SEATTLE — Gov. Tim Walz told a Seattle crowd on Tuesday, Dec. 9, that he vowed to defend immigrant and refugee communities in Minnesota, including Somalis who have been targeted with slurs and threats of deportation from President Donald Trump.

Walz, who lost the 2024 race along with Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, headlined Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson's big annual fundraiser, which drew more than a thousand people to the Seattle Convention Center.

Minnesota is "incredibly proud" to have more immigrants and refugees per capita than any other state, Walz said. "And right now, our neighbors are being demonized. Our neighbors are being terrorized. Our neighbors are being picked up off the streets," he said.

Walz has been under scrutiny and attack from Trump and other Republ

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