This article originally appeared onThe Gateway Punditand was republished with permission.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz on Thursday demanded that the federal government now pay for the “damage” they caused in Minnesota following the Trump Administration’s withdrawal from immigration operations in the state.

First, he thanked the radical left-wingers in Minnesota for violently driving federal agents out of the state, which resulted in the death of two anti-ICE rioters. He then revealed that he plans to provide forgivable “$10 million one-time targeted loans” from the Minnesota small business emergency fund.

But Walz wants US taxpayers to foot the bill. “The federal government needs to pay for what they broke here,” Walz said. They are going to be accountability on the things that happen, but one of the things is the incredible and immense costs that were born by the people of this state.”

These costsreportedlyinclude $1 million in rental assistance for those impacted by immigration raids and $4.3 million for police overtime pay while far-left Anti-ICE rioters took over the streets.

“They left us with serious damage, generational trauma. They left us with economic ruin in some cases. They left us with many unanswered questions,” Walz said during the press conference.

As The Gateway Punditreported, rioters took over the streets of Minneapolis and lit a dumpster ablaze following the death of Alex Pretti, an armed leftwing agitator who had prior violent run-ins with federal agents.

The leftwing radicals also drove law enforcement out of part of the city and established an “autonomous zone.”

But, “the federal government needs to be responsible. You don’t get to break things and then just leave without doing something about it,” Walz says.

Walz further called for Democrats in Congress to continue the fight to defund the Department of Homeland Security and force ICE agents to take their masks off, stating he’s also in contact with governors because “I don’t want these folks showing up somewhere else and doing this.”

Source: The Vigilant Fox