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Tim Walz: “Less than 2% of that wall got built, and Mexico didn't pay a…”

Featuring: Tim Walz, Democratic | Governor of Minnesota

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He had four years to do this. And he promised you, America, how easy it would be. I'll build you a big, beautiful wall and Mexico will pay for it. Less than 2% of that wall got built, and Mexico didn't pay a dime. But here we are again. Nine years after he came down that escalator dehumanizing people and telling them what he was going to do as far as a deportation plan. (22:04–22:08)

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Asserts that less than 2% of the border wall was built and Mexico did not pay for it.

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