Trump claims – without evidence – to have saved Walz from protesters in 2020
by Martin Pengelly in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#6PT1Z)
Trump tells Fox News that he announced Walz was a good person' to dissuade protesters from surrounding his house
Donald Trump claimed to have saved Kamala Harris's running mate, Tim Walz, from rightwing protesters in 2020 during unrest in Minnesota after the police murder of George Floyd, a statement that appears to contradict Walz's own descriptions of calls between the two politicians.
Speaking to Fox News on Wednesday, Trump said, without offering evidence or specific dates or times, that he publicly announced Walz was a good person" in order to dissuade protesters from surrounding Walz's house.
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