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All right, back to the news.

And quick heads up here.

There is a sprinkling of spicy language in this episode.

Joining us now, I'm honored to say, is the Democratic Vice Presidential nominee in Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. Last week, right after the Vice presidential

nominee in Minnesota Governor Tim Walls.

Last week right after the presidential debate ended,

Vice presidential candidate Tim Walls began barnstorming TV news.

Great night. A great night. You were at a watch party in Arizona.

You think it was a great night.

Tell us how you assess your running mates performance this evening.

First he popped up on ABC,

and on MSNBC, all the time saying exactly the sorts of things you would expect him to.

He was talking about the opportunity economy and the politics of joy,

until someone handed Rachel Madow a bit of breaking news.

While we have been talking somebody has just handed me something and I'm going to do sort of a

not very TV thing and I'm going to read it to you in totality.

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