Video shows Tim Walz praising 'Hitler-promoting' Islamic cleric

(Israel Hayom via JNS) — A video from 2018 has surfaced showing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz referring to a Muslim cleric with controversial views as a “master teacher,” according to reporting by the Washington Examiner.

The footage, which emerged during Walz’s campaign for vice president, contradicts recent statements from his campaign team.

The video, recorded at a Feb. 16, 2018, event hosted by Minnesota’s Muslim American Society, captures Walz praising Asad Zaman, director of the Muslim American Society of Minnesota.

“I am a teacher, so when I see a master teacher, I know it. Over the time we’v...