Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), Vice President Kamala Harris‘s running mate, attended a march with “Abolish ICE” protesters in 2018, a move that goes further than even his partner’s criticism of the government agency.
Walz, a veteran and former congressman whom Democrats have portrayed as a Midwesterner with centrist views, marched in the streets of downtown Minneapolis with hundreds of protesters denouncing the Trump administration’s immigration policies, according to the Minneapolis Daily.
Walz, who was running for governor at the time, told a separate publication he did not support abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement but did believe in “majorly reforming” it.
Other notable attendees at the “Free our Future” protest included Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, gubernatorial candidate and Rep. Erin Murphy (D-MN), and Rep. Peggy Flanagan (D-MN).
The protest came days after the Trump administration rescinded its “zero tolerance” policy at the southern border, an action that resulted in parents and children being separated while in Border Patrol custody for the adults to be prosecuted. Roughly 5,000 children were separated as a result.
