Min­neso­ta mur­der stats rose under Walz’s lead­er­ship as he tries to tie vio­lent crime trend to Trump: data

Min­neso­ta mur­der rates have risen under Demo­c­ra­t­ic Gov. Tim Walz lead­er­ship as Vice Pres­i­dent Kamala Har­ris’ run­ning mate attempts to link spi­ral­ing crime trends of the 2020 era to the Trump admin­is­tra­tion. “I just want to set the record straight, because facts do mat­ter and there’s not an alter­na­tive set of facts. Vio­lent crime was up dur­ing the Trump pres­i­den­cy, and that’s even not count­ing his crimes,” Walz said at a ral­ly in Las Vegas on Sat­ur­day. Walz was named as Har­ris’ run­ning mate last week, and has since hit the cam­paign trail to ral­ly sup­port for the new­ly-formed tick­et with less than 100 days until vot­ers head to the polls. His com­ment on crime sparked crit­ics to call out Minnesota’s vio­lent crime rate under Walz’s lead­er­ship …