Juana Summers

I do want to push you, though, on the political environment, the rhetoric that we're seeing lately.

It is not lost on me.

that you and I are having this conversation in a state where we saw State Representative Melissa Hortman, another Democratic lawmaker.

Melissa Hortman was killed.

What happened with Ilhan Omar, Congresswoman, this week?

Do you feel at all that you have a responsibility to help bring the temperature of the rhetoric that we're hearing and seeing?

Yesterday on All Things Considered, my colleague spoke with Wisconsin Republican Senator Ron Johnson, and he invoked you.

So I'd like to ask you about something that he said speaking about the situation here in Minnesota.

Governor Walz, how would you respond to that?

I mean, it's not lost on any of us that this is a state that has been through a lot in recent years, from the killing of George Floyd in 2020.

Your state's now on another flashpoint involving violence.

You've talked about, I've heard you talk about in recent days, the moral outrage done to the Minneapolis community.

Governor, how do you intend to help people here heal from the trauma that they are experiencing?

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, thank you so much for sitting down with us.

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