Walz House Windows Were Kept Open During 2020 Riots for a Disturbing Reason
The wife of Governor Tim Walz revealed she kept their home windows open as rioters burned down Minneapolis in 2020.
In June of that year, Minnesota first lady Gwen Walz said she opened the windows to smell the smoke from the destruction of lives and property across the city.
The riots were in response to the death of George Floyd, a black man, while in the custody of the Minneapolis Police Department. The incident saw Gov. Walz align with the violent protesters, a fact that is coming back to haunt him now that he’s the running mate for Democratic nominee Kamala Harris.
Perhaps more subtly disturbing are the actions of the state’s first lady.
“With COVID-19, the entire state was watching what Tim did, but with Mr. Floyd’s death, it was the entire country and the whole world looking at and watching what we did here in Minnesota in response to that,” Gwen Walz told KSTP-TV in July 2021.
“Again we had more sleepless nights during the riots,” she said. “I could smell the burning tires, and that was a very real thing.
“I kept the windows open as long as I could because I felt like that was such a touchstone of what was happening.”
