Running for a Fair Future: A Speech by Minnesota Governor Tim Walz at Labor Fest Milwaukee

While Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer for a lot of folks in Milwaukee, we celebrate with Labor Fest. This year, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is making a campaign stop. Let’s go see what he has to say. We’re running for something. We’re running to run forward to the future. And I don’t think it’s always great to run against something, but I do think it’s important to be informed. They have told us exactly what they’re going to do. The goals in Project 2025 are clear. They’ll go after things like Social Security and Medicare. They don’t think a damn about Social Security. Cause I guess if you’ve got a billion dollars, you don’t care if your Social Security check shows up. But I tell you who does. My mom. She pays the bills with that in the heat and buys food with her Social Security check. And she worked for it and earned it. Look, this guy has made it clear how he stands. He’s sitting down at Mar a Lago after he got elected president, and this was his exact quote. You’re rich as hell, and we’re gonna give you a tax cut. At the same time, he’s telling workers they get paid too much already. You tell me who in Wisconsin is sitting around saying, damn, I wish they’d give billionaires tax cuts and screw me over. Damn, I wish they’d take my health care away. I wish they’d underfund my public school. I wish They would make my job more difficult, more dangerous. And then at the end of the day, I wish they’d make me work till I’m 75 years old. No one’s saying that. No one’s asking for that agenda. What they’re asking for is to be treated fairly, with dignity. That’s what we want.