Gov. Tim Walz is responding to Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey's criticism that he slow-walked the deployment of the @MNNationalGuard during the late May riots.

Walz says Frey had a "misunderstanding" of what's required before sending troops into a city. (1/x)

Documents released by the city of Minneapolis show Chief Medaria Arradondo asked for 600 Guardsmen on the night of May 27 -- 24 hours before the 3rd Precinct burned.

Frey called Walz that night about the request, but the two men have very different memories of what happened.

Walz today: "I don’t think the mayor knew what he was asking for...I think the mayor said, 'I request the National Guard, whew, this is great. We’re going to have massively trained troops.' No. You’re going to have 19 year olds who are cooks."

Walz says the night of May 27, Frey asked about the "potential" of the Guard.

"I asked, what do you want out of the Guard? It’s not like pulling a can out. What units do you want? What do their capabilities need to be? How are you going to deploy them..."

More Walz: "I think the mayor’s recollection (of the early conversations) is correct. But it’s his knowledge of what the Guard could actually do, the mission, and what it took to do that, is simply not in line with where they’re at."

Walz says he and Frey never discussed specific deployment numbers early on.

Arradondo specifically asked for 600 Guardsmen on the night of May 27, according to documents provided by the city under a records request.