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Minnesota governor told White House a Trump visit to George Floyd memorial is 'really bad idea'

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MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - President Donald Trump’s campaign team wanted to have the president visit south Minneapolis Monday during his trip to Minnesota, including the George Floyd memorial at 38th and Chicago.

Gov. Tim Walz said he spent the weekend telling the White House why it was a “really bad idea.” South Minneapolis is where George Floyd was killed while being detained by Minneapolis police officers on Memorial Day.

His death led to civil unrest and riots in the days following. “I spent this weekend trying to tell the White House why it was a really bad idea to have President Trump go and stand at the George Floyd memorial and use it as a backdrop for his campaign and ignite the pain and the anguish that we are feeling in Minnesota,”.

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