The truth comes out…
Former vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) is pulling back the curtain on the reasoning behind Democrats’ disastrous 2024 election decision-making.
The unsuccessful vice presidential candidate who is currently on a self-described “listening tour” across the country at a Harvard Kennedy School forum on Monday night said Harris chose him to be her running mate, in part, because, “I could code talk to White guys watching football, fixing their truck” and “put them at ease.”
The Minnesota governor described himself as the “permission structure” for White men from rural America to vote for Democrats.
“I think I’ll give you pretty good stuff, but I’ll also give you 10% problematic,” Walz added when pushed by moderator Brittany Shepherd, ABC News national political reporter, about why he didn’t take that message to cable news to reach a larger audience. Walz laughed off criticism over inconsistencies in his background on the 2024 campaign trail, describing himself as a “knucklehead.”
Despite the claim the Walz was chosen by the Harris campaign to relate to White men, he has been unable to escape the nickname “Tampon Tim,” coined by conservatives for his bill providing free menstrual products to “all menstruating students” in school restrooms grades 4 to 12, including the boys’ room. (RELATED: Watch: Veterans Heckle Tim Walz For Stolen Valor Claims, China Ties)
Regardless of the comment or legislation, conservatives find a way to criticize “Tampon Tim,” including when Walz claimed he could fight most Trump supporters earlier this year. (RELATED: Tim Walz Complains About Attacks On His Masculinity)
Earlier this month, Walz confirmed to CNN’s Jake Tapper that he was considering a third bid for Minnesota governor but was not mulling a run for president in 2028.
When asked what he would have done differently in 2024, Walz replied, “We would have won.” While acknowledging that Democrats lost in November, Walz said the party is “better off doing more” in “every forum,” following criticism that Democrats didn’t prioritize media appearances enough in 2024, whether long-form podcasts or traditional network news shows.
Further reflecting on the Democrats’ 2024 losses, Walz said the party wins on the issues and “competency,” but “we lose the message, and we lose power.”
“Why have we lost the self-identity that the Democratic Party is for personal freedoms, middle-class folks, for labor folks. How did we lose it, where people didn’t self-identify with that? How did we get to a point where people didn’t feel like this was an important enough election to get out and vote?” Walz asked during his speech Monday.
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The reason the Harris-Walz team lost last November is its far left wing extremism does not fit well with most Americans. Harris & Walz are pro-abortion and and pro LGBTQ+. I am certain that in rural Nebraska these are losing positions to take. They won in Nebraska’s Second Congressional District where there are a large number of left wing liberal voters. I live in this district and I am not one of those left wing voters. I voted for the Trump-Vance team as well as Congressman Bacon who eked out a win in this district. Most of the left wing voters in my district live in my home city of Omaha, Nebraska and Don Bacon was able to win the district by winning other areas of the district in greater numbers than the Democrat won by in Omaha. Bacon has always been elected this way even with far left wing Democrat challengers such as Kara Eastman & Tony Vargas as his opponent the last four times he ran for reelection. His first win was vs Brad Ashford who switched political parties from Republican to Democrat to run for Congress. Bradford won two years prior to this defeating Congressman Lee Terry and Don Bacon’s win made Ashford a one term Congressman. I cannot understand why the Democrats nominated Eastman twice and Vargas twice since they are Bernie Sanders type of Democrats or why voters in Omaha voted for either of them in the Primaries where they were nominated and in the General Elections where they were defeated by Congressman Bacon. According to local news media Congressman Bacon is considering not seeking reelection in 2026.
If that was his purpose, he failed miserably!
This “man” is a buffoon who has no clue how utterly unlikeable he is. BTW, why is he touring the country when he has a job to do in his own state?
I liked Trump’s comment: “I always believed there were only two genders, until Tim Walz came along.”