state for fiscal responsibility and they banned transgender surgeries for minors. compare that to minnesota under the disastrous governorship of tim walls. the state declared itself a refuge for transgender surgeries and therapy for minors while making gender surgery publicly funded. that s not all, kids. other new laws allow people to obtain driver s licenses and access the publicly-run insurance program regardless of immigration status, and minnesota students who are undocumented will be eligible for the state s tuition free college program. talk about a magnet at the border. maybe they should take care of their own students first. the average s.a.t. score for 2022 minnesota high school grad dropped to its lowest point in at least a decade. but maybe their streets are more safe in minnesota? well, wrong. violent crime has increased 7.2%
individual businesses to punish them for speech he didn t like. and made guns easier to access. that s what he s done and what he wants to do to the rest of this country. per his own words. make america florida. contrast that with minnesota s democrat, governor tim walls, a man who is not running for president. in his state s most recent legislative session, he moved to get families paid family and medical leave. increased funding for free school lunches for kids, passed tax credits to low income families, strengthened gun laws. protected reproductive rights, and moved to make housing more affordable. none of that governing stuff is apparently appealing to desantis, even though florida is in desperate need of the same help. have you seen how much it costs rent a place in florida, what it costs insure your home? the logical implication of the statement about destroying wokism is if he s elected president, the federal government would ignore your material and economic needs and
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we ve ever seen. our exports are way up. peep are bouncing back from the pandemic. and this is out there. and look, jim, i served in congress for 12 years. i whats asked by president bush to vote for the debt ceiling raise and i was asked by president obama and trump and his team saying it is irresponsible not to raise this. and i voted for those things. because that is what responsible members do. and as governor, this one terrifies me. i was out in d.c. with my former colleagues in january and they were puppies and rambos about this and i m telling you i watched john boehner and paul ryan both leave congress because they couldn t control the anarchists on their side of the aisle. so our folks need to get this done. i m worried about it. i think the impact is catastrophic at a time that we don t need it. and anybody who believes this is anything but theatrics, it is irresponsible legislating. tim walls from minnesota, thank you so much for your time. we appreciate it. thank you, j
events such as the press corp dinner and the u.n. visit, demonstrate not just to me privately, but to the world, that our leaders impacted by this and they do want me back. and they are working to try to get me home. and if you consider all of the people and the agencies in four countries working on this, it is incredible. and i think they re going to get it done. reporter: and now, jim, secretary of state antoni blinken said they have yet engage on that proposal. jennifer, thank you very much for that. and paul wheelen s brother david whelan will be joining me. thank you for reporting that. coming up, expanding background checks and strengthening red flag laws. how minnesota is tackling gun violence. tim walls joins me live next. and later.