In the wake of shocking primary elections in New York City that saw multiple openly socialist candidates unseat sitting far-left Democrat congressmen, many Americans who only casually follow politics are likely asking themselves: Just how radical exactly is today’s Democrat Party? A new documentary titled Minnesota Mao (also available free on YouTube) which examines the history and legacy of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz may provide something of an answer.
Walz, of course, is most famous for his ill-fated tenure as former Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate in 2024. But Minnesota Mao takes a deeper look than the “mainstream” media ever did on either the state or national levels. It points us to a disturbing truth about not just Walz but the Democrat Party more broadly: What we just saw in New York is nothing new. Democrats were radicalized long ago, and this younger, more aggressive cohort is just saying out loud (very loudly) what the party has secretly believed for a long time.
Like the 2023 documentary The Fall of Minneapolis, which pulled back the curtains on the real story of George Floyd, the riots in Minneapolis, and Derek Chauvin’s trial, Minnesota Mao is written by J.C. Chaix and produced by the independent media company Alpha News, which covers stories the Minneapolis Star Tribune and other old-line media won’t touch.
The documentary was released on June 4, the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre and, five years later, Tim and Gwen Walz’s wedding. Walz said he “wanted to have a date he’ll always remember.” That ambiguous line takes on a dark meaning as the movie probes his history.
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