Candidates in the narrowing race for Minnesota governor clashed on COVID, education and crime in their third and final debate before Election Day Nov. 8.
Jensen called on Walz to"trust parents" and pledge not to impose a vaccine mandate on children. Walz replied he will not impose a mandate"as of right now," stipulating that"we will see" with later variants of the coronavirus in the future.
Walz deflected blame when pressed on whether he could have done more to prevent the $250 million in funds that were fraudulently collected from the Feeding the Future scheme in 2020. Walz has gone back and forth with the press on when exactly he first learned of the scheme.Walz, seeking a second term as Minnesota governor, and Jensen, an American physician, will now make their final pushes to voters on the campaign trail until Election Day.