The BLM riots in Minnesota under Tim Walz were a lot worse than J6

A Minnesota business owner who was forced to shut his doors after suffering financial devastation from the coronavirus pandemic and crime issued a scathing rebuke of Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate, Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., calling him an "evil person" for his handling of COVID-19.

"Walz is absolutely a total and complete failure," Greg Urban said Wednesday on "America Reports." "He's an incredibly divisive leader. He shut down the state for almost two years. Anybody that would go against his rules, so much as opening a coffee shop, would end up in jail for long periods of time."

Urban, the owner of Wild Greg's Saloon, said he was forced to shutter his Minneapolis bar when it could not rebound after COVID-19 lockdowns eased.

Urban's locations in Austin, Texas; Pensacola, Fla.; and Lakeland, Fla., bounced back relatively quickly, but "there was no road map ahead" for Minneapolis, he told Fox News' John Roberts.

"Minneapolis was a failed city, and it really hasn’t gotten any better. We were losing money every single month, where every other city came back very quickly from COVID, and you can only lose money so many months in a row as a business owner before you have to pull the pin," he said.

In his first term as governor, Walz oversaw Minnesota's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and favored heavy-handed restrictions, including lockdowns and mask mandates. Walz's administration also set up a hotline to report residents who violated COVID-19 mandates, as FOX 9 Minneapolis reported at the time.