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Cake day: July 29th, 2023

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    The implication of the headline was that Walz didn’t really do anything to help the struggling student and only cared about keeping him on the field to win football games.

    However, an interview with the former student, a man named Dan Clement, showed that Walz encouraged him to continue playing because he thought it would give him a positive outlet away from alcohol and criminal activities that could help him straighten out his life.

    “The caring attention he gave, that positive support can pull you through really dark times in your life,” said Clement. “And he was right. I was wrong. And later in life, when I continued to do that, when I continued to trust other people who love me, then it led my life in this beautiful direction. Just like it did back then.”