We are not a country that settles our differences at gunpoint.

an act of targeted political violence

Americans don't settle our differences with violence or at gunpoint.

My job as the governor of Minnesota is to make Minnesota the best state in the nation.

We have a broken immigration system in this country.

I didn’t realize how much animosity there is here – we have a responsibility to the American public to work together.

Nothing Minnesota has done to serve its own people stands in the way of the federal government managing border security and policies.

It's the federal government's job to secure the border.

I think everyone in this room agrees with that, but nothing Minnesota has done to serve its own people stands in the way of the federal government managing border security and policies.

While you've convened this hearing to explore the issue of so-called 'sanctuary states,' Minnesota isn't even a sanctuary state.

Nothing we do precludes them from doing their job.