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Walz's handling of unrest after George Floyd's death coming under renewed scrutiny

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz mobilized the state National Guard three days after George Floyd’s death in May 2020 .

Walz was less than two years into his governorship when Floyd 's death was captured on a livestream.

Trump said he had been planning to send in federal troops “to get the job done right,” but didn’t criticize Walz at the time.

Walz’s backers have dismissed such criticism as an attempt to rewrite history.

The current president of the Democratic -controlled state Senate , Bobby Joe Champion , said Walz had “worked with a cross-section of people” to coordinate a response to the mass demonstrations.

He also pushed for hundreds of millions of dollars in state funding for more police when violent crime surged.