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Tim Walz: “Quit referring to these people as law enforcement. They are…”

Featuring: Tim Walz, Democratic | Governor of Minnesota

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Minnesota Governor Tim Walz responds to fatal shooting

Published | Video Starts at 22:11

And I think there cannot be very many people across this country looking right now after all the reporting that's been done, after everything that's been said under the pretense that they are here about immigration reform. And Quit referring to these people as law enforcement. They are not law enforcement. We have law enforcement who do an incredible job. And to listen to Greg Bevino denigrate the work of our people who are out there cleaning up their mess, no, I don't have a lot of confidence that he himself will do it. (22:11–22:15)

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Asserts that certain federal agents should not be considered law enforcement.

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