Tim Walz says he and Harris were too ‘safe’ during 2024 presidential campaign
Tim Walz says he and Harris were too ‘safe’ during 2024 presidential campaign
Former vice-presidential candidate claims pair should have held more in-person events around the US
Summary
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has criticized the Harris-Walz 2024 presidential campaign for playing it too "safe," saying they should have held more in-person events and town halls.
In a Politico interview, Walz—known for labeling Trump and Vance as "weird"—blamed their cautious approach partly on the abbreviated 107-day campaign timeline after Harris became the nominee in August.
Using football terminology, he said Democrats were in a "prevent defense" when "we never had anything to lose, because I don't think we were ever ahead."
While acknowledging his share of responsibility for the loss, Walz is returning to the national spotlight and didn't rule out a 2028 presidential run, saying, "I'm not saying no."
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only to the unimaginative. Or those that want excuses to do nothing. Consent can be steered and manufactured. If the centrists had any ideology at all they'd be pursuing the right things, not lounging about doing absolutely nothing.
What do the dems do lately that would make anyone vote for them? Do they profess to stand for.. much of anything, besides Israels right to take land and exterminate the civilians on it? Tell me one thing they have made a strong stand on?
It’s a vote. You can’t win a vote with feelings or vibes or a “can do attitude”.
It requires votes.
This is a good example of whats wrong with the centrists. You dont even seem to know what I'm talking about, or else you're just repeatedly denying it and pretending not to know. Its a microcosm of the Democrats floundering and failure right now.
This is what’s wrong with leftists. They never win any elections because they don’t understand the importance of voting.
Dems lose by 2 million votes in 2024 because of leftists getting tricked into not voting over Gaza.
Leftists respond by acting like it’s some big defeat and dems need to start taking campaign advice from leftists that cannot win elections.
On the other hand Trump loses by 3x as many votes in 2020 and comes back to win the next election by doubling down on his strategy.
If Trump had leftists trying to tell him how to campaign he would’ve lost in 2016 and 2024.
Seems obvious you cant win without the leftists though can you. Maybe you disloyal centrists should have considered that from the start. Now you're sitting in the wilderness with us trying to act all smug and high handed and lecture people? Who do you think you are? You hold the reins of a party that is now a complete laughingstock. You've shat the bed so epicly that I'd be embarrased to comment if I were you. Your reputation for vacuous incompetence and corruption is tied to you like a stone around your ankles. And yet you loudmouthedly swagger around like you're proud of what you have accomplished. After you enabled a genocide and lost to a geriatric fascist clown, no less. Your lack of self awareness and failure to learn a single thing in losing is truly amazing.
Except dems have been winning without leftists. Dems have also lost because of leftists like in 2024.
That is how leftists ratchet governments to the right. By losing elections for themselves and anyone that parties with them. Then attacking the dems that gave them a chance.
So dems cater to actual voters that show up and vote and have nuanced, diverse ideologies in the middle of the spectrum.
Instead of working with leftists that screech “genocide Joe” until Trump gets elected.