Juana Summers

We heard Borders Art Tom Homan, who is here in your state, he spoke and he seemed to suggest that he wanted to see cooperation from you and other local leaders.

And one of the things that he suggested he wanted to see is a reduction in interference from protesters and activists on the ground here in the Twin Cities.

We're speaking, I just want to note, on a day when there's a general strike here in Minnesota across the country.

Are there any agreements on demonstrations that you're willing to make?

I'll note that the administration has not only faulted protesters and observers.

Attorney General Pan Bondi wrote a letter last week, and she criticized you personally for calling federal law enforcement, and I'm quoting here, Trump's modern-day Gestapo.

How do you respond to her accusation that your rhetoric and remarks from other state officials aren't doing enough in her words?

These are her words to support the men and women who are risking their lives to protect Americans and uphold the rule of law.

I do want to push you, though, on the political environment, the rhetoric that we're seeing lately.

It is not lost on me.

that you and I are having this conversation in a state where we saw State Representative Melissa Hortman, another Democratic lawmaker.

Melissa Hortman was killed.

What happened with Ilhan Omar, Congresswoman, this week?

Do you feel at all that you have a responsibility to help bring the temperature of the rhetoric that we're hearing and seeing?

Yesterday on All Things Considered, my colleague spoke with Wisconsin Republican Senator Ron Johnson, and he invoked you.

So I'd like to ask you about something that he said speaking about the situation here in Minnesota.

Governor Walz, how would you respond to that?

I mean, it's not lost on any of us that this is a state that has been through a lot in recent years, from the killing of George Floyd in 2020.

Your state's now on another flashpoint involving violence.

You've talked about, I've heard you talk about in recent days, the moral outrage done to the Minneapolis community.