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Tim Walz: “The party is not leadership. The party is there to enable.”

Featuring: Tim Walz, Democratic | Governor of Minnesota

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Podcast Discussion on Democratic Party Challenges with Governors Gavin Newsom and Tim Walz

Published | Video Starts at 22:46

Back to it again, Gavin. It's not a flippant Vermont. It's the, it's the people. And then in a democracy, they send people forward to be able to do this. The party is not leadership. The party is there to enable. And I know for me, I wouldn't have got elected as a high school teacher with no connections, no political experience, if I wouldn't have been able to go to … (22:46–22:50)

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Asserts that the role of the party is to enable rather than lead.

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