Fox News host slams Walz over tampons — and changing flag to 'look more like Somalia'
Raw StoryFollowing Vice President Kamala Harris' selection of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, Fox News host Jesse Watters unleashed a tirade against him, painting him as a radical and appearing to reference a bizarre conspiracy theory from the far-right corners of the internet that Walz is trying to push Islamic influence in his state. Watters is referring to Minnesota's decision last year to replace the state flag it has used since 1983, which consisted of simply the state seal on a field of blue and was widely regarded as dull, and which also included a portrayal of an indigenous figure widely seen as offensive. Most prominently, Mike Lindell, the election-denying CEO of MyPillow who is himself a Minnesota native, agreed with Steve Bannon in an interview earlier this year that the new flag was an "Islamic symbol" and raged, "It's an atrocity! Watters, who has garnered attention for a number of controversial on-air remarks over the years, just last week attacked Algerian Olympic boxer Imane Khelif based on false claims that she was transgender, saying, "All of these international Olympic committees are corrupt.
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