THE TIM WALZ RECORD

…America’s most unsuccessful politician. He took over as governor of a state that had always been low-crime, and now, for the first time ever, Minnesota’s serious crime rate is higher than the national average. He became governor of a state that had long been prosperous, and after six years, again for the first time ever, Minnesota’s per capita GDP is below the national average. Despite spending astonishing amounts of money, his administration has overseen a steady decline in Minnesota’s public schools, to the point where most Minnesota K-12 students can neither read nor do math at grade level. Again, an unprecedented achievement. And, having become governor of a state with a reputation for clean government, he mired Minnesota in such scandal–American Experiment’s Scandal Tracker is now over $611 million–that we can stake a solid claim to being America’s most corrupt state.

With a record like that, how can it possibly get worse? Tim Walz says: Hold my beer. Two years ago, Minnesota had a $17.6 billion surplus. Walz and his DFL colleagues in Minnesota’s legislature spent the whole surplus, and added $10 billion in new taxes. Now, the current forecast from Minnesota’s Department of Revenue is for a $6 billion deficit. The current session of the state’s legislature is dominated by the debate over what to do about it.