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Tim Walz: “They broke five years ago and folks were on it.”

Featuring: Tim Walz, Democratic | Governor of Minnesota

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Published | Video Starts at 20:22

But Republicans say the scandal proves Minnesota's social safety net is broken, and Democrats say it proves we need better oversight, not fewer programs. What has concretely changed since these stories broke and these in every state? Well, They broke five years ago and folks were on it. And I, I remind people that we told the department of agriculture and they didn't do anything. But I, I'll own this. What's changed is we have pre approvals, we have things in place. (20:22–20:26)

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Asserts that the scandal broke five years ago and was addressed.

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