Tim Walz Invites Texans to 'Flee' to the 'Free' State of Minnesota, Ted Cruz Shuts Him Down

Tim Walz still trying to become a thing is, believe it or not, actually a good thing for a couple of reasons.

For starters, his trying to once again elevate his profile on a national stage ahead of a possible 2028 presidential run will continue to provide reminders of how Democrats, including the cringeworthy Minnesota governor, remain grossly out of touch with mainstream Americans. Secondly, it gives my colleagues and me much material with which to work. ;-)

As an example, Walz has picked back up the habit of tossing words like "authoritarian" and "Gestapo" around about the Trump-Vance administration, recently portraying ICE agents as a "modern-day Gestapo" for the apparent crime of beginning the process of removing criminal illegal immigrants from this country. President Trump's ratings on his handling of illegal immigration, as RedState has reported, remain solid.

So what else has Walz been up to? For starters, first, there's the possibility that he could be implicated in an alleged "pandemic-era nonprofit fraud scheme" in Minnesota, the most current details of which can be read about here via my colleague Ward Clark.

Secondly, Walz is acting stupidly yet again, encouraging Texans to move to the "free" state of Minnesota after seeing a Texas Tribune report on how the "Texas Legislature [is] on verge of completely banning THC products after key House vote."

Texans, flee the nanny state and come up north to enjoy the land of the free. https://t.co/HUu3HXPyCi
— Governor Tim Walz (@GovTimWalz) May 23, 2025

Regardless of one's feelings on THC (and just to note, Texans who have THC-related prescriptions for health issues will not be impacted), the words "free" and "Minnesota" under Tim Walz do not go together, as Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) explained:

Tim, you let your state burn to the ground as you opened a hotline to encourage Minnesotans to snitch on each other for not wearing a mask.

Sit the “free state” debate out. https://t.co/prJ3ZkAjW7
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) May 23, 2025

There was also this, from Walz's "George Floyd riots curfew" days in the spring of 2020:

Disturbing video shows dozens of riot cops enforcing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s curfew order spreading out in a Minneapolis neighborhood and peppering residents with paintballs while they stood on their porches and in their front doorways.
The newly resurfaced clip, filmed May 30, 2020, by Tanya Kersson just outside her home, resembles a scene from a dystopian movie. It shows a tan Humvee rolling slowly down a quiet street in the Whittier neighborhood, followed by at least 25 heavily armored cops.

Words don't quite do it justice, but the video does. Watch:

Free???

You wouldn't even let people stand on their own doorsteps, you clown. pic.twitter.com/CAKhr4TAt0
— 🌵 Arizona Patriot 🇺🇸 (@AZJohnnyC) May 23, 2025

I've got a pretty good idea of what the "land of the free" looks like, and I'm pretty sure it looks nothing like Minnesota under Tim Walz's "leadership." The word "authoritarian," though, seems to fit him pretty close to perfectly.

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