Is Carolyn Pawlenty related to X Governor Pawlenty??? She's the mother of the police officer

[a kennedy]

getting sentenced for the murder of George Floyd today.

[LSparkle]

1. Yes -- a cousin from what I just found online

[a kennedy]

3. Thanks......I just like asking the questions, then having to look it up myself. Thanks.

[Siwsan]

2. If so, doesn't it seems that would have come out, earlier?

Funny, though, when I heard that name I was struggling to think of why it was familiar!

[hlthe2b]

4. Former Gov Tim Pawlenty is apparently the cousin of Chauvin's stepfather.

There is no blood relationship, if that matters--only by his mother's re-marriage to a man, not Chauvin's father.

[Siwsan]

8. Ah.

I think she's in a no-win situation, with her comments. No matter what, her son is still alive. Her attempts at mitigating her son's actions seem to have fallen kind of flat on the CNN panel.

[MuseRider]

5. Was that T Paw?

That always just cracked me the hell up. What an effort to appeal to the younger voters. LOL!

[leftieNanner]

6. Pawlenty?

The four cops who killed George Floyd are Chauvin, Lane, Thao, and Kueng.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

7. And Chavin's mother's last name is Pawlenty.

[leftieNanner]

9. Aha!

I did not know that.

Thanks for teaching me something today.

[gopiscrap]

10. I was wondering the same thing

when I saw her name posted on tv...wouldn't doubt it, all republicans are racist murderous assholes.