Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz in Green Bay attacked Donald Trump’s comments on using the military to combat the “enemy from within.”
Trump made these comments in an interview with Fox News that aired Sunday morning when asked if he expected “chaos” on Election Day.
“The idea of sending U.S. military personnel against American citizens makes me sick to my stomach,” Walz, a retired member of the National Guard, said yesterday. “I’ll tell you what, we’ll let the lawyers decide if what he said was treason, but what I know is it’s a call for violence, plain and simple, and it’s pretty damn un-American if you ask me.”
Walz, who made a stop in Eau Claire earlier in the day, continued to question the former president’s trustworthiness, citing criticism from former Trump staffers.
Walz quoted former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley saying, “No one has ever been more dangerous to this country than Donald Trump, and he is a fascist to his core.” Walz continued, saying, “Let that sink in, and don’t be a damn bit afraid of saying it because that’s exactly who he is.”
Ahead of Walz’s stop, state GOP Chair Brian Schimming knocked Walz as a “Vikings fan with a propensity for lies and exaggerations to explain away Kamala Harris’ lackluster record.”
“From dragging his feet during the riots in Minneapolis to pushing tax hikes amid record inflation, Walz is emblematic of everything wrong in the Democratic Party,” Schimming said.
Walz playfully acknowledged his Vikings fandom, saying he came to the rally from Lambeau Field.
“I came just a few minutes ago from Lambeau Field … I’m a football guy, that’s like a religious experience over there,” said Walz, who coached high school football.
Walz slammed Trump’s labor and economic policies as well, calling the Biden-Harris administration the “most pro-labor administration in America’s history.”
“Today more factories are being built, more American energy is being produced than on any given day when Donald Trump was president,” Walz said.
Walz’s stops in Eau Claire and Green Bay were part of a series of events this week on behalf Harris, who has stops planned Thursday in Green Bay, Milwaukee and La Crosse. That includes a bus tour featuring Gov. Tony Evers and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
They joined Walz in Green Bay, echoing his attacks on Trump’s economic policy.
“Trump claimed he would save American manufacturing. On this issue, and like so many others, he was all talk. During his four years in office, more than 200,000 jobs were shipped overseas,” Whitmer said.
Evers slammed Trump over his tax-cut plan.
“He will give tax cuts to the ultra-rich and big corporations instead of helping working families,” Evers said.