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“We’re going to win the election and we’re going to put a gavel in your hand in the House,” Walz told Ocasio-Cortez during the livestream. He added the gavel may be “in that committee ...

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During the live-stream, Walz told Ocasio-Cortez that if he and Kamala Harris win the election, he would make her "put a gavel in" her hand to "get something done." "We're going to win this election.