Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and his partner in crime, Attorney General Keith Ellison, continue to prove that they place wokeism far ahead of safety, fraud prevention, and basic governance.
In the latest incident, as our Sister Toldjah reported, Walz approved a pardon in June for admitted child sex abuser Tou Lue Vang, a Laotian national who has been living in the U.S. since he was a child. He pled guilty in 2005 to first-degree criminal sexual conduct and was sentenced to 12 years for his repeated unspeakable acts against a 10-year-old girl.
Of course, this is a deep blue state here, so you can guess what happened next: his sentence was stayed and he was put on probation.
The vote by the Minnesota Board of Pardons, which is composed of Walz, Ellison, and state Supreme Court Chief Justice Natalie Hudson, was a unanimous 3-0. The get-out-of-jail-free card purged Vang’s felony conviction from his record and prevented his deportation.
Or so Walz, Ellison, Hudson, and Vang thought. Enter Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who, as Nick Arama wrote, terminated Vang's legal status in the country. He has been sent to the exits and is in Laos.
.@ICEgov has DEPORTED Tou Vang, the illegal alien CHILD RAPIST @GovTimWalz pardoned in an attempt to allow him to remain in our country.
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) July 10, 2026
While Walz and his fellow sanctuary politicians fight to protect heinous criminals like this, we will continue putting the safety of the… https://t.co/QCzSnYh4zA pic.twitter.com/rjBXI5qhlj
.@ICEgov has DEPORTED Tou Vang, the illegal alien CHILD RAPIST @GovTimWalz pardoned in an attempt to allow him to remain in our country.
While Walz and his fellow sanctuary politicians fight to protect heinous criminals like this, we will continue putting the safety of the American people FIRST.
Now, documents from the parole board and the state Clemency Review Commission, which forwards recommendations to the board, reveal their preposterous logic, which would have led to Vang’s lurking somewhere near one of the Gopher State’s famous 10,000 lakes as a free man. Their musings are as mindless as you would expect, considering we’re dealing with Jazz Hands, Ellison, and Co. here.
One commissioner, Zach Linstrom, who voted in favor of granting the pardon, wrote in his recommendation, "Very tough case but the kids not having a father is not in the best interest of society," referring to Vang’s six children.
It’s true that in normal situations, not having a father is not good for the child or for society — but not having a sex predator with an eye for kids in your house seems a lot more important. The mental leap here defies all common sense.
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But wait, there’s more:
Artika Roller, another commissioner who voted in favor of the pardon, wrote, "The applicant stated the need for clemency related to immigration issues."
Of course he has immigration issues, you blithering idiot. He’s here illegally, he is a convicted felon, and he was facing deportation. All of those things may have been issues for him personally, but they are not reasons to purge his record of disturbing crimes and let him stay.
Vang’s own past statements should be reason enough alone to give him the heave-ho:
A criminal complaint shared with Fox News Digital states that upon his arrest, Vang told police, "I made a mistake, but this is a minor thing. It is a cultural thing in Thailand to marry and have sex with girls as young as 12." The complaint also notes that "Vang stated [the victim] should be arrested also because she was as much at fault."
Sorry, Vang, you’ve been living here since you were a kid, so I don’t know why you’d think a foreign culture’s alleged disturbing “cultural thing” would have anything to do with it. This is the United States of America, not Laos. But to suggest the victim is at fault? We’re going straight to the airport, pal, and you’ve got a one-way ticket to Southeast Asia.
He later walked back some of those remarks and expressed remorse, which was enough to sway some members of the commission.
Commissioner Perry Moriearty wrote, "Despite the extraordinary severity of the underlying offense, there is substantial evidence of rehabilitation, remorse and acceptance of responsibility." He also noted in his reasons that Vang "is facing deportation" and "victim supports."
What leftist, forgive-the-criminals gobbledygook. Some even sympathized with Vang’s concerns that because he’d lived here most of his life, deportation would force him into “a place entirely unfamiliar" to him, "with no family, no home, and no future." Don’t abuse little girls, and you won’t have that problem.
I like Rubio’s conclusion a whole lot better:
Laotian national Tou Lue Vang was convicted of sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl in Minnesota.
— Secretary Marco Rubio (@SecRubio) July 10, 2026
He was set to be deported until @GovTimWalz issued him a pardon.
Then, I revoked his legal status. @ICEgov has removed him from the U.S. and he will never endanger another… pic.twitter.com/WCJkeeheJO
Laotian national Tou Lue Vang was convicted of sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl in Minnesota. He was set to be deported until @GovTimWalz issued him a pardon. Then, I revoked his legal status.
@ICEgov has removed him from the U.S. and he will never endanger another American.
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