In audio obtained by ABC News of a June 1st, 2020 call to governors in the turbulent days after George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis, demented autocrat then-President Trump praised Minnesota Governor Tim Walz’s response to the unrest in the state, saying “I know Gov Walz is on the phone, and we spoke, and I fully agree with the way he handled it the last couple of days,” calling Walz an “excellent guy… I was very happy with the last couple of days, Tim. You called up big numbers and the big numbers knocked them out so fast it was like bowling pins.”
This pretty obviously undercuts the current attempts to use Walz’s response as a campaign issue this year, but they’re still going to try. Asked for comment, Trump spokesworm Karoline Leavitt told ABC in a statement that “Walz allowed Minneapolis to burn for days, despite President Trump’s offer to deploy soldiers and cries for help from the liberal Mayor of Minneapolis. In this daily briefing phone call with Governors on June 1, days after the riots began, President Trump acknowledged Gov Walz for FINALLY taking action to deploy the National Guard to end the violence in the city.”