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Tim Walz: “We all write our own. The Democrats write a map that they…”

Featuring: Tim Walz, Democratic | Governor of Minnesota

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Gov. Tim Walz weighs in on Texas redistricting dispute

Published | Video Starts at 00:52

That's how this all started. This isn't about Democratic governors. This is about him doing that. We need a law like we do in Minnesota. We all write our own. The Democrats write a map that they want, the Republicans write a map, and then the judges say, oh, isn't that sweet? Those are gone. And they create fair maps. and we need to do something like that. That's the process now in our state. In the simplest terms, we can redraw maps every decade. (00:52–01:01)

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Asserts that in Minnesota, both parties propose redistricting maps, which are then discarded by judges who create fair maps.

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