Gov. Walz to hold town hall in Rochester

(ABC 6 News) — Minnesota Governor Tim Walz will be hosting a town hall in Rochester this weekend.

The town hall will take place on Saturday, March 22 from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. with the location being announced at a later date.

The event’s website contains the following statement:

“Folks are sick of Trump’s agenda hurting everyone from farmers to teachers to veterans. And even if your Republican congressman doesn’t want to listen, they’re going to hear from us anyway.

Join Governor Walz this Saturday morning in Rochester for a town hall where we give the megaphone back to the people, listen to your frustration, and discuss how Democrats can offer a better future.“

Meanwhile, the Republican Party of Olmsted County released its own statement regarding the visit:

“Part-time Governor Tim Walz’s Rochester “Townhall” is nothing more than the same political theater Americans soundly rejected at the ballot box in November. This event, hosted by the Minnesota DFL, will give the Governor a “safe” audience to spread the same divisive and hateful language we’ve seen on his publicity tour thus far. Governor Walz has weirdly claimed that he “could kick most of [Republicans’] a**” and that his masculinity “scares” them. If so, why is this event not public? Doesn’t the Governor represent all in his “One Minnesota” tagline?

While the Governor enjoys his time in the limelight, Minnesotans are suffering under a decimated education system, rampant crime, a budget deficit created by the Governor’s recently rejected Democrat trifecta, the St. Paul fraud-frenzy, and the consequences of the dozens of reckless and half-baked bills passed by Democrats.

Governor Walz hasn’t held a town hall as Governor to discuss the issues his own party and administration have caused, but he’s happy to do so now that he and his party were soundly rejected and have no power in the federal government. Saturday’s event will prove to be nothing more than a typical Tim Walz media stunt. But hey, maybe he’ll actually answer questions from Minnesota media before he has to jet off to another state that he doesn’t represent?“