Walz touts record as governor
As governor, with the help of a narrow Democratic majority in the state legislature, Walz implemented a bevy of progressive policies including: universal school breakfast and lunch, state codification of abortion rights and gun control measures like universal background checks and red flag laws.
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He discussed his personal connection to each issue in tonight's speech, including his family's IVF journey and being a hunter supportive of the Second Amendment but also a father who worries about guns in schools.
"That’s what this is all about," he said. "The responsibility we have to our kids, to each other, and to the future we’re building together -- a future in which everyone is free to build the kind of life they want. But not everyone feels the same sense of responsibility."