Democratic vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz told a local Michigan outlet that he believes anti-Israel protesters are “speaking out for all the right reasons,” echoing similar rhetoric from his boss, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.
“I think those folks who are speaking out loudly in Michigan are speaking out for all the right reasons. It’s a humanitarian crisis. It can’t stand the way it is, and we need to find a way that people can live together in this,” Walz told WCMU, an NPR affiliate radio station.
Walz put pressure on Israel, without mentioning Hamas, to find a two-state solution, calling on “the Netanyahu government to start moving in that direction.”
Walz’s comments come as large anti-Israel protests plague Michigan. Just last week, at the University of Michigan, students gathered for a raucous “die-in” demonstration on campus that had to be broken up by police officers. In April, protesters in…
