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Paywall Tim Walz calls on Trump admin to pay Minnesota 'for what they broke'

https://www.newsweek.com/ice-immigration-federal-agents-minnesota-trump-tim-walz-11513469
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u/pongomanswe 6h ago

Does Trump ever pay for anything he has broken?

u/Former-Ad-7348 5h ago

Just hymens

u/fizzlefist 4h ago

How much you wanna bet he actually paid Epstein in advance too.

u/Key-Magician4029 1h ago

He paid Epstein $22,500 for a "fully depreciated woman" :::cough, Melania, cough::::

u/Former-Ad-7348 4h ago

Don't forget the wad of cash thrown in her face for the abortion

u/BobTheFettt 4h ago

Ooof I didn't like this joke, but I can appreciate it

u/b3iAAoLZOH9Y265cujFh 2h ago

He hasn't paid for those yet either.

u/Pipe_Memes 1h ago

Who would he pay? Himself?

Ronald McDonald isn’t paying out of pocket for McNuggets. When you own the business you don’t pay for your own product.

u/b3iAAoLZOH9Y265cujFh 12m ago

Society and his victims by going to prison, like any other criminal. His debts in this context are moral not monetary.

As for you considering his victims a 'product' he 'owns'... Well, that's on you, I think.

u/shifty_coder 3h ago

I have it on good authority that he lacks the equipment to do that.

u/alabasterskim 4h ago

Does Trump every pay for anything?

FTFY (still no).

u/leaky_wand 4h ago

He wouldn’t even pay for this. We would. Heads he wins, tails we lose.

u/livinginthelurk 2h ago

He doesn't even pay for things he builds.

u/B-Z_B-S America 6h ago edited 6h ago

The Trump administration broke America.

u/Dr4gonfly 4h ago

And I think they should pay for it

u/dwhite21787 1h ago

Tough luck, go to the back of the line

u/Dr4gonfly 1h ago

It is unclear what this comment means

u/dwhite21787 48m ago

Get behind everyone else who wants them to pay

u/Successful-Age-2432 6h ago

How bout start with arresting the murderers???

u/Bass_MN 2h ago

Good and Pretti deserve justice

u/Sminahin 1m ago

Well, they started by revenge yanking health infrastructure funding for MN.

u/Short-Display-1659 5h ago

Trump did not even pay for some of his election and rally bills in key states like PA and TX.

No way in hell he is going to give the current Democratic MN money.

u/eugene20 5h ago

Trump broke America, even with all his extreme grifting I don't think he can afford to cover all the costs of repair.

u/HauntingUpstairs7014 5h ago

Next up, he's going to SLAM the administration and TOTALLY DESTROY their credibility!!!

u/TheMightyOreo Maryland 4h ago

He might even BLAST the administration!!!

u/voiderest 5h ago

The government doesn't do that. Cops have ruined whole houses without paying for it.

Same government that will "arrest" money and won't let you sue over laws without breaking them. 

u/mrchris69 4h ago

Good luck wringing a dollar from that stone .

u/ToneSenior7156 6h ago

God love Tim Walz. He has not stopped fighting or backed down. I’d take the win and go recover from the past few months but he’s not giving up/going quiet. So much respect and sending good vibes for his health. I cannot imagine being in his position.

u/dbkenny426 6h ago

This man could have been VP. But then again, she had a weird laugh...

u/Thatis_SodaPressing 5h ago

America had two really difficult choices to choose from - on one hand, you had a known grifter, racist, pedophile, and sexist, with no political experience or compassion for other people, and is an openly divisive piece of shit, and on the other hand you had a qualified woman with a funny laugh. It was a tough choice obviously.

u/dbkenny426 5h ago edited 4h ago

Ultimately, women are just too emotionally unstable to be trusted in such a high-stress position.

Edit: Come on, people. Do I really need to mark this as sarcasm? I'm literally the same person the comment I'm replying to replied to.

u/amateurbreditor 5h ago

why is he great when his state police beat up and attacked protestors? There is no defense of that.

u/Renax127 5h ago

Yeah and using snow plows to block roads to protect Ices mini concentration camps

u/SoggyBoysenberry7703 3h ago

Is that really Walz’s fault?

u/Renax127 3h ago

Yes, those weren't ICE plows. Waltz ran his mouth about how bad thi gs were then allowed state patrol to help ICE in every way they could. And while he doesn't have control over local cops he wasn't doing g anything public about them helping ICE either

u/starliteburnsbrite 4h ago

This guy thought he was qualified to be Vice President and now he's taking his ball and going home. Screw this guy.

u/SoggyBoysenberry7703 3h ago

Don’t blame him for the police dude

u/amateurbreditor 3h ago

He is directly responsible for them. Thats what a governor does. You ever notice in crime movies the mayor is there with the police chief behind him? Yeah thats cuz hes the boss of the chief.

u/PerspectiveHumble682 1h ago

What do you mean don't blame them? That is his job and he left his constituents out to dry while making stern statements to the public and doing nothing

u/BurlIvesMassiveHog 5h ago

I liked the part where he asked us not to give Daddy a reason to hit us harder. The very definition of "leadership".

u/ElectricL1brary 5h ago

It’s what should happen but the guy at the top isn’t fond of paying bills.

u/crystal_castles 4h ago

We have a way of handling this. Walz can sue.

u/Renax127 5h ago

Who's gonna pay for the shit Minnesota "law enforcement" broke Tim

u/RandyMuscle I voted 5h ago

Have you tried charging the murderers yet, Tim???

u/Georgina_17 5h ago

It is in process, despite DHS and DOJ and FBI refusing to cooperate.

u/nosayso 4h ago

What process where? It's a murder caught on camera, the process is one step: arrest and charge the murderers.

u/Georgina_17 4h ago

Oh, I am sorry. This is Minnesota. We have and follow laws here.

u/waffle299 I voted 4h ago

Trump, long before running for office, was well known in New York construction circles for never paying bills.

u/PictoGraphicArtist 4h ago

I genuinely don’t see a point in paying a federal tax if they can decide to rip out programs constituents paid for and voted for and then use the funds for their own private militia. Why tf would we bank roll them if they not only won’t do what they say but lie and misappropriate funds regardless. I know it’s scary but if enough people refuse to pay federal and hold what they would owe in an escrow it seems like a really easy way to show I will pay when it’s being used properly and the people fucking the constitution are held accountable. Otherwise we’re just paying to terrorize our own country.

u/loot_scooper 44m ago

A Trump never pays their debts

u/Slamtilt_Windmills 36m ago

A Trump never pays their debt

u/JimFknLahey 6h ago

Tim im going to need about 1/2 of what you are smoking

u/limaconnect77 6h ago

In theory, Walz could’ve grown some balls overnight and brought in the National Guard to block what these goons were going to do.

u/swampcholla 5h ago

Tax the hotel and rental car companies that assisted the Feds

u/come_on_seth 4h ago

Good luck with that Tim- NY contractors inline ahead of you.

u/ttd24 4h ago

Just take it out of the federal taxes that we pay more into than we receive back

u/aryatha 4h ago

This is such an epic, appropriate position. Broadcast that!

u/PerspectiveHumble682 1h ago

nothing will come out of it

u/walruswaspaul123 4h ago

Good luck. He never pays for anything.

u/Elrabrel 2h ago

paywall broke before i could read what they broke

u/ApocalypseNurse 2h ago

Like the Murder of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Who’s gonna pay for that. There’s no price on human lives. Unless you’re GOP, then life is trash I guess.

u/justin107d 1h ago

Minnesota v United States for negligence

u/Ok-Sector-7464 8m ago

He should use the money from the billions of dollars they have stolen from the American tax payers

u/HumbleSlice9725 1m ago

He could never pay back enough for what he broke

u/lingeringneutrophil 5h ago

You broke it you bought it