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Tina Smith: “Tim doesn't [hoard political capital]. What he wants to do…”

Featuring: Tina Smith, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Minnesota

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Senator Tina Smith Discusses Tim Walz's Vice Presidential Nomination and Housing Policy

Published | Video Starts at 02:49

You build up political capital and then you sort of hoard it. You don't want to spend it because you want to make sure that you are going to be in a good place. And Tim doesn't [hoard political capital]. What he wants to do is to use what he knows about the people that he represents in order to be able to make change. And I think that's what he did as governor, particularly in the 2023 legislative session when they accomplished so much that was so great and that Minnesotans had been wanting for so long. (02:49–02:58)

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Asserts that Tim Walz uses his political capital to make changes for his constituents.

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