Gov. Tim Walz pledged Wednesday night to do everything in his power to protect Minnesotans from the chaos that he said President Donald Trump has unleashed on the country and the world. Delivering his annual State of the State speech to a joint session of the Legislature,

Tim Walz used his seventh State of the State speech to take swings at President Trump while calling on state lawmakers to work together to show that "there's a better way to govern." The big picture: Last night's address to the politically divided Legislature was one of the DFL governor's highest profile speeches since losing his vice presidential bid.

Gov. Tim Walz started his seventh State of the State address on Wednesday night with kind words for Democrats and Republicans in Minnesota, whom he said have worked together to make the state “America’s best place to raise a child.