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Tim Walz: “We just get rid of the folks who measure those things at the…”

Featuring: Tim Walz, Democratic | Governor of Minnesota

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Published | Video Starts at 32:11

Yeah. Well, I think in any normal world, when you've got the soybean markets collapsing, you have folks deeply concerned we are losing jobs. We'll never know for sure because We just get rid of the folks who measure those things at the Bureau of Labor Statistics. You see an economy that's fragile. You see our allies deeply concerned. You see, you know, continuous disruptions. Usually what happens in that is people go out and vote the other way. (32:11–32:15)

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