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Tim Walz: “I would encourage the nation to do what Minnesota does and…”

Featuring: Tim Walz, Democratic | Governor of Minnesota

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Gov. Tim Walz weighs in on Texas redistricting dispute

Published | Video Starts at 00:37

… party is doing, he made it plain today partisan redrawing of maps can't happen easily in Minnesota. And he thinks our state law should be the law of the land. I would encourage the nation to do what Minnesota does and have something in law so that somebody like President Trump can't say, go find me five votes in redistrict. That's how this all started. This isn't about Democratic governors. This is about him doing that. We need a law like we do in Minnesota. We all write our own. (00:37–00:46)

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