Walz Slammed for ‘Hesitating’ to Send in Guard as His Daughter Tipped Off Rioters via Social Media

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey was critical of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s response to the unrest in his city in May 2020, saying later that year that the governor hesitated to send the National Guard as the city burned in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death.

Frey spoke out about Walz’s response during an August 2020 interview with the Star Tribune, telling the outlet his office made multiple dire requests for National Guard resources to the governor that were not granted until after the city was forced to abandon a besieged police precinct.

Texts and emails obtained by the Star Tribune for the story seemingly corroborate Frey’s claim, showing that Frey first placed a call to Walz on Wednesday, May 27, 2020, the second day of the unrest in Minneapolis, at 6:39 p.m. and asked the governor to call in the National Guard.

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According to the Senate committee report, around the same time the National Guard was being mobilized and starting to arrive in Minneapolis, the governor’s daughter, Hope Walz, was given “access” to “confidential information that she then disseminated to the general public and rioters.”

Hope would go on to send multiple tweets that night seemingly tipping off protesters to the location of the National Guard.

“Could someone who actually has followers rely [sic] to the masses that have gotten ‘national guard’ trending that the guard WILL NOT be present tonight??” Hope, who the New York Post noted was born in 2001, tweeted on May 28, 2020.

“The guard can not be sent in within minutes,” she wrote in another tweet, adding that “it takes time for them to deploy because they come from all over the state.”

“To be clear, the national guard will not be present tonight,” she added.

“Just because someone asked for something doesn’t mean it’s happening right away or even happening at all,” read another tweet in reference to the request for the National Guard. “I don’t know about swat but what I do know is the guard will not be present arresting people tonight.”

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