Minnesota Governor Tim Walz busts onto the national scene due to Joe Biden dropping out of the presidential race after a terrible debate performance forced the Democrats to replace him with Kamala Harris who picked Walz as her VP running mate.

It didn’t take long for clips to surface of things he had previously said.

In this case, it is a clip that went mega-viral for what he said about limiting the free speech of American citizens despite the First Amendment being a part of the oath he took several times before entering office.

🚨 WOW: Tim Walz says you have NO RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH if the government deems it “misinformation.”

This guy’s a full blown communist!pic.twitter.com/0FdSg73OEK

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) August 7, 2024

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“I think we need to push back on this there. There’s no guarantee to free speech on misinformation or or hate speech, and especially around our democracy.” – Tim Walz

Many conservative users on Elon Musk’s X continued to call him out…

Tim Walz says we don’t have a Constitutional right to free speech for “misinformation”

And who determines what is “misinformation”?

Well Tim Walz of course!

pic.twitter.com/ve7ER4KJug

— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) August 7, 2024

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Without free speech on X, Tim Walz would be “Coach Tim” from the Midwest.

Thanks to free speech on X, Walz is now Tampon Tim.

Thank you, @elonmusk.

— Liz Wheeler (@Liz_Wheeler) August 7, 2024