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Tim Walz: “Many of these people were prosecuted in 2021.”

Featuring: Tim Walz, Democratic | Governor of Minnesota

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Governor Tim Walz on Trump Targeting Minnesota, Not Running for Re-Election & Talking to Kamala

Published | Video Starts at 04:40

Did it take an extraordinary long time for you to know that that was happening? No. Is that just something that. That has been spread. It happens in other states we were going back to. Many of these people were prosecuted in 2021. He used it as an excuse because it was a perfect thing to do to say there was fraud. Imagine that, you know, coming from this guy. (04:40–04:43)

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Asserts that many individuals involved in benefits fraud were prosecuted in 2021.

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