Here’s an excerpt from the article recently published in the Catholic Spirit, the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis:
Minneapolis city officials now estimate “Operation Metro Surge” had a $700 million financial impact in the city from December 2025 into April 2026.
The 53-page “Updated Assessment and Recovery Needs Overview” updates preliminary findings in the 38-page “Preliminary Impact Assessment & Relief Needs Overview” that was released by Minneapolis city officials on Feb. 13. Compilers of the updated report stated it is “best read as an updated, more comprehensive impact assessment, rather than a percent change from the previous report.”
“Today, we are releasing a report that shows a greater extent of the damage,” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said during a June 10 news conference about the latest report’s release. “The impact was felt far beyond those who were directly targeted — we’re talking about businesses that lost customers, workers that lost wages, families that struggled to put food on the table, mental health distress, children that missed meals and were unable to attend school, and then of course people that had delayed medical support.”
In reality, the VAST majority of the financial impact resulting from Operation Metro Surge came from the damage done by the radical leftist protestors that were ENCOURAGED by Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Governor Tim Walz. The Catholic Spirit’s participation in this deception is absolutely despicable.
TAKE ACTION: Contact Archbishop Hebda at archbishop@archspm.org or 651.291.4511. Let him know what you think.