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Tim Walz: “We've cut off whole streams of funding in partnership with…”

Featuring: Tim Walz, Democratic | Governor of Minnesota

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announces he's dropping reelection bid | full video

Published | Video Starts at 01:07

We've hired people who weren't. We fired people who weren't doing their jobs. We've seen people go to jail for stealing from our state. We've cut off whole streams of funding in partnership with the federal government where we saw widespread criminal activity. We've put new locks on the doors of our remaining programs, and we've hired a new head of program integrity to make sure that those locks can't be broken all across this state. (01:07–01:14)

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Asserts that funding streams were cut off due to criminal activity, in partnership with the federal government.

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