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Lisa Hanson, a former wine and occasional bistro proprietor thrown into jail for violating Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s lockdown orders, advised Fresh News Digital that the now Democratic vice presidential candidate basically “shut down and destroyed” her small enterprise, warning Americans, “You do not want tyranny at this level.”
A mom of eight youngsters and shortly to be 18 grandchildren, Hanson stated apart from a dashing ticket she obtained as a teen, she had at all times been a law-abiding citizen and owned companies together with her husband for greater than 30 years. At the time the COVID-19 pandemic was in full swing in 2020, Hanson stated The Interchange Wine & Coffee Bistro in Albert Lea, about 90 miles south of Minneapolis, had been open for eight years.
Her wine and occasional bistro initially complied with the shutdown ordered that March. However, Hanson stated she watched for months afterward as Walz by no means totally re-opened the state when it got here to companies deemed non-essential, such because the bars, eating places, gyms, dance studios and hair salons. By distinction, the governor by no means shut down liquor shops, the “big box stores” and even strip golf equipment.
“He shut down a lot of the mom-and-pop shops, those folks that were just trying to make a living and provide a great product and a great service,” Hanson advised Fresh News Digital. “In contrast, he allowed big box stores, etc. to stay open. Really incredible, an incredible use of tyranny against the people.”
Hanson finally determined to re-open her enterprise and defied Walz’s renewed shutdown order for bars and eating places six instances between December 2020 and January 2021.
She was convicted in December 2021 on misdemeanor fees and obtained the utmost sentence of 90 days and a $1,000 high-quality. Hanson ended up serving simply 60 days.
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“This is the story that America needs to hear, that Tim Walz is not some cuddly, joyful coach, like all the things that the MSMs are calling him,” Hanson advised Fresh News Digital. “That is not who this man is. This man would like to take your rights away. He will take your rights away. Because what happened to me could have happened to anybody. What happened to me will happen to you.”
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks throughout a marketing campaign occasion on Aug. 7, 2024 in Detroit. Vice President Kamala Harris and Walz are campaigning throughout the nation this week. (Andrew Harnik)
“My family has paid a dear price. While I was in jail, I missed out on Christmas with my family, I missed out on my wedding anniversary, and I also missed out on the birth of one of my grandchildren,” Hanson stated. “I can never have that time back. That time was stolen from me. My business was destroyed. My business is gone. After everything that happened, Tim Walz and Keith Ellison destroyed my business. They wrecked my life.”
“I’ve heard some people say that Tim Walz is a real nice guy. Yeah, well he’s not. Take my word for it,” Hanson stated. “Through this whole process, I’ve gotten to know other people. Similar things have happened to them when they were trying to run their business and survive. Mostly women, by the way. So Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison really like to go after women. They’re bullies.”
“They’re bullies. And they like to go after women and torment and destroy women’s lives. This is what they have done in the state of Minnesota. So let America know you do not want Tim Walz as vice president. You do not want tyranny at this level,” she continued. “I have seen firsthand. We, the people of Minnesota, have seen what Tim Walz, the type of evil he orchestrates if he is elected as vice president of this country. He, in lockstep with Harris, who is also evil, will perpetuate this same type of evil on the American people. We do not want that. So this is the truth about Tim Walz.”
“I would like to see Tim Walz impeached. I would like to see him prosecuted for the crimes he has committed against the people of Minnesota,” Hanson stated.
When Walz issued a November 2020 govt order that once more shuttered dine-in providers 100% for each indoor and out of doors bars and eating places within the state, Hanson stated she joined a bunch of almost 200 fellow enterprise homeowners known as “Open Minnesota,” believing the governor, supported by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, was working “in a rogue fashion outside the law.”
“We had God-given, constitutionally protected rights to be open. There was no statute. There was no law that allowed Gov. Walz to do what he did. He really did step outside of statutory law. But even more important, constitutional law,” Hanson stated. “Because we have that right to be able to run our businesses and conduct our lives as we see fit, of course, staying within the rule of law.”
Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz throughout a marketing campaign rally on the University of Nevada in Las Vegas on Aug. 10, 2024. (RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP by way of Getty Images)
“We have a corrupt authorities that is coming in opposition to us and saying, ‘you do not have the right to run your business,'” she said. “That is not a republic. That is not how a republic acts. It’s a dictatorship.”
Hanson described to Fresh News Digital the moment she learned Walz had been selected as Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate.
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“Honestly, my feelings should not have been a surprise. But because of what I know about Tim Walz, because of the tyrant that I know he is. He’s wrecked so many lives in the state of Minnesota. He’s not done wrecking lives. He’s going to continue to wreck lives,” Hanson said. “I don’t use that word loosely, ‘evil.’ But the evil particular person that he’s, it is no surprise that the evil, Harris picked him to be her operating mate,” Hanson stated.
“Tim Walz has accomplished a lot of horrific things in the state of Minnesota in a very short amount of time,” she stated.
Regarding the large riots after George Floyd’s demise in Minneapolis, Hanson requested, “Where was our governor? Where was our governor when there was the looting and the burning down? A fellow business owner – their businesses being burned down. Where was our governor?”
“I have not been to Minneapolis since that took place,” Hanson advised Fresh News Digital. “I don’t need to go up there. I’ve seen what Tim Walz allowed to happen to Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Minnesota. That man is a wrecking machine. He needs to be stopped.”
Gov. Tim Walz, Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Sen. Tina Smith met with enterprise homeowners whose companies have been looted and destroyed. (Anthony Souffle/Star Tribune by way of Getty Images)
Within 24 to 48 hours of first reopening her wine and occasional bistro in December 2020, Hanson stated “the state came down on us with a vengeance,” siccing the well being division on her enterprise and finally bringing a few half dozen civil and prison circumstances in opposition to her. During her trial, Hanson claimed she was denied due course of and blamed “rogue judges,” the lawyer basic, and Walz for working in “lockstep.”
“They employed all of their resources against We the People, just trying to run a company, serve a cup of coffee to a willing customer. And they said, ‘nope, you can’t do that,'” Hanson stated. “And mind you, there was never an injury. There was never an infection of COVID-19, nor was there ever a death that occurred because I had my doors open and willing customers came in to patronize me.”
Incurring tens of hundreds in authorized charges and fines, Hanson stated finally her enterprise was pressured to shut whereas below intense strain from the federal government.
“What happened to me was no accident, and they absolutely wanted to make an example, right?” Hanson stated. “It was like literally living a nightmare.”
Hanson, who voted for former President Trump in 2016 and 2020, stated she just isn’t satisfied she’s going to assist the Republican nominee within the 2024 election, citing what she has discovered about Operation Warp Speed and Trump taking credit score for the event of the COVID-19 vaccine. Though she completely wouldn’t assist the Harris-Walz ticket, Hanson argued in opposition to the two-party system of presidency altogether.
“Donald Trump is not going to save America. We certainly know Biden’s not going to save America, and Harris is not going to save America. The people need to get involved,” Hanson stated.
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Hanson, who briefly ran for state Senate unsuccessfully in 2022, inspired residents, mother and father particularly, to become involved at school methods and native authorities.
“Electing Donald Trump is not, in my opinion, is not the way to go. For so many reasons,” Hanson stated. “We need to change the two-party system. Otherwise, we’re just headed for some big words here: socialism, communism. And I know a whole lot of people that would say we’re already there, just not full-blown yet.”
