Tim Walz: “Despite a worsening economy nationally, every as you've…”

“That'S hurting this state, as he so falsely claimed to a group of people, is Donald Trump himself. So with that, I want to thank MMB. Commissioner, thank you, Budget Director Mingi. Dr. Becker, thank you for that today. Despite a worsening economy nationally, every as you've seen, and because of the destabilization of the economy, the tariffs and a lot of other things going on, Minnesota's financial position is better than when we came last time. We have recognized challenges remain out over the next four years, but we've grown the surplus. We have historic rainy day funds and economic indicators still show growth here outpacing the national average.” (02:12–02:24)

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