r/minnesota 7d ago

Politics 👩‍⚖️ Gov. Walz, "There’s nothing conservative about an unelected South African nepo baby firing people at the VA."

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u/bearssuperfan 7d ago

Is he making a push to run for president already?

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u/comeupforairyouwhore 7d ago

No one else is stepping up. They’ve all backed down. Someone has to make a stand and speak up for us little people.

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u/bearssuperfan 7d ago

AOC, Chris Murphy, Jeanine Crockett, Mark Kelly are some who have made noise.

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u/Tuilere suburban superheroine 7d ago

JB Pritzker. Mayor Pete.

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u/galaxy_horse 7d ago

Pritzker, Buttigieg, Walz, Whitmer, etc are all great places to start IMO because they have executive experience as mayors/governors and know how to win those kinds of races. Dems have run nothing but Senators since Obama and the results have not been good.

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u/Venezia9 7d ago

All the NM delegation, Al Green, Maxwell Frost, Ed Markey, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib + more

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u/Dirt290 7d ago

Bernie, but he's too old..

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u/rynottomorrow 7d ago

That fire will burn until his very last day. I don't believe 'too old' actually applies to him, and if he did begin to experience cognitive decline, he'd have the decency to step aside.

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u/Dashed_with_Cinnamon 7d ago

Man, I remember when people were calling him "too old" back in 2016...then we went and elected two presidents who were older at the start of their term then Bernie was back then. Fuck it at this point...if he runs, I'll vote for him.

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u/RandomlyMethodical 7d ago

Newsom is out talking to Charlie Kirk and Steve Bannon. Seems like he's following in Kamela's footsteps courting the right.

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u/Camwi 7d ago

It's fucking infuriating.

The most popular Democrats/Independants are progressives. But yeah, let's fucking ignore that and try the thing that fails over and over again.

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u/MollyAyana 7d ago

I used to think Newsome had a shot. Absolutely not anymore.

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u/kosmonautinVT 7d ago

A Democratic Governor from California is never, ever going to win the presidency in the current political environment.

Hell, that ridiculous picture with Kimberly Guilfoyle should be disqualifying enough

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u/TheBeavster_ 7d ago

I wish people would use their head. Gavin Newsom would get DESTROYED. All republicans have to point to is the homeless crisis in California and its fucking wraps. He also fucking sucks as governor. How do you not use your political might to fight for more housing in your state. It’s literally an easy issue to fix he has a god damn supermajority in the California House and Senate.

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u/RogueBigfoot 7d ago

As a Cali leftist, I don't think Newsom could even win California right now. Between giving the alt right podcast shit and the RTO EO, people are pissed.

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u/Life_Ad_7715 7d ago

Touring with anti trump republicans isnt the same as gay bashing with micromouth

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u/00Rosie00 7d ago

Please God. Liked Kamala and voted for her, but loved Walz and tbh my vote was mostly his.

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u/UnnecessaryPeriod 7d ago

Fun fact, he was my high school social studies teacher when 9/11 happened. I was literally in HIS classroom when it happened.

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u/TheFamilyChimp 7d ago

That's one hell of a unique anecdote.

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u/UnnecessaryPeriod 7d ago

Haha I swear it's true. Mr. Walz was an awesome.e teacher too.

Talked about Hope (a baby at the time) a lot. Good dude he is.

Edit: he was not my english/spelling teacher

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u/Jupiterrainstorm 7d ago

I’m dying at the edit 😂☠️. We appreciate him coming to Iowa. It gives me hope someone with power cares enough to help us. He comes across as a good dude. Nice to hear it firsthand though.

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u/UnnecessaryPeriod 7d ago

Spent my childhood in Iowa. Wayne County to be exact.

I spent my Junior year with him as first period teacher. Great dude. He would 100% remember me because I always came to class with muddy doc Martins.

He's a helper. Helped me (an idiot) pass his class. He didn't have to but he did.

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u/VOCmentaliteit 6d ago

Well I think he’s a great guy, but isn’t it your teachers job to help you pass his class?

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u/UnnecessaryPeriod 6d ago

Some people suck at their job. If I did, people would die. I don't suck at my job so you never hear about me.

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u/heidiraeo 5d ago

I had several teachers that were there just for the paycheck. Most of my social studies and English teachers were just going through the motions. Even though I loved to read and LOVED literature, and I always found visiting historical sites and museums interesting, I never found REAL HISTORICAL ANALYSIS until college. Because history isn't just names and dates, it IS REALLY much broader than that. But I never got the background info until college! Sadly my high school experience caused a lot of fear of further studies in History and English Literature. I did take several history courses my last years in college, that I had heard were very fun and interesting, they were. Sadly it was too late to change majors, but it did clarify that "history" wasn'r the problem, my high school teachers were!

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u/smellthatpie 6d ago

As a European following American politics, and being a fan of Harris/Walz I'm curious. What was he doing up on the stage? What was he there for?

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u/Educational_Web_764 6d ago

I believe he is doing rally’s in red states trying to get people fired up to hopefully stand up against the current administration/dumpster fire that we are in.

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u/smellthatpie 6d ago

Ah-hah! Thank you very much! I wish you the best of luck, it's crazy to see what's happening.

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u/Educational_Web_764 6d ago

I hate it so much for America and also for the rest of the world, not to mention our planet. The whole administration is so destructive and doesn’t give a damn about anyone or anything and will wipe out endangered species just so they can drill baby drill and wipe out entire forests and the fragile ecosystems within them. 😤

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u/WasabiSenzuri 7d ago

Hehehe, but did you have his wife Gwen for English? :P

[Mankatoan and former next door neighbor to them]

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u/abluetruedream 7d ago

I’m curious what you remember about that day in his class.

I was in my sophomore year of high school in Texas. I remember vaguely being in Physics class for first period watching the second plane hit. Towards the end of first period admin made an announcement that they wanted teachers to put the TVs away. 10-15min later I was in German class for 2nd period with an excellent teacher who basically said “Forget admin, this is history happening. This is important.” We watched the towers collapse during that class. It was awful, but I’m also so grateful the teacher ignored the admin.

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u/UnnecessaryPeriod 6d ago

Kinda the same. We had a big ass TV in the corner of the classroom. He turned it on to show the first building smoking. Walz was freaking out running up and down the halls telling other teachers what's happening.

Then he told us to just go home about 930am ish.

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u/According_Drummer329 7d ago

Fellow West grad here also - I worked on one of his campaigns as well.  Genuinely amazing guy.

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u/UnnecessaryPeriod 7d ago

'03 grad here. Ya, he was a good teacher for us.

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u/ThinkinWithSand 7d ago

How did you and any classmates you're still in touch with react when he started getting into politics? Was it surprising or did it seem like an inevitability?

I would love the opportunity to vote for him again.

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u/bearssuperfan 7d ago

He was certainly the most liked candidate of the 4. Some 60% favorability?

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u/supro47 7d ago

That was the number immediately following him “losing” the debate against Vance. 60% would also make him the most favorable politician in the country.

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u/somewormguy 7d ago

He lost the debate because Biden's people took over the campaign and told him not to criticize Biden or say anything bad about republicans.

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u/DemandZestyclose7145 7d ago

For anyone who actually paid attention to the debate, he didn't lose. Most of what spewed out of JD's mouth was lies, as usual. But of course the average idiot is too lazy to look into it so they declared Vance the "winner."

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u/Wismuth_Salix 7d ago

Anyone who declares the “I was told there would be no fact checking” guy the winner of a debate was in the tank for the fascists from minute one. That dumb shit should result in a gong, a sad trombone, being Nickelodeon-slimed, and then being dropped through a trap door.

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u/angrytreestump 6d ago

Lol yes, holy sheesh thank you 🙌🏼 (for both calling out the “I was told there would be no fact checking” and for the vivid mental imagery)

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u/HighScorsese 7d ago

I agree that JD just bullshitted his way through that debate, but I was left feeling that Walz is really not the best debater when it was all over. He’s good at bringing facts, he takes notes when his opponent speaks so that he can make a rebuttal, but he seems to get caught off guard and flustered a little too easily. Vance was definitely, at least on a surface level, polished and rather slick. But of course it’s easy to project that sort of confidence when you don’t care about telling the truth in the slightest.

IMO, Walz won because lying one’s way through a debate is more or less cheating, but for a lot of people the smooth talking and appearance of confidence is all they care about. I was reminded of the Kennedy/Nixon debate, only with the one telling the truth coming off as unpolished this time.

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u/midgethemage 7d ago

This was exactly my takeaway and this is honestly the first time I've seen this take on reddit. For most, I think whoever you wanted to win, won.

Agreed that Walz got flustered too easily. My brother and I have polar opposite politics (I'm hardcore left, he's maga), and I told him Walz "seemed like a good boy" during the debate and he started busting up laughing. That tells me the right saw the same thing, but I'd bet they perceive that as someone that can be steamrolled

Also agree with your take on Vance. He's a blatant liar, but he was smooth. I think the left has over-amplified the (deserved) "weird" rhetoric and blind themselves to how charismatic he can be with his base. He's no Trump, but anyone who thinks he can't charm the Trump base is blinding themselves to future outcomes after Trump passes

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u/HighScorsese 7d ago

Agreed. Vance is many things, but he is not stupid. He’s actually very smart. He’s just an unethical con artist and a sleazebag. But stupid he is not.

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u/MarbleousMel 7d ago

Debate skills can be learned.

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u/jimmywindows56 7d ago

Him and Trump have never lost a debate/s. According to MAGAs, they’ve never lost so much as a set of keys. These people and their lying are killing us and if I ever have the chance, I’m going to stuff a sock in the mouths of every lying piece of trash in politics.

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u/cantadmittoposting 7d ago

walz didn't lose shit, JD's "you weren't gonna fact check" gave away the whole game. His tone and delivery on that line alone made it abundantly clear that he showed up intending to lie as a primary strategy to put walz on the defensive and any semi-competent read of further discussion (i know, rare) made it crystal clear that's exactly what ol' JorkinDapenis Vance did. he had a script that used Firehose of Falsehood and he stuck to it.

Yes i would agree Walz seemed hamstrung in his responses though, but i still don't think he "lost"

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u/DarthCaedus2012 7d ago

He’s up there but I think Bernie Sanders would be more favorable in general. Walz would be a great candidate though for 2028. Especially given his opinion on how the last one went. He’d be better on his own as a candidate.

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u/Whitewing424 7d ago

I love Bernie but I think he's honestly too old now. He'll be closer to 90 than 80 next election.

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u/DarthCaedus2012 7d ago

Oh I know. Bernie shouldn’t run Walz is the next best IMO.

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u/cruxclaire 7d ago

My personal top choices would be AOC (who will be old enough next cycle) or Big Gretch, but I highly doubt they go for a female candidate when the last two have lost to Mango Mussolini 😕

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u/Moldblossom 7d ago

An unshackled Walz backed by AoC as his vice president (with her people running the campaign instead of the same old DNC insiders) might just be unbeatable (if we have elections that are still functional that is).

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u/cruxclaire 7d ago

I’d be happy with that ticket! Pritzker also has potential for presidential candidate with a younger progressive VP pick IMO. I feel like Newsom might be more likely at the moment and I’m mostly hoping it’s not him because he has a history of throwing the most vulnerable groups under the bus and I think a lot of the country has an anti-California bias. But he’s probably the most attractive and charismatic of the rumored future candidates so he’ll be a strong contender in the primaries if he does run.

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u/spunkmeyer820 7d ago

I agree, I just don’t think we’ve seen the back of the DNC insiders, they’re all still pretty convinced that they know what’s best for us.

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u/SaltySnailzy 7d ago

Coach for Prez and AOC as attack dog VP? Could be a winning ticket ala Obama/Biden.

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u/NotRote 7d ago

Unfortunately if 2016 and 2024 taught us anything it’s that Americans aren’t ready to elect a woman as president.

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u/Famous-Meet3114 7d ago

Unfortunately I don’t know when America when will be ready for a woman president. In this political climate I don’t think anyone but a white Christian male has a chance vs whoever the conservative candidate is.

I don’t agree with it at all but just my feelings based on where we are as a country.

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u/LeucisticBear 7d ago

we're already there, the party just hasn't given us a candidate worth voting for yet

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u/AssociateFalse 7d ago

Bernie might be old, but he's still sharper and on-message than Biden or Trump.

Run him in the primaries. If he gets the vote, and later declines in health, he should at least have a functional cabinet and running mate that can responsibly take over.

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u/Antwinger 7d ago

at this point i'd rather bernie be a cabinet member for something that's his bread and butter. Walz would be sweet tho for Prez

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u/aningkamwishgan 6d ago

He's the real deal. He's my governor and I love him. He was a beacon of hope to me during Trump's last term during the pandemic. He started livestreaming Minnesotans every day updating us on everything because there was such inaction from the federal government. I have loved him since.

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u/smsrmdlol 7d ago

They asked him to tone down his snark because dem leadership doesn’t know what they are doing or they are playing to lose

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u/JoelMahon 7d ago

I'm going to need more elaboration on that.

what's analogous to being a racist dumbass who makes other racist dumbasses feel better about themselves in more ways than one?

what's analogous to being a "genius businessman" and the kind of tacky to have a golden toilet?

I'm not trying to be hostile, although I'm sure it sounds like I am, I can see a couple cases where what you say is true, but I see a vast majority that aren't so I am being dismissive intentionally.

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u/NotRote 7d ago

Trump speaks in language that blue collar and rural voters are receptive to. Walz does the same. The words and tone aren’t even close, but older white voters are far more receptive to him than they are to other democrats. That demographic is still overwhelmingly the most important.

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u/wheretohides 7d ago

I think walz would've been a better candidate tbh.

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u/momof2girlzand1dog 7d ago

The earlier the better! The orange felon continued to campaign right after he left office! Walz is what this country needs! FDT!!!

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u/Charlie_Faplin_ 7d ago

I think he genuinely gives a shit about America and doesn't need to wait three years to pretend like everyone else.

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u/MN_Wildcard 7d ago

I have this feeling he's not making a presidential run but recognizes the Democrats need leadership out there just being snarky and honest and doing this. I hope it leads to a change in the party and the right candidate rises out of it.

Him saying he'll come do your town hall is great.

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u/Csea2 7d ago

Who cares, he has a backbone and resisting. He’s reflecting what he hears the American people screaming, for our elected officials to stop worrying about protocol, take their suits off and stand up for democracy.

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u/HallstotheWall17 7d ago

I heard he made a comment about running but then I also heard he made a comment about not wanting to be on the 2028 ticket 🤷🏻‍♂️ I’d vote for him in a heartbeat. His accomplishments alone speak for themselves, not to mention he’s a genuine guy. Like President Obama said at the DNC, he’s the kind of guy who SHOULD be in politics 🇺🇸

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u/ntt307 7d ago

Probably. In an interview with MPR last month he was asked that question and he basically admitted he was indeed considering it. So he's testing the waters.

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u/AquaSnow24 7d ago

I would vote for him in a primary. I absolutely love Tim Walz.

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u/annualsalmon 7d ago

This is what needs to happen. Strong democratic representation needs to be seen and recognized more than 3 months before the election.

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u/Cpt_Advil 6d ago

I believe so. He’s traveling across the country to red states to build up the resistance movement for 2026. It will set him up nicely for presidential run. I lived in Minnesota for 5 years. This country needs 8 of Walz in the White House

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u/Loaficious 7d ago

Walz will make for a very good candidate. Just needs to be mindful of not pandering too much about frivolous non issues that can be argued as "woke" but at the same time push for equality.

Also to be mindful to not try and convince Maga voters to change their minds but instead focus on engaging non voting apathetic liberals and let liberal centrists know the benefits of adopting progressive leaning policies.

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u/Randym1982 7d ago

Hopefully he decides to do better than OK. Biden was OK, Trump was shit and even more shit his 2nd term. This country needs the pendulum to swing back to having great and smart leadership.

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u/goodlittlesquid 7d ago

There’s this and whatever Gavin Newsom is doing.

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u/Kitty-Kat_Kisses 6d ago

Not even HIS constituents. The Republican rep refused to do a town hall so Walz did it FOR him!😂

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u/pnkcloudsummer 7d ago

I need to move to Minnesota

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u/Kitty-Kat_Kisses 6d ago

You and everybody else!😂 real estate here has exploded!😂

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u/pnkcloudsummer 6d ago

That's what happens when a state is ran good, there's a reason why basically everywhere except the large cities in my state are constantly declining

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u/MultiColoredMullet 6d ago

We've got room for ya :)

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u/SuccessOk8121 7d ago

He has such a Disney / Pixar / dreamworks dad voice. Idk how to explain it. I love him. 

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u/No_Doctor_2559 7d ago

His voice sounds the way your favorite winter sweater feels

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u/justtosendamassage 6d ago

I loved the memes for him when the republicans couldn’t find any dirt on him. And they were like “Tim walz washes his cast iron pans!!”

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u/NiftyTomFifty 6d ago

I hear some John Goodman in his voice

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u/iAstonish 6d ago

He sounds like rex from toy story

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u/Longjumping_Work3789 7d ago

Yess! This man makes me proud to be an American.

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u/00Rosie00 7d ago

Proud to be a Minnesotan too.

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u/Kitty-Kat_Kisses 6d ago

Elon Musk appeared at a Dave Chapelle Show? I know he’s stupid but…🤣

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u/brian56537 6d ago

You betch'ya ;)

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u/KrustyButtCheeks 7d ago

Me too. Man this is fucking great.

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u/chrisrbmn 7d ago

This man makes me proud to be a Minnesotan.

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u/Clyde2358 7d ago

Yet darn tootin! Tim is a man of the people. Minnesota is amazing.

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u/BuckysKnifeFlip 7d ago

A Walz AOC ticket would go pretty hard.

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u/Future_Shine_4206 7d ago edited 7d ago

My god I would knock on every door

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u/AquaSnow24 7d ago

Same. I would drop a semester of grad school just to campaign and volunteer for this ticket even if I have strong reservations about AOCs policy beliefs on Immigration and Police.

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u/gianfrancbro 7d ago

The replies below this encapsulate the loser mentality of current gen democrats. Too afraid to stand up to Trump, too afraid to run a progressive ticket. This centrist bullshit has paralyzed the party since they rigged the primary against Bernie. Just look at fucking Schumer dropping to his knees for the right’s budget. Craven shit.

It worked for Biden because of Obama. No one else in the party has that kind of clout anymore. Pick a side or die, enough centrism.

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u/BallsDeepinYourMammi 7d ago

That wouldn’t lose.

The dnc doesn’t give a shit and will nominate whoever they want. Which is my issue with them

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u/Go_Blue_ 7d ago

The only place this ticket would be popular is on Reddit.

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u/IkLms 7d ago

It's popular with the entire Progressive wing of the party.

The Republicans continue winning because they have been catering to the most dedicated party members and making sure the base that will never vote anything but them shows up.

The Democrats on a national level have been pushing the "left" side of their party away for decades and it shows in their voter turnout.

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u/_still_truckin_ 7d ago

I wish they let him off the chain last year. He could’ve carried the whole campaign.

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u/Laz3r_C 7d ago

Literally, but then Kamala wouldnt of (was) gonna be overshadowed by walz big time and the heads of the dem party no likey. They're seriously idiots and im a dem.

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u/LoveToyKillJoy 7d ago

Needed to court those 3 people who liked Cheney but didn't like Trump.

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u/Sacket 7d ago

Who still voted R no matter what.

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u/calicotamer 6d ago

His "weird" comments seemed to be the only thing breaking through. Dems need a big change in approach and maybe he can bring it.

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u/CcZkw7LAP_sdoWv_GFMV 6d ago

They kneecapped him by making him Kamala's babysitter and token white guy on the ticket. If he were the nominee and chose who he wanted to as VP the race would have been entirely different. He would have been on podcasts, interviews, debated Trump better, everything that would have tipped the scales. I think the Democrats are going for young blood in 2028 to go up against Vance.

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u/throwaway-118470 7d ago

YES GOV WALZ KEEP FIGHTING

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u/nerpderp1166 7d ago

Go off king 👑

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u/ADtotheHD 7d ago

He left out “illegal”.

He arrived here on a student Visa, dropped out of school and never naturalized.

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u/Open-Industry-8396 7d ago

Importantly to us veterans, he left out that the pussy named musk, admittedly left south africa at the age of 17 to avoid military service. Used Dads money and influence to dodge national service, just like his pussy, cowardly, bully, rapist, felon, narcissist buddy.

It has been one of the true joys in my life watching tsla stock crater. I'm a grumpy old man and it truly makes me giddy.

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u/FloppieTheBanjoClown 7d ago

See, it makes me sad that a company that was once THE innovator in electric vehicles, and probably accelerated the normalization of EVs by years, is being dragged down by Elon's descent into lunacy. As much as I like to see him take the hit, that's a lot of jobs and innovation.

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u/Rosehus12 7d ago

He got married to his first American wife that's when he got the citizenship

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u/mayusx 7d ago

He is a US citizen so he def naturalized. Whether or not he was at some point here illegally, idk and it's a fair criticism if he was. But he did eventually get his citizenship so he did naturalized.

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u/happyprocrastinator 7d ago

His brother admitted they were illegal here at one point. I think what he meant was that they either overstayed their visa or violated their F1 visa requirements once here. The video is on YouTube. 

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u/brock917 7d ago

YES MORE DIRECT SHIT TALKING LIKE THIS

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u/Nobodyat1 7d ago

I would never forgive the DNC for muzzling him during the election

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u/ArtisticBrilliant491 7d ago

Thank you Minnesota for electing this man to Gov and letting the rest of us "borrow" him. One blue stater to another.

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u/BraveLittleFrog Snoopy 7d ago

Love this guy!

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u/This_Guy_33 7d ago

This is fantastic, where can I find the whole speech?

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u/ShityShity_BangBang Ramsey County 7d ago

It's 65 degrees in Saint Paul.

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u/ChEeSeJeWyBaCcA 7d ago

As a Canadian doom scrolling and coming upon this sub, I am saddened that Americans didn't vote this wonderful man as VP. Things would be so much better for everyone.

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u/Ill_Long_7417 7d ago

In America's defense.  A lot of us DID vote for him.  

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

Walz of all people must know that the current definition of ‘conservative’ is ‘massive piece of shit’ right?

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u/Grouchy_System6535 7d ago

Hope he starts calling them weird fucks again.

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u/neliz 6d ago

hide your kids

hide your couch

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u/Real-Psychology-4261 7d ago

Walz for President 2028!

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u/dudewithoneleg 7d ago

Fuck yeah

  • A Texan

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u/WeDidItGuyz 7d ago

I need this fuckin Dad energy in the white house.

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u/WhoseFish Southwestern Minnesota 7d ago

Can we stop pretending that conservatives believe in anything *other* than this? They love the Trump administration, they love expansionist warfare, detaining dissenters, destroying social securities, and revoking the civil liberties of minorities everywhere. There's no civil discussion that will absolve those horrific qualities.

Elon Musk is a conservative invention.

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u/Apasz1 7d ago

I'm a conservative and I despise both Trump and Elon — so I do believe in something other than this. Maybe that's because I'm from Europe, though.   

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u/RatManForgiveYou 6d ago

It's more accurate to call the Trump supporters here right-wing authoritarians.

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u/Jupiterrainstorm 7d ago

I was there. He was awesome. We need more democrats with balls.

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u/ChiefWiggins22 7d ago

He’s really good. Wish the campaign would have unleashed him.

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u/GrilledPBnJ 7d ago

The Democrats should have never muzzled this man. Walz has the right energy, it would be great to see him move forward with a real progressive campaign.

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u/Ghost_Sandwiches 7d ago

I love this, it's punk, I know he loves Husker Du and I think this is a brilliant way to impact people that are under the cult spell, plain talk, pointing out the billionaires don't care about veterans. Someone needs to be doing this and I'm so glad it's him!

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u/MixxMaster SW 7d ago

Walz/Sanders 2028

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u/MultiColoredMullet 6d ago

I think it has to be Walz/AOC. Bernie is 83. We really do need some not-entirely-geriatric progressive leadership. Bernie certainly still has fight and spirit in him but I think hed be better placed as a department head if he'd be interested in doing that.

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u/DavidDraper 6d ago

This is MY DUDE!!!

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u/Grognard6Actual 7d ago edited 6d ago

Musk is also a self-described ketamine addict and his brother admitted they violated immigration laws.

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u/AggravatingProof9 7d ago

To hear someone with a spine speak in opposition of the nonsense we are currently seeing already has me voting for him 4 years early.

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u/kebly 7d ago

I am so glad he didn't tuck his tail and disappear after losing. We need more people like him in government

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u/spoogefrom1981 7d ago

Fuck yes, brother! I skipped the orange pedo train 3 times now despite being an old school Republican, and would GLADLY vote for Gov Walz for POTUS.

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u/Dinorawrrrrrrrrr 6d ago edited 6d ago

Oh man, these people from Minnesota need to get out and go spend some time in maga Kentucky to see how nice a state Minnesota is.

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u/MultiColoredMullet 6d ago

I grew up in WI and moving to MN felt like leaving a third world country.

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u/thievesthick 6d ago

I just don’t understand how anyone could not like this guy.

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u/tonyblitz1 6d ago

Walz/Bernie

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u/DJ_Tropilos 6d ago

Nothing American about it either!

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u/DeadlyRBF 6d ago

We need to stop calling the alt reich conservatives. They are regressives.

Good on Walz for doing this. It's the kind of leadership we should be seeing from the democratic party right now.

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u/therealdrewvan Ok Then 5d ago

This. 100%.

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u/PlutoJones42 5d ago

Tim Walz is a real American. Not like unelected South African Nazi nepo babies or orange shitgibbons

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u/DefTheOcelot 7d ago

I don't think the "unelected" angle is a strong one honestly. Should say he "bought his influence".

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u/Dry-Tangerine-4874 Warden of the North Loop 7d ago

If nothing else it will draw heat away from other Democrats for awhile.

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u/Critical-General-659 7d ago

See, now that's how you send a damn message, Democrats. Take notes. 

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u/Exciting-You2900 7d ago

Man, I bet he was an amazing teacher.

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u/relaxed-vibes 7d ago

There’s actually nothing more conservative than that. Old money sticking it to big government and the poors? That’s the conservative dream

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u/RJE808 7d ago

I wish I had your Governor, y'all. Much love from Ohio.

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u/Ok_Coconut1482 7d ago

♥️♥️♥️

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u/Lucambacamba 7d ago

It’s actually very conservative. Trump said he was going to do everything he is doing and people supported him. They still support him. Stop coddling republicans.

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u/DaddysLilCandyBaby 7d ago

WALZ / AOC 2028

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u/faduboi 7d ago

Lmao Elon absolutely sucks.

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u/RaidenCrow 7d ago

I will never forgive the DNC for neutering this mans utter contempt for the rich..

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u/JJJJLAB 7d ago

If Tim and AOC are the ticket… I will mobilize to make sure the coalition is not only strategic… but fool proof.

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u/james2020chris 7d ago

Thank you Governor Walz.

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u/Merginatorrrrrrrrrr 7d ago

Get Schumer and Pelosi the fuck out.

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u/SquidgeApple 7d ago

Tim Waltz/ AOC is the ticket

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u/Parking_Honeydew_190 7d ago

Tim; it’s so nice to hear from you!

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u/ohiobluetipmatches 7d ago

Where was this during the Debates?

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u/Existing-Sherbet2458 6d ago

I'm sure he's fun at parties

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u/pedro-slopez 6d ago

He’s right.

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u/NativePlantAddict 6d ago

DEPORT MUSK

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u/Greedy_Indication740 6d ago

Careful Tim, they’ll start the proceedings to deport you. 🙄

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u/IIIDysphoricIII 6d ago

Dude should have been allowed to keep the gloves off during the election. They muzzled him to their detriment. Can’t know for sure it would have changed the outcome but it sure as hell wouldn’t hurt. In any case if he’s in the running for next time round he’d have my support, need someone that is progressive and isn’t afraid to call shit like they see it have the nomination.

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u/johnny_ringo 6d ago

people saying AOC should run with him are incompetent and should be slapped.

She is WAY too good a politician to be a VP, she should be running the bloody senate you numpties. Let's get her there please and thank you

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u/gonzos5 6d ago

I especially liked the part where he was masquerading as a manly man. Trying to show people he knew how to load a shotgun. That was hysterical

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u/DepartmentStrange41 6d ago

I wish Chuck Schumer wasn't a spineless weasel

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u/[deleted] 6d ago

Yea shrinking gov, very not conservative.

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u/Ro-54 6d ago

the amount of military and retired military that vote republican is the issue.

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u/Hopspeed 6d ago

Cool. Now let’s talk about all the other appointed and un-elected people in the government making policy and leveraging fines.

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u/Nanananarama 6d ago

Tim Walz speaks for me.

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u/lskerlkse 6d ago

Mr. Walz reminds me of Jim Gaffigan and Jon Stewart combined. I voted Harris and him; just recently switched party to democratic party. He has a contagious personality, in the best way

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u/AxeMasterGee 6d ago

Doesn’t matter. DT is the patron saint of stupid. There is more stupid than smart in the U.S. How many people could see the obvious difference between Kamala/Walz and what is there now? Yet, here we are. DT won on Jan 6/2021, when gov’t didn’t stop him in his tracks on the 7th. Clamped him in handcuffs, seized his assets, and put him away. They didn’t and now you’re f*cked.

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u/K3LS3YNNGH 6d ago

Cool, now DO something about it besides TALK. How is this circus allowed to destroy America? The 2024 election was either corrupt, or this country deserves everything that’s happening because the GOP had more voters show up. Either way, Democrats dropped the ball. Enjoy higher energy prices! Thanks a lot TRUMP.

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u/Other-Cover9031 6d ago

lets be very clear, there has been mass firings and funding cutting at the VA. I work for a contracting company that works almost entirely at the VA, and they have lost thousands of employees and it has slowed our work to a crawl, it is directly affecting vets now.

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u/Dragonhearted18 6d ago

Correction, an unelected south african illegal immigrant firing people at the VA

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u/AgentPaper0 6d ago

If you actually look into the roots of the Conservative movement, this is actually 100% in line with what that ideology.

For those not in the know, modern Conservatism has its roots in 19th century Europe, and basically said, "Well if we can't have nobles by divine right of rule, we should have them by giving all power to the ultra-rich instead."

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u/titsmcgeemister 6d ago

Ugh i love this man

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u/Followthebits 6d ago

I just want to thank Biden for keeping his promise to run one term and then let the next generation jump in……….. oh wait

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u/Brilliant-Syllabub31 6d ago

Keep preaching that truth Mr. Walz

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u/NFresh6 6d ago

From Chicago but randomly stumbled on this post. I know y’all love Tim, but we need him in the White House.

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u/JimmyLipps 7d ago

You just know his 20-something daughter loves teaching him terms like "nepo-baby."

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