Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is “ill-suited for the role,” and violence in the city is up 45% since Gov. Tim Walz took office, Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Kendall Qualls said on Newsmax.

Frey, slamming talks of “thoughts and prayers” after the shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in South Minneapolis, is “typical for our mayor,” Qualls told “National Report.”

“He’s ill-suited for the role. It’s all the time for prayer right now. We start there first, and we always have as a country. We always will.

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