Tim Walz
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And I'm pretty sure that Senator Johnson's been on the wrong side of history on every single vote he's taken.
So I will say this, the folks of Wisconsin, we have deep affinity with.
I can tell folks and tell this administration, if they try the same thing in Wisconsin, they'll get very similar results you're getting in Minnesota.
So
I don't really put much stock into Senator Johnson.
Yeah, well, the thing is, is our people will do it.
We are resilient people.
And just to be clear, the president bending a little bit and then, of course, backtracking now, the reason that he is bending is because of the faceless, nameless leadership that's on the streets that is organizing peaceful protests at a scale.
You saw it.
The same thing is why we needed justice with George Floyd, that policing has to be about trust.
So Minnesotans have been through this, but you're right.
The murder of one of our true shining stars in Melissa and Mark,
the attempt on a senator and his wife.
We have been through a lot.
And in each one of those cases, we're mocked, downplayed.
Our state's grieving.
I'm grieving with them.
But I think what we understand is this is bigger than us.
And I would just, to your listeners, say this happens everywhere.
It's much easier to hold a democracy than to try and get one back.