(LifeSiteNews) – Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis excoriated presumptive Democrat vice presidential nominee Tim Walz as a “shyster” for claiming to want Republicans to “mind your own damn business” despite evidencing a hostility to personal freedom as governor of Minnesota.
During a campaign rally in Pennsylvania last week with current Vice President and presumptive Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris, Walz attempted to cast Republicans as hypocrites for invoking freedom while opposing abortion, which he contrasted with Democrats’ message of “mind your own damn business.”
Appearing on Fox News’ “Hannity,” DeSantis suggested Walz’s posturing was the real farce.
“I watched his speech. This guy is a shyster,” he said. “I mean, he’s saying these things – he claims, ‘oh, you know, leave your neighbors alone. It’s none of your business.’ This is the guy that set up a snitch line during COVID for neighbors to inform if somebody was violating his draconian COVID restrictions.”
“He claims people should be able to make whatever health care decision they want. Yet he, as governor, mandated the experimental COVID-19 jab,” the governor continued. “And then he says, ‘Republicans are weird,’ yet this is the governor who put tampons in the boys’ bathroom throughout Minnesota schools. Give me a break.”
‘THIS GUY’S A SHYSTER!’: @RonDeSantis goes off on @Tim_Walz
“He says Republicans are weird? This is the governor who put tampons in the boys’ bathroom […] Give me a break.”
“He claims, ‘Oh, leave your neighbors alone, it’s none of your business.’ This is a guy who set up a… pic.twitter.com/oKNP7oFYxe
— Florida’s Voice (@FLVoiceNews) August 7, 2024
“The Minnesota experience, where cities are burning down, and Governor Walz was derelict in his duties to sit back and allow those cities to burn,” DeSantis added. “Kamala Harris was egging it on, and she even raised money to bail people out. So yes, Harris-Waltz ticket is Make America Burn Again.” He advised the Trump campaign to counter Democrats’ attempts to “dress him up as a moderate” by simply “getting out there and speaking the truth.”
As previously covered by LifeSiteNews, from March to November 2020, Walz ran a “snitch line” for Minnesota residents to report violations of COVID lockdown rules, including excessive numbers of people at retailers that had been allowed to remain open, “non-essential” shops continuing to operate, outdoor dog-walking, playing basketball in parks, small home parties, social distancing not being observed, and even in-person church services. Walz justified the measure as necessary to free up 911 to take more conventional emergencies.
Last year, he also signed legislation requiring schools to “provide students with access to menstrual products at no charge,” and “available to all menstruating students in restrooms regularly used by students in grades 4 to 12.” The bill’s gender-neutral language meant the products would be available in male restrooms as well as female ones, for the use of females who identify as male and would therefore be politically incorrect to acknowledge are still ultimately female.
National polling aggregations by RealClearPolitics and RaceToTheWH currently indicate that Harris has narrowly overtaken former President and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in both national polling and Electoral College projections since replacing President Joe Biden as Democrats’ presumptive nominee, although many argue Walz’s far-left record gives the GOP ample fresh material to use to swing the race back in Trump’s favor.
The Democratic National Convention, where Democrats’ choice for president is supposed to be formally nominated, begins August 19 in Chicago.