Minnesota Gov. Tom Walz has been repeating the line “mind your own damn business” on the campaign trail, referring to abortion. But Walz, who believes that socialism is another word for “neighborliness,” set up a “snitch” line during the coronavirus pandemic, encouraging people to inform on their neighbors if they were violating his draconian stay-at-home orders, as he abused his “emergency” powers.
Samples of the audio have been preserved:
Actual phone recording of Tim Walz's Orwellian COVID snitch hotline.
— Chabria (@ShivenChabria) August 6, 2024
Even more shocking, Minnesota Governor Walz kept the hotline operational till June 2022 for reasons that remain unanswered.
(h/t @cicero_mn) pic.twitter.com/p8HQTYdFrz
Throwback: Tim Walz kept his snitch line up, even until June of ‘22 when I ran for LT. Governor.
— Matt Birk (@BirkMatt) August 8, 2024
Glad he’s finally getting SOME scrutiny. pic.twitter.com/NNBfKLk2UJ
Far from “mind your own damn business,” Walz encouraged Minnesota residents to turn each other in, like East German Stasi agents.
A few excerpts from Walz's Covid snitch line, just in case you forgot how insane that was. pic.twitter.com/GXoNPRpOhO
— Nick Majerus (@njmajerus) August 6, 2024
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis noted the difference between how Florida treated people, and how Minnesota treated people:
Holy Sh-t... 🔥🚒
— MattA (@MattAAW) August 8, 2024
"Walz didn't mind his own damn business" @RonDeSantis
Ron DeSantis absolutely roasts @Tim_Walz on his COVID "snitch line" while casually handing out an 8 million dollar grant for Miami's brand new international Soccer Stadium and tourist district. pic.twitter.com/CIp0XCR4Lo
“Why did you set up a snitch hotline for neighbors to report on their neighbors for violating your draconian COVID restrictions?” DeSantis asked. “That’s not minding your own damn business, that’s government overreach!”
DeSantis noted that Walz also imposed vaccine mandates on state employees, arguably violating constitutional rights to privacy.
Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News and the host of Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET (4 p.m. to 7 p.m. PT). He is the author of “”The Agenda: What Trump Should Do in His First 100 Days,” available for pre-order on Amazon. He is also the author of “The Trumpian Virtues: The Lessons and Legacy of Donald Trump’s Presidency,” now available on Audible. He is a winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter at @joelpollak.
