In the hours after Kamala Harris announced Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, allies of Donald Trump rushed to denigrate the Minnesota Democrat, seizing on criticism of his handling of the riots in the wake of George Floyd’s murder in May 2020, ABC News reports.
But at the time, Trump expressed support for Walz’s handling of the protests, according to a recording of a phone call obtained by ABC News — telling a group of governors that Walz “dominated,” and praising his leadership as an example for other states to follow.
Said Trump: “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… 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.”
