The riots and looting that took place over the summer of 2020 aren’t easily forgotten–especially by Minnesota residents who watched their cities burn for weeks on end.
While many would like to leave the riots in the past, these events remain inseparably connected to Democratic presidential frontrunners Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
GOP Vice Presidential nominee J.D. Vance was one of the first to address what’s being called the “burn-and-bail” team of politicians who allowed Minnesota to be burned and looted for days on end and who helped to bail the rioters out of jail.
Absolute FIRE from JD Vance! 🔥
“They make an interesting tag team because of course Tim Walz allowed rioters to burn down Minneapolis in the summer of 2020, and the few that got caught, Kamala Harris helped bail them out of jail.” pic.twitter.com/i1jlT8He2V
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 6, 2024
Walz faced sharp criticism for his reluctance to decisively respond to the riots before they spiraled out of control with the Minneapolis Police Department’s Third Precinct police station being overrun and destroyed by arsonists.
A 2020 Minnesota Senate report on the riots bluntly stated:
“Governor Walz had the ability and duty to use force and law enforcement to stop criminal violence, but he did not. Governor Walz was not willing to do what was necessary to stop the rioting right away because he was having a philosophical debate about whether the use of force should be used to stop violence.”
At least two people were killed and more than 600 arrested as rioters caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage across Minnesota.
The other side of the burn-and-bail ticket is seen in Kamala Harris’s efforts to raise funds for the Minnesota Freedom Fund (MFF) to bail rioters and other accused violent criminals out of jail.
Though Harris is carefully tiptoeing around the issue by saying she never personally donated to the MFF, it’s clear she was encouraging others to do so.
If you’re able to, chip in now to the @MNFreedomFund to help post bail for those protesting on the ground in Minnesota. https://t.co/t8LXowKIbw
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) June 1, 2020
Harris continues to support the MFF on the Act Blue website where her image appears along with a plea to support “those protesting on the ground in Minnesota.”
The MFF is a non-profit organization dedicated to bailing out individuals–primarily racial minorities–from Twin Cities jails. The group’s stated purpose is to address what it perceives as unfairness in the criminal justice system.
The MFF has received more than $35 million in donations since the killing of George Floyd and with the help of high profile advocates like Kamala Harris, Cynthia Nixon and Seth Rogen.
But the funds raised also being used to bail out those accused of violent crimes, including defendants charged with murder, violent felonies, and sex crimes.
Harris’s support for MFF has prompted a Trump super PAC to release one of the strongest political ads of this election cycle.
The Minnesota Freedom Fund (MFF)
Don’t be mislead.
Harris promoted the MFF, tweeted her support, & raised huge amounts of money for it.
Murderers, rapists, other criminals released to repeat.
Failed, weak, dangerously liberal—that’s who she is! pic.twitter.com/vNMJ2VT20B— 🌴♥️🇺🇸Dixie ♥️s America & Trump🇺🇸♥️🌴 (@DixiDarlen) July 29, 2024
Harris and Walz have near universal support from big tech and the legacy media but it may not be enough to overcome the voters’ memories of how the two of them contributed to the lawlessness of 2020.
Happy to think so but the author has more faith in the electorate than I do…they have proven time after time that they will behave like lemmings, acting against their own best interests.