Tim Walz: “We would be hit by a once in a century global pandemic that…”

“I said on that evening, we create the future. But I don't think any of us could have predicted the future that lay in store for our state. Nobody knew that We would be hit by a once in a century global pandemic that would claim the lives of over 17,000 of our Minnesota neighbors. throw our entire economy and our entire way of life into chaos. Nobody knew that we would face a national reckoning with racial injustice and police abuse.” (12:30–12:39)

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