{"id":1331,"date":"2026-07-16T13:37:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T13:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1331"},"modified":"2026-07-16T13:37:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T13:37:24","slug":"walz-doubles-down-on-defense-of-deported-child-rapist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1331","title":{"rendered":"Walz Doubles Down On Defense Of Deported Child Rapist"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) doubled down on his defense of the child rapist he pardoned in a failed effort to shield him from deportation.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1329\">Meet The Democrats Running To Replace Graham Platner<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Walz on Tuesday questioned the Trump administration\u2019s decision to deport Tou Lue Vang, a Laotian national who was convicted for repeatedly sexually assaulting a girl beginning when she was just 10 years old. He suggested that the deportation did not advance the idea that people should not be \u201cjudged by our worst day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey made that choice,\u201d Walz said of the deportation. \u201cI guess the question I would ask is, \u2018Did that make us any safer? Did that make the children that are left behind any more stable?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid it improve the idea that we can\u2019t all be judged by our worst day?\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning in 2002, Vang, then 18-years-old, repeatedly had sexual intercourse with a young girl over a two year period starting when he was 18 and she was 10. He also offered to pay her to not report his actions, according to investigators.<\/p>\n<p>When arrested, he claimed it was part of his culture and said the victim should be charged as well. \u201cI made a mistake, but this is a minor thing. It is a cultural thing in Thailand to marry and have sex with girls as young as 12,\u201d he reportedly told police.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1327\">Trump: Iran Frees Wrongfully Detained American In \u2018Gesture Of Goodwill\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the crime, Vang spent just eight months at the Ramsey County, Minnesota, Correctional Workhouse and was given 30 years of supervised probation. The family of the victim pressured her to refuse to cooperate with law enforcement, according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p>Walz suggested that it was unfair to deport Vang, who now has a large family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn many cases, their children are citizens,\u201d the failed vice presidential candidate said. \u201cAnd by just picking them up and taking them out with no due process, it just seems unfair. If you think this person should have been gone, why didn\u2019t you take them for the last 30 years?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Walz, Democrat Attorney General Keith Ellison, and Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Natalie Hudson ultimately accepted the recommendation of the Minnesota Clemency Review Commission\u00a0 and pardoned Vang.<\/p>\n<p>The commission cited immigration concerns in its 4-2 vote to recommend a pardon for Vang and argued that deporting him would \u201cnot in the best interest of society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vang first came to the United States in 1994 and was given legal status by the Clinton administration, according to the Department of Homeland Security. An immigration judge issued Vang a final deportation order on October 31, 2006, following his conviction.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1326\">African Medicaid Scammers Exposed By Daily Wire Indicted For Fraud, Flee To Africa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that Vang had been deported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) doubled down on his defense of the child rapist he pardoned in a failed effort to shield him from deportation.Walz on Tuesday questioned the Trump administration\u2019s decision to deport Tou Lue Vang, a Laotian national who was convicted for repeatedly sexually assaulting a girl beginning when she was just 10 years old. He suggested that the deportation did not advance the idea that people should not be \u201cjudged by our worst day.\u201d\u201cThey made that choice,\u201d Walz said of the deportation. \u201cI guess the question I would ask is, \u2018Did that make us any safer? Did that make the children that are left behind any more stable?\u2019\u201d\u201cDid it improve the idea that we can\u2019t all be judged by our worst day?\u201d he added.Beginning in 2002, Vang, then 18-years-old, repeatedly had sexual intercourse with a young girl over a two year period starting when he was 18 and she was 10. He also offered to pay her to not report his actions, according to investigators.When arrested, he claimed it was part of his culture and said the victim should be charged as well. \u201cI made a mistake, but this is a minor thing. It is a cultural thing in Thailand to marry and have sex with girls as young as 12,\u201d he reportedly told police.For the crime, Vang spent just eight months at the Ramsey County, Minnesota, Correctional Workhouse and was given 30 years of supervised probation. The family of the victim pressured her to refuse to cooperate with law enforcement, according to prosecutors.Walz suggested that it was unfair to deport Vang, who now has a large family.\u201cIn many cases, their children are citizens,\u201d the failed vice presidential candidate said. \u201cAnd by just picking them up and taking them out with no due process, it just seems unfair. If you think this person should have been gone, why didn\u2019t you take them for the last 30 years?\u201dLast month, Walz, Democrat Attorney General Keith Ellison, and Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Natalie Hudson ultimately accepted the recommendation of the Minnesota Clemency Review Commission\u00a0 and pardoned Vang.The commission cited immigration concerns in its 4-2 vote to recommend a pardon for Vang and argued that deporting him would \u201cnot in the best interest of society.\u201dVang first came to the United States in 1994 and was given legal status by the Clinton administration, according to the Department of Homeland Security. An immigration judge issued Vang a final deportation order on October 31, 2006, following his conviction.Last week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that Vang had been deported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Walz Doubles Down On Defense Of Deported Child Rapist - Blue Route Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1331\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Walz Doubles Down On Defense Of Deported Child Rapist - Blue Route Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) doubled down on his defense of the child rapist he pardoned in a failed effort to shield him from deportation.Walz on Tuesday questioned the Trump administration\u2019s decision to deport Tou Lue Vang, a Laotian national who was convicted for repeatedly sexually assaulting a girl beginning when she was just 10 years old. He suggested that the deportation did not advance the idea that people should not be \u201cjudged by our worst day.\u201d\u201cThey made that choice,\u201d Walz said of the deportation. \u201cI guess the question I would ask is, \u2018Did that make us any safer? Did that make the children that are left behind any more stable?\u2019\u201d\u201cDid it improve the idea that we can\u2019t all be judged by our worst day?\u201d he added.Beginning in 2002, Vang, then 18-years-old, repeatedly had sexual intercourse with a young girl over a two year period starting when he was 18 and she was 10. He also offered to pay her to not report his actions, according to investigators.When arrested, he claimed it was part of his culture and said the victim should be charged as well. \u201cI made a mistake, but this is a minor thing. 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If you think this person should have been gone, why didn\u2019t you take them for the last 30 years?\u201dLast month, Walz, Democrat Attorney General Keith Ellison, and Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Natalie Hudson ultimately accepted the recommendation of the Minnesota Clemency Review Commission\u00a0 and pardoned Vang.The commission cited immigration concerns in its 4-2 vote to recommend a pardon for Vang and argued that deporting him would \u201cnot in the best interest of society.\u201dVang first came to the United States in 1994 and was given legal status by the Clinton administration, according to the Department of Homeland Security. 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