{"id":638513,"date":"2026-07-20T18:45:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T18:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=638513"},"modified":"2026-07-20T18:45:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T18:45:18","slug":"star-tribune-gives-tim-walz-a-cheers-for-standing-by-child-rapist-pardon-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=638513","title":{"rendered":"Star Tribune gives Tim Walz a \u2018Cheers\u2019 for standing by child rapist pardon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Minnesota newspaper is under fire for praising Governor Tim Walz\u2019s decision to stand behind the pardon of an illegal immigrant child sex offender.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Minnesota Star Tribune<\/em> posted a gushing \u201ccheers\u201d about Walz standing behind the pardon, shocking social media users and anyone with a sense of moral decency.<\/p>\n

Look:<\/p>\n

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The Minnesota Star Tribune just gave a \u201cCheers\u201d to Tim Walz for standing by his pardon of a convicted child rapist.<\/p>\n

Absolutely disgusting. pic.twitter.com\/CbsC1qHlMM<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) July 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cCheers to Gov. Tim Walz,\u201d the piece reads. \u201cThe governor refused to back down from his vote to pardon a Hmong man convicted of felony sexual assault in 2006. It\u2019s significant that Tou Lue Vang needed only two of three votes from the state Board of\u00a0 Pardons, but he received unanimous support. In addition to Walz, the board includes Attorney General Keith Ellison and the state Supreme Court Chief Justice Natalie Hudson. Before her vote, the chief cited the letter of support for Vang submitted by the assault survivor. Also, Vang had not committed additional crimes in the past two decades.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Pardons Board makes weighty, life-changing decisions after studying the cases and history,\u201d it continues. \u201cIn this case, Vang\u2019s pardon made him a political punching bag. Secretary of State Marco Rubio deported him to Laos. Vang\u2019s actions 20 years ago were awful, but so were the violent protests at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and those folks received presidential pardons. Of the deportation, Walz said, \u2018And by just picking them up and taking them out with no due process, it just seems unfair.\u2019 Cheers to Walz for standing behind the pardon.\u201d<\/p>\n

But some details of Vang\u2019s offense were glossed over.<\/p>\n

\u201cOlson did not mention that Vang\u2019s 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\u2019s clemency,\u201d Fox News noted<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson gave a statement to Fox News Digital:<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

X users were disgusted:<\/p>\n

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Damn!! That\u2019s just sick. https:\/\/t.co\/2VLQypPmaa<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Juanita Broaddrick (@atensnut) July 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Sickening!<\/p>\n

The Minnesota Star Tribune should be ashamed of themselves! https:\/\/t.co\/1cq9cti1Bv<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Gunther Eagleman\"\u2122\" (@GuntherEagleman) July 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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HE RAPED A CHILD.<\/p>\n

The soulless ghouls masquerading as \u201cjournalists\u201d at the @StarTribune<\/a> deserve to go bankrupt. Minnesotans have had enough of their garbage and Democrat propaganda. https:\/\/t.co\/0mPiMB2xi7<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Michael Holmstrom (@MichaelH_MN) July 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cTrump pardoned a grandma who trespassed in the Capitol on January 6th so Republicans are hypocrites if they\u2019re complaining about Walz pardoning a child rapist\u201d is peak Star-Tribune. https:\/\/t.co\/rHl3vLRuvc<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Doug Powers (@ThePowersThatBe) July 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Ideology is so thick, intoxicating and disorienting in Minnesota that people can read this statement from the Star Tribune and not be horrified. The State Department did the right thing in deporting this fiend. https:\/\/t.co\/MplzU1B4bx<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 FrSteveGrunow (@FrSteveGrunow) July 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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A Minnesota newspaper is under fire for praising Governor Tim Walz\u2019s decision to stand behind the pardon of an illegal immigrant child sex offender. The\u00a0Minnesota Star Tribune posted a gushing \u201ccheers\u201d about Walz standing behind the pardon, shocking social media users and anyone with a sense of moral decency. Look: The Minnesota Star Tribune just… Continue reading Star Tribune gives Tim Walz a \u2018Cheers\u2019 for standing by child rapist pardon<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":638493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-638513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economic-empowerment","category-national-security","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=638513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/638493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=638513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=638513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=638513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}