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Jacob Frey: “It's schools shutting down, it's businesses closing.”

Featuring: Jacob Frey, Democratic–Farmer–Labor | Mayor of Minneapolis | Minnesota

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Published | Video Starts at 28:09

And so we need relief. We're asking the court for it. But the damage that we are suffering right now in Minneapolis is not limited to overtime costs. It's schools shutting down, it's businesses closing. It's people being afraid to go out and get groceries and therefore are going hungry. It's their inability to get money so that they're unable to pay rent. (28:09–28:14)

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Asserts that schools and businesses are shutting down in Minneapolis.

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