It is first worth pointing out that all of this talk about the “heartland” is really talk about White Americans. Tim Walz is White, wears a thick winter jacket and baseball cap, and speaks with a friendly, disarming accent. The embodiment of Midwest nice!
The problem for Democrats is that Tim Walz does not represent White Americans as a group and he doesn’t even represent Minnesotans particularly well. In fact, the Minnesota Democrats rule in a manner that is only a few steps removed from outright tyranny. Their political agenda and legislative record is nothing but a list of unpopular measures forced through without public support and on behalf of (generally minority-oriented) special interest groups.
We intend to go down a list of Tim Walz’s policy actions, especially regarding social policy, and compare these actions to the opinions of Minnesotans and Americans more broadly. It is not giving the game away to reveal ahead of time that Mr. Walz stands in stark opposition to what most Americans believe and in this way he is certainly not normal.
Transgenderism and Children:
Tim Walz’s administration in Minnesota has taken several actions to ‘protect gender-affirming health care’ in the state. Namely, he signed an executive order, running at some five pages, that enshrines protections for children seeking to change their gender. The state Democratic party also passed and Tim Walz signed a ‘trans refuge’ bill that blocks the extradition of children out of Minnesota if they flee there seeking transgender-related ‘healthcare.’
Tim Walz forced through these child-endangering reforms even though an American Experience poll revealed some 67% of Minnesotans are opposed to sex change operations for children under 18. A further 53% of voting Minnesotans opposed the sexual mutilation of children and only 10% of Minnesotan voters were strongly in favor of the measures taken by their governor.
These numbers are broadly in line with the national feelings on the issue. 51% of American voters feel it is morally unacceptable to change one’s gender while 44% find it to be morally acceptable. 62% of all Americans oppose sex change medical treatments of any kind for minors while only 34% support such ‘healthcare.’