FLASHBACK: Walz Implemented COVID Hotline To Snitch On Neighbors The Daily Wire
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InMarch2020,MinnesotaDemocraticGov.TimWalz’sadministrationimplementedahotlineencouragingpeopletosnitchontheirneighborswhoweren’tfollowingthegovernment’sCOVIDlockdownorders.
Thehotlinegeneratedthousandsofreports–againstpeopleplayingbasketball,walkingtheirdogs,orattendingchurch,localoutletAlphaNewsreportedin2022.Walz’sadministrationcontinuedtomonitorthehotlineuntilNovember2020,thoughitremainedoperationaluntilJune2022.
Inoneexampleofacomplaint,someonealertedauthoritiestoachurchservicethatwasn’tfollowingWalz’s“legalrequirements,”theoutletnoted.
“IamawarethattheapostolicLutheranchurchat[address]isplanningtoholdchurchservicesoct2-4th[sic].HundredsareexpectedAnd[sic]theywillbeservingmealsinthechurchdininghall.Idon’tbelievethisfitswithlegalrequirementsandIam.Aware[sic]thatmultiplefamiliesthatattendthischurchcurrentlyhavecoronavirus.”
Peoplealsocalledinlistsof“non-essential”businessesthatr
