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Tim Walz: “We've got 3,000 plus, by their own admission, of very…”

Featuring: Tim Walz, Democratic | Governor of Minnesota

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Tim Walz says Trump administration is "trying to twist reality" in Minnesota | NPR

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And for the folks that are listening, look, this has been going on for about eight weeks now and it's intensified over the last month. And of course, with Renee and Alex's murder, the attention came to it. We've got 3,000 plus, by their own admission, of very untrained, very aggressive folks on the ground. And the world witnessed what's been happening, I would say, since my conversation on Monday with the president as what I think the world knows them trying to do damage control over a horrific event on the streets. (00:44–00:50)

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