Despite two days of catastrophic destruction in the Twin Cities, neither Governor Walz nor Commissioner Harrington proactively reacted by ordering the National Guard to mobilization or even verbal readiness, so our Guard began to respond from scratch Thurs May 28 2:30p

Thurs May 28 2:30 Governor Walz calls ‘the cooks’ with Executive Order 20-64

With EO 20-64, the Governor specified State Patrol support, which had been activated the night of Tues May 27.

Governor Walz made no stipulations for National Guard mission details.