ST PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Democrats’ 2024 candidate for vice president, is ending his bid for a third term as governor less than four months after launching a reelection campaign.
Walz said in a statement Monday that he believes he would have won another term but decided “that I can’t give a political campaign my all” after what he described as an “extraordinarily difficult year for our state.”
JUST IN: President Trump calls for the deportation of Rep. Ilhan Omar, says every Somali "pirate" should be kicked out of the country.
"Somalia pirates… they're stealing money from the American taxpayer."
"Every one of them should be forced to leave this country, including… pic.twitter.com/XY58Ck5Rk6
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