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Tim Walz: “I was the one who wrote the work around the Council of…”

Featuring: Tim Walz, Democratic | Governor of Minnesota

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Published | Video Starts at 09:29

Yes. Yes. I think that moment passed. But I got to tell you, from what we witnessed Saturday, and I understand this, on the sovereignty piece of this, I was the one who wrote the work around the Council of Governors that put the governors in on the decisions with the Department of Defense, you know, back in 2008. worked with Tom Davis on the Insurrection act, strengthening it after Katrina. So I'm very familiar with this. (09:29–09:38)

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Asserts that Tim Walz contributed to involving governors in Department of Defense decisions in 2008.

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