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Tim Walz: “I was in Hong Kong and China during the democracy protest…”

Featuring: Tim Walz, Democratic | Governor of Minnesota

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Published | Video Starts at 40:38

All I said on this was, is I got there that summer and misspoke on, on this. So I will just, that's what I've said. So I was in Hong Kong and China during the democracy protest, went in, and from that I learned a lot of what needed to be in governance. Thank you, governor. Senator Vance, in 2016, you called your running mate, Donald Trump, unfit for the nation's highest office, and you said he could be America's Hitler. (40:38–40:50)

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Asserts that Tim Walz was in Hong Kong and China during the democracy protest and learned about governance.

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