz announcing his bid for a third term found that about half of Minnesotans didn\u2019t think he should run again.<\/p>\nHis campaign for vice-president on the ticket with Kamala Harris raised his profile significantly across the country. Along with legislative leaders, he used a government trifecta in 2023 to deliver a host of progressive reforms that caught the attention of the left.<\/p>\n
This increased profile has also made him a target on the right. In recent weeks, Trump has gone after Minnesota and Walz, directing a surge of immigration enforcement agents to the state, where they have pulled over US citizens and apprehended hundreds, despite consistent pushback from local residents. Over the weekend, Trump shared a conspiracy theory about the killings of Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark \u2013 close friends of Walz \u2013 attempting to tie Walz to the killings.<\/p>\n
The fraud cases \u2013 which included organized theft of meals for children, services for kids with autism and housing programs \u2013 have served as a major liability for Walz during his re-election and more fodder for the right to attack him and the state. Last month, a rightwing YouTuber attempted to enter multiple daycare centers and alleged they weren\u2019t taking care of kids, which prompted the US government to freeze federal funding for childcare for the state.<\/p>\n
In his announcement on Monday, Walz said the state had made progress in fighting the fraud and that people are right to be concerned about fraud in government, but there was now \u201can organized group of political actors seeking to take advantage of the crisis\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI won\u2019t mince words here,\u201d Walz said. \u201cDonald Trump and his allies \u2013 in Washington, in St Paul, and online \u2013 want to make our state a colder, meaner place. They want to poison our people against each other by attacking our neighbors. And, ultimately, they want to take away much of what makes Minnesota the best place in America to raise a family. They\u2019ve already begun by taking our tax dollars that were meant to help families afford child care. And they have no intention of stopping there.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said that the \u201cbuck stops with me\u201d with fighting and preventing fraud and that Republicans\u2019 \u201cpolitical gamesmanship\u201d makes it harder to fight fraud.<\/p>\n
\u201cI cannot abide the actions of the political leadership in Washington \u2013 these opportunists who are willing to hurt our people to score a few cheap points,\u201d he said. \u201cThey and their allies have no intention of helping us solve the problem \u2013 and every intention of profiting off of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said he believes if he gave his re-election bid his all, he would succeed in winning a third term. But he concluded he couldn\u2019t give it his all, and he would instead focus on the work of his office instead of a run for re-election. He said he made the decision with \u201czero sadness and zero regret\u201d and was confident that a Democrat would continue to hold the governorship in November.<\/p>\n
\u201cMost of all, I want Minnesotans to know that I\u2019m on the job, 24\/7, focused on making sure we stay America\u2019s best place to live and raise kids. No one will take that away from us. Not the fraudsters. And not the president. Not on my watch.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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