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Opinion The ‘Minnesota Miracle’ should serve as a model for Democrats

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June 4, 2023 at 7:00 a.m. EDT
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz holds up a signed gun control bill at the state capitol on May 19. (Aaron Lavinsky/AP)
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You could be forgiven for imagining that state legislatures around the country are lurching rightward, thanks to the media spotlight given to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s culture warring in his state. Other deep-red states are not far behind.

In Washington, President Biden was rightly seen as a net winner in the debt ceiling battle. But with the GOP in control of the House, it was largely a defensive triumph.