The Chinese Communist Party saw Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as a prime “target” for its influence operations in the US, according to internal Department of Homeland Security communications shared the same day that Vice President Kamala Harris picked him as her running mate.
“You all have no idea how this feeds into what prc [the People’s Republic of China] has been doing here with him and local gov,” a DHS official wrote Aug. 6 on an internal “Nation State Threat — National Functional Team” chat, which a whistleblower recently disclosed to a congressional committee.
“It’s seriously a line of the intel,” the official added with alarm. “Target someone who is perceived they can get to DC.”
The House Oversight Committee released the message after Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and his agency were “wholly unresponsive” to records requests about Walz’s China ties, which committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) said “raises serious concerns about the Department’s fulfillment of its mission to resolutely protect the nation’s homeland.”
walz = Insurgent
Imagine Walz as president. That should influence your vote.