Before his DNC speech, we fact-checked claims by Gov. Tim Walz including about violent crime. We also fact-checked claims about his military service, immigration, LGBTQ+ legislation and the 2020 riots.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : At 10:30 p.m. CST May 28, Trump watched the scene on television and called Walz, offering to send in the military, WCCO-TV wrote.
57% : They went in and dominated, and it happened immediately," Trump told Walz and other governors in a phone call, according to The Associated Press.
52% : Despite some past comments expressing openness to cutting benefits or raising the retirement age, Trump has said consistently in the current election cycle that he won't do that.5.
41% : Walz linked Vance to Project 2025, which Trump has distanced himself from.
30% : On June 1, 2020, Trump praised Walz's handling of the riots.
18% : Trump said that after George Floyd died in Minnesota, Walz didn't call in the National Guard, "so, I sent in the National Guard to save Minneapolis.
17% : Walz misled about Trump and overtime payWalz said Trump "cut overtime benefits for millions of workers."
13% : Walz also said Trump will "gut Social Security."

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