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Tim Walz: “He put in $50 billion.”

Featuring: Tim Walz, Democratic | Governor of Minnesota

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Published | Video Starts at 27:09

And there's mostly a lot of rural members that are in the Congress because that's our divide in this country. Rural, urban, those rural members said, you got to do something. So He put in $50 billion. What do you think the chance that Illinois and Minnesota are going to get their share of that $50 billion as opposed to North Dakota and South Dakota, and, you know, that's where we're at now. (27:09–27:11)

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Asserts that $50 billion was allocated in response to backlash over healthcare cuts.

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