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Tim Walz: “The decorum is you would never swear in those governors…”

Featuring: Tim Walz, Democratic | Governor of Minnesota

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Published | Video Starts at 28:16

… governors, two of them former members of Congress being brought back to testify in front of Congress. I'm not sure, and I should go look this up or whatever. But The decorum is you would never swear in those governors because it's the respect given to someone who served in that institution. And not only did they swear us in, they spent the time belittling on things that had nothing to do with why they're there. (28:16–28:23)

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Asserts that it is against decorum to swear in governors who are former members of Congress.

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