Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks at a town hall event at Roosevelt High School in Des Moines, Iowa, on March 14. (AP/Matthew Putney)
Walz added that Republicans are "going to use fear" and "they're going to do whatever they can.
"What I would say is we need to make sure we're highly organized," he told the audience.
"One of the groups that has benefited greatly by us understanding that diversity, equity and inclusion and having policies around that, were veterans themselves for hiring. Veterans are a part of the group when the federal government hires people based on that," Walz also said.
"The rest of it is, as we all know, in Minnesota, pretty white, pretty cold, much like you see in the Northern hemisphere, northern states, population going down, 70% of our workforce over the next 20 years is going to come from communities of color," he added. "Our very existence depends on diversity, equity and inclusion."
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Tim Walz speaks at the Today, Explained live podcast at the Vox Media Podcast Stage presented by Smartsheet at SXSW on March 8, 2025 in Austin, Texas. (Rick Kern/Getty Images for Vox Media)
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"Well, he's a loser. Yeah. No, I think so. He lost an election," Trump said. "He played a part. You know, usually a vice president doesn't play a part. They say. I think Tim played a part. I think he was so bad that he hurt her. But she hurt herself. And Joe hurt them both. They didn't have a great group, but I would probably put him at the bottom of the group."
Fox News’ Diana Stacey contributed to this report.
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