Minnesota Grandma Jailed Over COVID Lockdown Warns Walz ‘Will Take Your Rights Away’

A former business owner from Minnesota and grandmother, Lisa Hanson, was imprisoned for defying lockdown orders during the pandemic.

She cautioned that Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) is inclined to infringe on Americans’ rights.

Hanson, who ran the Interchange Wine & Coffee Bistro in Albert Lea, expressed her frustration with Walz’s decision to reopen big-box stores while keeping small businesses closed.

As a result, she chose to defy the lockdown orders and was subsequently jailed for 60 days and fined $1,000. Hanson also rejected the portrayal of Walz as a benevolent figure by the mainstream media and Harris campaign.

Vice President Kamala Harris recently announced that she had selected Walz as her running mate for the 2024 presidential election.

“This is the story that America needs to hear, that Tim Walz is not some cuddly, joyful coach, like all the things that the MSMs are calling him,” Hanson told the outlet. “That is not who this man is. This man would like to take your rights away. He will take your rights away. Because what happened to me could have happened to anybody. What happened to me will happen to you.”

The mother of eight, and grandmother to 18, told the outlet that she and “nearly 200” other business owners in the state, that were part of a group called “Open Minnesota.” They believed that Walz, and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, were operating “in a rogue fashion outside the law.”

Hanson explained to the outlet that “within 24 to 48 hours” of her opening her business in December 2020, the state’s government “came down” on them “with a vengeance,” as roughly half a dozen “civil and criminal cases” were brought against her.

Hanson was convicted on misdemeanor charges in December 2021 and served 60 out of her original 90-day sentence, she revealed.

She also shared that she had to shut down her business due to facing “tens of thousands” of dollars in legal fees and fines.

“My family has paid a dear price,” Hanson added. “While I was in jail, I missed out on Christmas with my family, I missed out on my wedding anniversary, and I also missed out on the birth of one of my grandchildren. I can never have that time back. That time was stolen from me. My business was destroyed. My business is gone. After everything that happened, Tim Walz and Keith Ellison destroyed my business. They wrecked my life.”

Hanson’s interview follows a previous statement from a former Minnesota bar owner who was fined over $300,000 for violating Walz’s shutdown orders during the pandemic.

The former owner characterized the governor as “evil” and accused him of destroying small businesses.

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Walz operated a hotline for citizens to snitch on other individuals who might have “violated his lockdown directives.”