Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz lamented shedding the 2024 race for the primary time in a collection of native media interviews this week, with the Democrat admitting he was a “little surprised” that Vice President Kamala Harris and himself had been defeated.
“It felt like at the rallies, at the things I was going to, the shops I was going in, that the momentum was going our way, and it obviously wasn’t at the end,” Walz advised KSTP.
“So yeah, I was a little surprised. I thought we had a positive message, and I thought the country was ready for that.”
The Minnesotan’s evaluation cuts towards that of a number of Harris marketing campaign aides, who spilled in an interview on “Pod Save America” that inside ballot numbers by no means confirmed her forward of former President Donald Trump.
Walz, 60, additionally addressed the criticism some Democrats had about him being chosen as Harris’ running-mate over rising stars within the get together like Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, whose reputation might have helped their ticket win within the swing state.
“History will write that,” he dodged when requested by KSTP whether or not he helped or damage Harris’ ticket.
“It wasn’t my decision to make. It was the vice president’s decision,” he went on. “As I said in this campaign, when you asked the question, ‘Were there things you could have done differently?’ Since we lost, the answer is obviously yes. On this one, I did the best I could.”
Walz didn’t reveal what precisely he intends to do on the finish of his second time period in Minnesota — together with whether or not he’ll make a 3rd run for governor in a state with no time period limits.
“I think it’s a little too early to tell,” Walz advised Fox 9. “We’re focusing on an upcoming legislative session. Keep continuing to work on that and then we’ll decide from there.”
He added in KSTP: “What I’ve always said is that has more to do with where the people are at. If there’s a desire that it might make sense if they’d like to see us run again, we’d talk to folks, but at this time, I’m just trying to get through the session.”
Walz did inform the outlet he has by no means had the need to run for US Senate.
He additionally mirrored on what he thinks Democrats must do in another way to win again the White Home and each chambers of Congress after such a convincing Republican win.
“I think what we have to understand is the mood where people are at and understanding where they’re at,” Walz advised WCCO. “I think economic issues did impact them.”
“I think we’re going to have to understand — what type of leadership do they want?” he requested.
“We were pledging to be inclusive. We were pledging to bring people in. Donald Trump has said that that isn’t what he wants, and so if that’s what America is leaning towards, I guess for me, it’s to understand and learn more about America because I thought that they were going to probably move towards a more positive message,” he added.
Walz vanished nearly instantly from the nationwide stage after the electoral shellacking on Nov. 5 — however posted a bizarre video Thursday night time tinkering with a “22-year-old little E-series BMW” in his freezing Minnesota storage.
“Kind of a neat little car,” the governor stated with out emotion. “Replacing the switches here. … They just didn’t work anymore, it didn’t pull ’em up.”
He additionally boasted about having changed the automotive’s radio with an auxiliary cable enter to play music from an iPhone.
“So you can keep this $5,000 classic on the road, listen to good music and, uh, roll the windows up and down,” he added. “There you go.”
Critics famous within the warmth of the 2024 race that the so-called “folksy” governor had problem even loading his personal shotgun whereas looking pheasant — regardless of being an avowed firearms fanatic.
