Pete Stauber Goes Completely Ballistic On Tim Walz With Fiery Stolen Valor Accusation

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At today's House Oversight Committee hearing, Rep. Pete Stauber (R-MN) exploded at Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN).

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00:00One from the National Immigration Center.

00:02Without objection to order.

00:03National Immigrant Justice Center and the Alliance for Immigrants.

00:08Without objection to order.

00:10They speak for themselves.

00:11Chair recognizes Mr. Stauber from Minnesota.

00:14Thank you very much.

00:15Governor Rawls, thanks for being here today.

00:18I'm going to ask you a few questions, and I ask you to keep your remarks brief.

00:21I've got a lot to go through.

00:22As you know, I spent 23 years as a law enforcement officer in the state of Minnesota.

00:27You know that, right?

00:27Do you know that, yes or no?

00:30I don't know how many.

00:31It's not a trick question.

00:32It's not a trick question.

00:33Congressman, I don't know how many years.

00:34I'll answer it for you.

00:3523 years in Duluth.

00:36Thank you for that.

00:37So, Governor, do you recognize this picture?

00:43I do recognize the picture.

00:45Briefly describe it to us.

00:46What is it?

00:46What's going on?

00:49These were folks.

00:50I believe the people in the picture now are incarcerated in Minnesota.

00:53It's a precinct three burning down because of your decision.

00:56Was this a peaceful protest?

00:59Was this a peaceful protest?

01:02The gentleman standing there?

01:04Was this a peaceful protest?

01:07It was a criminal act that people were prosecuted for.

01:10So, it wasn't a peaceful protest, right?

01:13As I watched lawlessness devastate Los Angeles this past week, I was reminded of your failure

01:20to protect Minnesota from similar riots.

01:22Governor Walz, on May 29th of 2020, during your own press conference, you described your

01:30response to the riots during the 2020 Summer of Love as, quote, an abject failure.

01:36Governor, I couldn't agree with you more.

01:38That's out of context.

01:39And on May 17th, 2025, you were at the law school, graduating Minnesota law school, talking

01:47to the graduates.

01:48And we've talked about this.

01:50You called the enforcement of illegal immigrants a modern-day gestapo.

01:55You've been asked three, four times if you would rescind that, and you won't.

02:00Will you rescind it?

02:00This is like the fifth time.

02:02Yes or no?

02:03Congressman, I was talking to law students about due process.

02:05And I said, you took an oath to due process.

02:07Governor, was there a violent Al-Shabaab terrorist who entered our country illegally arrested

02:11in Minneapolis last year?

02:14Yes, there was.

02:16Were there three illegal child predators arrested by ICE in St. Paul earlier this year?

02:25I certainly hope so.

02:26That's their job.

02:26Yes, there was.

02:27Are the officers who arrested the Al-Shabaab terrorists or the child predators, are they

02:33Nazi?

02:34Nazis are the Gestapo?

02:36The tactics of wearing masks?

02:38They're not!

02:39The tactics of wearing masks unidentified.

02:42Why did you tell us that they were the Gestapo?

02:47Do you believe that any of the violent illegal immigrants I have mentioned have a right to

02:53be in this country?

02:54I don't know what their immigration status was.

02:59They're illegal, violent criminals that ICE took off the streets of Minneapolis.

03:04You did not say, Congressman, what their status was.

03:07Governor, last week, law enforcement officers in the state of Minnesota took 900 pounds of

03:13meth off the streets.

03:14Do you support that?

03:17We certainly do.

03:18Fentanyl.

03:19Do you know that ICE assisted in that arrest, those arrests and investigations?

03:23Do you support the assistance of ICE in that enforcement action?

03:28Yes or no?

03:29I can't speak to that because we were not included in the briefing.

03:32You don't know if ICE was part of it?

03:34I'm telling you they were.

03:36I don't have that data.

03:38I would have to trust you.

03:39Will you apologize to our constituents and law enforcement officers for making them and

03:45their families less safe with your incendiary actions?

03:50I'll congratulate them that they helped us work on the largest pension bill for Minnesota

03:55law enforcement in 30 years.

03:57Governor, claiming my time.

03:58Governor, what weapons did you carry in war?

04:01Congressman, for 24 years I carried.

04:03No, no, no.

04:04What weapons did you carry in war?

04:09What did you carry in war?

04:11You know I misquote.

04:12Governor, you're parking down the wrong tree, okay?

04:15You know I misquote.

04:15You lied to the Minnesotans.

04:17You said that you carried weapons in war.

04:20That is stolen valor.

04:22You know what?

04:22My wife served 25, 24 years in the military and she's an Iraq war veteran.

04:27You know what I mean?

04:27He was over in the war zone.

04:30That's stolen valor and I'm so disgusted with you and so are the people that you serve with.

04:35Point of order.

04:36That's stolen valor.

04:37Just a minute.

04:37Stolen valor.

04:39You didn't carry weapons in war.

04:42Congressman, my 24 years with public questions many, many years.

04:46Will you apologize for lying?

04:46Objection.

04:47Will you apologize for lying?

04:48Objection.

04:50Hold on.

04:50Pause.

04:51That's not questioning a witness.

04:53That's not questioning a witness.

04:55Point of order.

04:56State your point, Mr. Reckermann.

04:58No, no.

04:59You're yelling at him.

04:59You're hectoring.

05:00You're hectoring.

05:01You're hectoring.

05:02You're hectoring.

05:03State your point.

05:03Governor, you didn't carry weapons in war, did you?

05:05State your point.

05:06You didn't carry weapons in war.

05:07Proceed.

05:07You've got 24 seconds.

05:07Good job.

05:08Congressman, you know I'm involved.

05:09You didn't carry weapons in war, yes or no?

05:11You lied.

05:12Governor, what rank did you retire at?

05:16What rank did you retire at?

05:17Congressman, I served my battalion as the command sergeant major.

05:20That's not the question I asked.

05:22What rank did you retire at?

05:24I retired as a master sergeant at EA.

05:26Okay, here's your coin that says you're retired at a command sergeant major.

05:32That's your challenge coin.

05:34It says I wore the rank.

05:36That's right.

05:37You didn't retire, did you?

05:39I did retire after 24 years.

05:41Here is a picture of your coin, your challenge coin.

05:44I'm disgusted with you.

05:47I'm just, Governor, you lie when the truth is better.

05:51You called half Trump supporters Nazis and fascists, and you know what?

05:56That's why the Minnesota Police and Peace Association did not support you in the last election.

06:02Oh, I support that.

06:03On behalf of the folks from the Land of Rocks and Cows, thank you.

06:10Now you're back.

06:11Chair recognizes Ms. Tenney from New York.

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