Minnesota grandma slapped with 90-day prison sentence in 2021 over Covid violations says 'Tim Walz will take your rights away'

Former wine and coffee bistro owner Lisa Hanson was sentenced to prison for 90 days for violating Kamala Harris' vice-presidential pick Tim Walz’s Covid-19 lockdown orders in Minnesota in 2020. In a recent interview, Hanson told Fox News that Walz "shut down and destroyed" her small business in the state, and that Americans "do not want tyranny at this level." Hanson is the mother of eight children and 18 grandchildren. 

Hanson at one time owned The Interchange Wine & Coffee Bistro in Albert Lea, which is about 90 miles south of Minneapolis. Her small business had been open for eight years prior to the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns. In March 2020, Hanson complied with the laws initially, but then saw that liquor stores, strip clubs, and big box stores all stayed open as they were deemed "essential."

"He shut down a lot of the mom-and-pop shops, those folks that were just trying to make a living and provide a great product and a great service," Hanson told Fox News. "In contrast, he allowed big box stores, etc. to stay open. Really incredible, an incredible use of tyranny against the people."