Minnesota GOP Lawmaker: Gov. Walz's Agenda "Heinious," Unqualified for Vice President

Republican State Senator Mark Koran accuses Governor Tim Walz of pushing a "radical progressive agenda" that is out of step with Minnesota voters, raising concerns about his ability to serve as vice president.

Minnesota Republican State Senator Mark Koran has launched a scathing attack on Governor Tim Walz, accusing him of pursuing a "heinous" and "radical progressive agenda" that is out of touch with voters.

Koran, a conservative Republican, told Fox News Digital that Walz's policies are so extreme that they are difficult to describe to voters. "The most radical policies that we have, as a conservative Republican in Minnesota, the most difficult process we have is trying to describe the bills that were passed in the last few years," Koran said. "The agenda is so heinous, removing parental rights, the transgender ideology which puts our children in harm’s way. He signed every one of those bills and to me, most don’t believe it because it is so radical when we try to educate them."

Minnesota GOP Lawmaker: Gov. Walz's Agenda "Heinious," Unqualified for Vice President

Koran pointed to the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party's (DFL) trifecta in Minnesota, which gives Democrats control of the governor's office and both chambers of the Legislature. However, he argued that the DFL does not have a mandate for such a radical agenda, as they won the House and Senate by narrow margins.

"They have a trifecta which gives you great power, but they don't have a mandate," Koran said. "They only have the majority in the House, in the Senate in Minnesota by less than 1820 votes…they don’t have a mandate for a radical political agenda and so, to me, the most functional element, based on Governor Walz's words of preserving democracy is he supports policies and procedures that rip out the very foundation of our system of governance."

Minnesota GOP Lawmaker: Gov. Walz's Agenda "Heinious," Unqualified for Vice President

Koran also took issue with Walz's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly his stringent lockdown measures and the creation of a tip line for neighbors to report COVID violations. "If you watched Minnesota they made up this chart and dials and political theater around what the issue was," Koran said. "For the first two weeks we got together, we were concerned we were trying to figure out what is this really? Beyond the two weeks, none of the data. They wouldn’t share the data with us. As a legislator, I represent 85,000 people. They wouldn’t share the data."

"The data, as we know today, didn't match any of the actual outcomes to justify the actions and keeping people locked up in their homes in Minnesota. We were probably one of the states, not the most extreme, but certainly one of the states who locked and crushed our small to middle-sized businesses, closed their churches and basically robbed us of the civil rights that we have within Minnesota. He failed horribly at it."

Minnesota GOP Lawmaker: Gov. Walz's Agenda "Heinious," Unqualified for Vice President

Moreover, Koran criticized Walz's response to the rioting and looting in Minneapolis after the death of George Floyd in 2020. He argued that Walz should have called out the National Guard sooner and provided clearer direction.

"Him being so close and being a member of the National Guard, they should have been in as soon as the civil unrest, which they knew was going to happen, they should have been on call and should have been ready and raring to go," Koran said. "There should have been no hesitancy."

Minnesota GOP Lawmaker: Gov. Walz's Agenda "Heinious," Unqualified for Vice President

"They decided to let a precinct go, to let this civil unrest go on for many days, and I think if you look back in your research, when they finally did call out the guard, the National Guard leadership basically had to ask, ‘what’s the actual mission?’"

Koran concluded by questioning Walz's qualifications to be vice president, pointing to his "radical progressive agenda" and his handling of various crises. "He's already proven he's agreed with the most radical progressive agenda that exists around the world," Koran said. "When you look at the political agenda and the policies they passed, he is not what's good for Minnesota. He's not good for the country. He's already agreed to throw out the Constitution. Our basic system of governance and even though the vice president doesn't have a significant defined role, he's already agreed to be complicit with the most radical agenda that is anti-American, anti-hardworking legal U.S. citizen, and that's what we can't have in the White House."

Fox News Digital reached out to the Harris-Walz campaign for comment but did not receive a response.