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Tim Walz: “They are now forbidden from talking to state government. We…”

Featuring: Tim Walz, Democratic | Governor of Minnesota

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And we have, of course, the premier hospital here in Minneapolis, and we have an incredible hospital administrator that I have personally talked to hundreds of times and called up when things are happening. They are now forbidden from talking to state government. We have to go through governmental affairs at the White House, set up a meeting, and they're telling us those are at least six weeks before you can get one of those. So, no, there's no communications. There's no attempt to work with this. There's no attempt to understand what's on the ground. And everyone knows this. (05:30–05:41)

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Asserts that state government communication with the VA is restricted and requires a six-week wait for meetings.

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