Minnesota paper dragged as depraved rag after praising Tim Walzs clemency for child sex offender
Minnesota’s flagship paper came under fire over the weekend after a columnist defended Democrat Gov.Tim Walz reasoning for pardoning an illegal immigrant just before the convicted child rapist was set to be deported.“The Minnesota Star Tribune is cheering on Tim Walz protecting an illegal alien monster who raped a 10 year old girl.
No one should read this depraved rag.They are sick,” said House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., on X.Minnesota’s Board of Pardons is composed of Walz, state Attorney General Keith Ellison and state Chief Justice Natalie Hudson.
They voted on June 10 to grant clemency to Tou Lue Vang, a Laotian national who between 2002 and 2004 repeatedly raped a child.Lue was set to be deported from the United States before the clemency was issued.In a section of the column called “Cheers to Gov.
Tim Walz,” writer Rochelle Olson praised the governor and failed vice presidential candidate for his decision to defend the pardon.“The governor refused to back down from his vote to pardon a Hmong man convicted of felony sexual assault in 2006.It’s significant that Tou Lue Vang needed only two of three votes from the state Board of Pardons, but he received unanimous support,” the column states.Olson did not mention that Vang’s rape victim was a minor, or that Vang raped the child several times over the period of two years.
She did reference a letter from the victim addressed to the pardon board supporting Vang’s clemency.A spokesperson for the paper told Fox News Digital, “The Minnesota Star Tribune regularly publishes a wide range of opinions across the political spectrum.”“In this case, our opinion columnist agreed with a unanimous pardon by the Minnesota state board of pardons, including Governor Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison and state Supreme Court Chief Justice Natalie Hudson,” they added.Olson launched into a tirade about Jan.6, 2021, Capitol rioters in her column, likening their actions to that of ...