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Tim Walz: “We put out about $74 million a month in SNAP benefits.”

Featuring: Tim Walz, Democratic | Governor of Minnesota

Tim Walz Announces $4 Million in Emergency Funding, tells Trump: "Stop Terrorizing People"

Published October 27, 2025 | Video Starts at 05:06

These impacts are real. I'm grateful to have the governor here to share his thoughts, and I will turn it over to him now. Thank you, Jason. Governor. We put out about $74 million a month in SNAP benefits. Just so you know the scope and the scale of this. Those are Minnesota tax dollars that went to the federal government. Again, one of a handful of states that pays more in than we get back. (05:06–05:11)

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Asserts that Minnesota distributes approximately $74 million monthly in SNAP benefits.

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