Backlash grows after Star Tribune backs Walz pardon of convicted child rapist

Fox News Digital reports on a firestorm sparked by the Minnesota Star Tribune’s opinion defending Gov. Tim Walz’s clemency for Tou Lue Vang, a Laotian national who raped a 10-year-old in Minnesota and was facing deportation. The Minnesota Board of Pardons unanimously approved the pardon, prompting criticism from GOP lawmakers and commentators who tied it to broader debates over victims’ rights and illegal immigration; Vang was deported to Laos shortly after, and Walz defended the decision as justified, while the paper said it publishes a wide range of opinions.