{"id":26385,"date":"2025-05-17T19:39:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T19:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/walz-calls-trump-a-tyrant-who-abuses-power-and-violates-rule-of-law\/"},"modified":"2025-05-17T19:39:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T19:39:39","slug":"walz-calls-trump-a-tyrant-who-abuses-power-and-violates-rule-of-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/walz-calls-trump-a-tyrant-who-abuses-power-and-violates-rule-of-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Walz calls Trump a &#8220;tyrant&#8221; who abuses power and violates rule of law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/news\/who-is-tim-walz-kamala-harris-vp\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Democratic Gov. 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Because, I have to be honest with you: You are graduating into a genuine emergency,&#8221; Walz told the crowd, which greeted him with loud applause. &#8220;Every single day, the president of the United States finds new ways to trample rights and undermine the rule of law.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Walz pointed to <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/kristi-noem-homeland-security-border-apprehensions-tony-dokoupil-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Trump&#8217;s immigration crackdown<\/a><\/span>, which includes deporting alleged gang members to a notorious prison in El Salvador, questions about lack of due process and the offer of a gifted jet from the Qatari ruling family to the president.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is what the crumbling of rule of law looks like in real time. And it&#8217;s exactly what the founders of this nation feared: A tyrant, abusing power to persecute scapegoats and enemies,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Since Kamala Harris&#8217; <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/biden-speech-trump-election-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">loss to Trump in November<\/a><\/span>, Democrats have been debating which direction to take the party amid deep frustrations from Democratic voters that its leaders are failing to do enough to check the new administration.<\/p>\n<p>Walz is among a long list of potential <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/klobuchar-trump-unprecedented-overreach\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">2028 candidates<\/a><\/span> who have been traveling to early voting states.<\/p>\n<p>Others include <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/news\/dnc-chicago-pritzker-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Illinois Gov. 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