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Tim Walz: “Tariffs, blowing up budgets and destroying small businesses…”

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Governor Tim Walz Addresses California Democrats on Progressive Policies and Political Strategy

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Cruelty and corruption. And you can see it in the decisions they make. Ripping away health care from millions, that's the cruelty side. Tax cuts for billionaires, that's the corruption side. Tariffs, blowing up budgets and destroying small businesses, the cruelty side of it. a free jet from Cotter, there's your corruption. Disappearing people off the streets is the cruelty. At the same time they sell access to the White House, to the crypto bros. (10:31–10:36)

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Asserts that tariffs are harming budgets and small businesses, described as cruelty.

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