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Governor Tim Walz

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
585 total appearances

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The Rachel Maddow Show
Maddow: Trump admin shows folly of blind obedience to someone who doesn't know what they're doing

Yeah, these folks just, and they want to be heard. I think a town hall is healthy. People say it in front of their neighbors. For example, I was in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and a retired couple, both teachers got up and they talked about the times where in their classroom, they provided a little extra money into accounts for kids so that they could eat. They're worried about that.

The Rachel Maddow Show
Maddow: Trump admin shows folly of blind obedience to someone who doesn't know what they're doing

They're worried about who's going to go into teaching when they see folks demonizing it. There's folks standing up a woman with Parkinson's disease, another that worried about his brother who needed special services through Medicaid. And they're terrified. They're terrified because of the chaos. They don't know what's going to happen. And there's no plans for this.

The Rachel Maddow Show
Maddow: Trump admin shows folly of blind obedience to someone who doesn't know what they're doing

They're worried about who's going to go into teaching when they see folks demonizing it. There's folks standing up a woman with Parkinson's disease, another that worried about his brother who needed special services through Medicaid. And they're terrified. They're terrified because of the chaos. They don't know what's going to happen. And there's no plans for this.

The Rachel Maddow Show
Maddow: Trump admin shows folly of blind obedience to someone who doesn't know what they're doing

They're not putting anything in place. We fire people, then we hire them back. You know, we get rid of people working on bird flu, and then we hire them back. It's all about chaos. And the thing that's most troubling to me is... especially with this Department of Education move. This was all written down in Project 2025. This is a very, you know, systematic effort to undermine us.

The Rachel Maddow Show
Maddow: Trump admin shows folly of blind obedience to someone who doesn't know what they're doing

They're not putting anything in place. We fire people, then we hire them back. You know, we get rid of people working on bird flu, and then we hire them back. It's all about chaos. And the thing that's most troubling to me is... especially with this Department of Education move. This was all written down in Project 2025. This is a very, you know, systematic effort to undermine us.

The Rachel Maddow Show
Maddow: Trump admin shows folly of blind obedience to someone who doesn't know what they're doing

But look, these are regular people, people standing up. I had a young airman, specialized service, flying on intelligence missions. She is not going to be able to serve because they have decided that they don't like who she is, simply who she is. And the spouses of service members who have all been fired. And you know how this works on military bases.

The Rachel Maddow Show
Maddow: Trump admin shows folly of blind obedience to someone who doesn't know what they're doing

But look, these are regular people, people standing up. I had a young airman, specialized service, flying on intelligence missions. She is not going to be able to serve because they have decided that they don't like who she is, simply who she is. And the spouses of service members who have all been fired. And you know how this works on military bases.

The Rachel Maddow Show
Maddow: Trump admin shows folly of blind obedience to someone who doesn't know what they're doing

The spouses usually work at the commissary, the hospital, the school, whatever it may be, and those have all been laid off. And so it just goes on and on. A lot of these folks who are coming there did not support Donald Trump, but a lot of them, even if they didn't support, said that we didn't know it would be this bad.

The Rachel Maddow Show
Maddow: Trump admin shows folly of blind obedience to someone who doesn't know what they're doing

The spouses usually work at the commissary, the hospital, the school, whatever it may be, and those have all been laid off. And so it just goes on and on. A lot of these folks who are coming there did not support Donald Trump, but a lot of them, even if they didn't support, said that we didn't know it would be this bad.

The Rachel Maddow Show
Maddow: Trump admin shows folly of blind obedience to someone who doesn't know what they're doing

Just the absolute disregard for folks who want to serve our veterans and can't. So it's... It is a mess. I do believe, though, that I've been given a platform running and the privilege of running with Vice President Harris, given a platform to list folks up and they are coming out. These are folks that are coming out. They're making their voices heard.

The Rachel Maddow Show
Maddow: Trump admin shows folly of blind obedience to someone who doesn't know what they're doing

Just the absolute disregard for folks who want to serve our veterans and can't. So it's... It is a mess. I do believe, though, that I've been given a platform running and the privilege of running with Vice President Harris, given a platform to list folks up and they are coming out. These are folks that are coming out. They're making their voices heard.

The Rachel Maddow Show
Maddow: Trump admin shows folly of blind obedience to someone who doesn't know what they're doing

And these members of Congress are going to dodge it. Donald Trump doesn't have to stand in front of the voters again, but these folks do. And we need to make it clear that this cannot stand. And we'll challenge them on all fronts. We'll challenge them in the court of public opinion. We'll challenge them in the courts. It's simply not what America's founded on.

The Rachel Maddow Show
Maddow: Trump admin shows folly of blind obedience to someone who doesn't know what they're doing

And these members of Congress are going to dodge it. Donald Trump doesn't have to stand in front of the voters again, but these folks do. And we need to make it clear that this cannot stand. And we'll challenge them on all fronts. We'll challenge them in the court of public opinion. We'll challenge them in the courts. It's simply not what America's founded on.

The Rachel Maddow Show
Maddow: Trump admin shows folly of blind obedience to someone who doesn't know what they're doing

Again, I go back to that previous story with the attorney and the absolute disregard for all rule of law and human rights. This is stuff that Americans need to pay attention. I'm an optimistic person, and I'm not trying to paint this too terribly, but I think we have to assume the very worst in everything that this administration does, and we need to prepare for it.

The Rachel Maddow Show
Maddow: Trump admin shows folly of blind obedience to someone who doesn't know what they're doing

Again, I go back to that previous story with the attorney and the absolute disregard for all rule of law and human rights. This is stuff that Americans need to pay attention. I'm an optimistic person, and I'm not trying to paint this too terribly, but I think we have to assume the very worst in everything that this administration does, and we need to prepare for it.

The Rachel Maddow Show
Maddow: Trump admin shows folly of blind obedience to someone who doesn't know what they're doing

Well, speechless would be the word. I don't know how to convey. I don't possess the language ability to convey how far out of the norm this is. Like nothing that people listening like, look, this is those of us who served the background checks from the FBI just just to receive clearance as an artillery agent.

The Rachel Maddow Show
Maddow: Trump admin shows folly of blind obedience to someone who doesn't know what they're doing

Well, speechless would be the word. I don't know how to convey. I don't possess the language ability to convey how far out of the norm this is. Like nothing that people listening like, look, this is those of us who served the background checks from the FBI just just to receive clearance as an artillery agent.

The Rachel Maddow Show
Maddow: Trump admin shows folly of blind obedience to someone who doesn't know what they're doing

enlisted soldier was extensive to get that background and then the level of information that you can get or as a member of Congress to be able to have access to this type of information. These are closely guarded secrets because our national and our global defense depends upon them. And once again, we have this

The Rachel Maddow Show
Maddow: Trump admin shows folly of blind obedience to someone who doesn't know what they're doing

enlisted soldier was extensive to get that background and then the level of information that you can get or as a member of Congress to be able to have access to this type of information. These are closely guarded secrets because our national and our global defense depends upon them. And once again, we have this

The Rachel Maddow Show
Maddow: Trump admin shows folly of blind obedience to someone who doesn't know what they're doing

I don't know, the character, the world's richest man with the world's most fragile ego. And I don't understand where the Republicans, where are Lindsey Graham's? Where are these people who know how this works to not be terrified of where this is at? And again, seeing the Commerce Secretary today tell people to go buy a specific stock and not jesting, not in that.