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Tim Walz: “Now it has reached cruelness.”

Featuring: Tim Walz, Democratic | Governor of Minnesota

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Published | Video Starts at 16:15

So just give us a pause. Let us breathe. Look, we're exhausted. We're exhausted as Minnesotans. We're exhausted as Americans. And this relentless assault on Minnesota, for whatever reason, is just cruel. Now it has reached cruelness. So please just give us a break. And if it's me, you're already getting what you want. But leave my people alone, leave our state alone and look again and see what's happening. (16:15–16:18)

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