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Tim Walz: “Donald Trump tells you [Social Security] is a Ponzi scheme.”

Featuring: Tim Walz, Democratic | Governor of Minnesota

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Tim Walz campaigning in Green Bay, Wisconsin

Published | Video Starts at 17:03

We just didn't have any boots. That's what Social. That's what Social Security survivor benefits is. And we paid into it. So these are the guys. Like Donald Trump tells you [Social Security] is a Ponzi scheme. Scheme. JD Vance tells you it's the only thing standing in between fiscal sanity and that. No, it's not. It's tax. (17:03–17:06)

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