Brad Finstad, a congressman representing Minnesota's First Congressional District, posted a message on Facebook praising President Donald Trump and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz for reportedly starting a healthy dialogue. However, above the message was instructions, seemingly from the Trump administration, implying that the statement was written by the White House.
The post included a screenshot of a post from Donald Trump's Truth Social revealing that in the wake of unrest in Minneapolis due to the controversial ICE operations there, both Trump and Walz had a respectful and understanding regarding further steps to address the controversy. "Governor Tim Walz called me with the request to work together with respect to Minnesota. It was a very good call, and we, actually, seemed to be on a similar wavelength," the statement began.
