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Tim Walz: “Congress led by a Republican president or Republican House…”

Featuring: Tim Walz, Democratic | Governor of Minnesota

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Tim Walz Calls Trump's Tirade Against Somalis in Minnesota 'Vile'

Published | Video Starts at 10:58

Now if they don't do the subsidies, if they roll back Medicaid, if they remove the income tax and in this fever dream place or whatever, we yet don't know. And I think the important thing is Congress. After the longest shutdown, Congress led by a Republican president or Republican House, Republican Senate, the longest shutdown simply kicked the can down the road. So those negative impacts I think you're seeing in this and as you heard from Dr. Becker, those impacts yet are still yet to be seen, hard to measure. (10:58–11:06)

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Asserts that the longest government shutdown was led by a Republican president, House, and Senate.

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