Washington Free Beacon What happened: Vice President Kamala Harris went to Minnesota over the weekend and was asked about her support for the Minnesota Freedom Fund, a controversial organization that has helped put violent offenders back on the street. Harris argued that those criticizingâor simply pointing outâher support for the fund were “playing political games” and peddling “misinformation and disinformation.”
The bottom line: Harris did promote the Minnesota Freedom Fund, urging supporters to donate in June 2020 following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. “If youâre able to, chip in now to the @MNFreedomFund to help post bail for those protesting on the ground in Minnesota,” Harris wrote on Twitter.
Why it matters: The Minnesota Freedom Fund raised tens of millions of dollars in the weeks following Floyd’s death at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer. The group used a small portion of those fundsâjust $210,000 out of the $3.5 million it had spent by September 2020âto post bail for individuals arrested during the violent protests, riots, and looting that followed…
