Phillip C. Parrish here—retired Navy Lieutenant Commander, lifelong Minnesotan, farmer, father, and your 2026 candidate for Governor who’s done with the DFL crime syndicate turning our state into a punchline for grift, chaos, and moral bankruptcy.
On Memorial Day 2026, while real heroes rest under those perfectly placed flags at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, the man occupying the governor’s office pulled a no-show. Multiple friends and former military colleagues of mine who were there on the ground confirm it: Tim Walz was listed in the official program to speak, but he never appeared. No remarks. No presence. Just empty air where a leader should have stood.
Instead, Walz made time for the afternoon pilgrimage to George Floyd Square. Flowers in hand, optics locked in for the 6th anniversary circus. The timelines line up perfectly for a guy with a motorcade—he could’ve hit the 10 a.m. ceremony and still made the later event. He chose not to. That’s not scheduling. That’s priorities.
This isn’t a one-off gaffe. This is the DFL machine’s rotten soul on full display. Walz and his enablers remain chained to the Floyd narrative—the spark that lit Minneapolis on fire in 2020, unleashed billions in damages, spiked crime, and turned neighborhoods into no-go zones. While fallen service members who gave everything for this constitutional republic get a polite shrug, the agenda that destroyed businesses, families, and public safety gets the prime-time treatment.
The Minnesota press? Crickets. Pre-event hype listed Walz as expected. Post-event stories? Focused on Klobuchar, Smith, and the solemnity—conveniently skipping the governor-sized hole in the lineup. That’s not oversight. That’s the same protective shield they’ve deployed for years around the looting networks: daycare fraud, COVID cash grabs, rigged systems that funnel your tax dollars to nonprofits and cronies while veterans and working families foot the bill.
Fellow Minnesotans, this disrespect isn’t just tone-deaf—it’s a symptom of a deeper cancer. The DFL syndicate has spent years elevating criminals and agitators over the men and women who actually defended our freedoms. They’ve turned “public service” into a racketeering operation, complete with cover-ups, selective memory, and a media cheering section that buries the truth.
But here’s the vision worth fighting for: a Minnesota that honors its warriors first, not last. A state where fraudsters and riot profiteers face real justice, not proclamations. Where families thrive on safe streets, honest farms, and schools that teach truth instead of grievance. A constitutional republic rooted in faith, integrity, and accountability—where leaders show up for the fallen, not the narratives that tear us apart.
We deserve better than Walz’s morally broken attachments. As a man of faith who trusts in Jesus Christ as my Savior, I stand for restoring what Minnesota was meant to be: a beacon of hard work, honor, and unapologetic patriotism.
The DFL grift ends when we expose it. Let’s dismantle the networks, secure our elections, and put Minnesota back on solid ground.
Candidate for Governor of Minnesota 2026
Phillip C. Parrish
Candidate for Lieutenant Governor
Heidi Wanty
1 (612) 460-1717
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