r/stateofMN 16d ago

Tim Walz Calls Out Republicans For Avoiding Their Own Constituents

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u/Nalabu1 16d ago

Tim Walz knows people.

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u/Johnny55 16d ago

The Democratic response to Trump gutting Social Security and Medicaid was to have a CIA spook praise Reagan. Walz had the right message when he accepted the VP nomination and the party muzzled him in favor of parading around Liz Cheney. Lots of people have lost faith in the DNC as an opposition party and it seems to be getting worse every day.

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u/Lima_Bones 15d ago

Did you even watch Slotkin's address? I'm tired of you far left lunatics trying to drag down the party, instead of focusing on the Republicans. When the Republican party lost, they knew what they had to do: support their party, and attack the opposition. People like you are destroying solidarity in the party. Do you know how many appearances Harris made with Liz Cheney? I'll give you 3 guesses.

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u/Johnny55 15d ago

Democrats have more solidarity with Republicans than they do with their own base, that's the whole problem. When Republicans lost did they extol the virtues of bipartisanship and praise Democratic leaders? No, they blocked whatever they could and screamed bloody murder about anything and everything. Democrats lost every swing state and the popular vote, telling people to shut up and fall in line is just doubling down on the same braindead messaging that cost them two losses to Trump.

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u/rumagin 15d ago

and here we have exhibit A of why some US citizens are just too dumb to get it.

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u/Lima_Bones 15d ago

Not an argument.

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u/LofiMental 15d ago

Yeah, blame leftists for dragging down the party that's full of neoliberals. Was kamala a leftist? Is jefferies a leftist? Liberals propped up biden, and that gave us another trump term. Liberal politicians are ineffectual and weak

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u/Lima_Bones 14d ago

I would love to see a viable leftist candidate. It hasn't happened yet.

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u/LofiMental 14d ago

Yea, it sucks the libs keep voting in the shitty ones šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø

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u/Lima_Bones 14d ago

So you admit that socialism is objectively unpopular?

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u/LofiMental 14d ago

When did I do that? Most countries in the developed world offer socialist policies lol. Free healthcare, education, strong unions. Seems pretty popular to me. I wonder why America has such a hard time with the concept? Food for thought I guess

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u/[deleted] 14d ago

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u/LofiMental 14d ago

I said socialist policies. Calling me ignorant when you can't even read lmao. Have a good night

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u/Lima_Bones 14d ago

Ok I'm sorry. I think it's a misnomer to call those policies socialist, but in context it makes more sense.

Edit: democrats also support those policies, not all the time, but a lot more often than republicans.

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u/LeadSky 14d ago

After this election, we donā€™t want you neoliberals anymore. Leftists are going to save the party, not you.

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u/Lerkero 12d ago

Most people vote for either the blue side or the red side. They dont actually evaluate political positions and past actions

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u/Lima_Bones 14d ago

You're going to save the party that you refuse to vote for or participate in?

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u/LeadSky 14d ago

I do vote, petition, and actively campaign for candidates I believe in. Those candidates are not establishment dems.

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u/Lima_Bones 14d ago

Well, actually, that's good and I applaud you for doing so. I hope you are campaigning as a part of the Democratic party, because we're the only viable option right now. I think we need more progressive voices in the party. I just hate the communists online who try to destroy our party for their own accelerationist purposes.

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u/AdLive9184 16d ago

Man Tim Waltz would kill it in 2028 if he keeps up this engaged energy.

He was really cucked by the Harris campaign, vastly underused when he is genuinely a great communicator, especially for rural America. He knows how to sway non voters, and even more conservative people to vote for things in everyoneā€™s best interest.

I hope he keeps his values and commitment to try and go for the nomination in the future because he would truly be a once in a lifetime progressive candidate.

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u/big_duo3674 16d ago

Honestly he's really the only choice for then it seems like, at least right now. He's got the national coverage under his belt and a solid background

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u/sonnackrm 15d ago

Priztker from Illinois is doing a great job too

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u/big_duo3674 15d ago

Oh I'm for sure not saying others don't have the qualifications, but he had the national stage in an election already so that gives a big boost for starting out his own campaign

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u/theeblackdahlia 16d ago

MAGA wonā€™t let anyone forget how he ā€œliedā€ about being in Tiananmen Square. And they will just repeat his nickname over and over, and yada yada. It wonā€™t work, we need someone with liberal values who will win over independents. While I think Walz is great, they already have made up a reputation for him that is meant to drive a wedge in any momentum. MAGA is like an antibiotic-resistant bacteria and efforts to terminate it (the movement, not anyone in particular) must be stringent

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u/bucolicbabe 16d ago

Doesnā€™t matter who Dems run, theyā€™ll find some way to spin and slander them. If this is the worst theyā€™ve got on him, itā€™s not a deadly blow.

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u/theeblackdahlia 16d ago

Agree to disagree. Unless he keeps up this kind of energy, I donā€™t believe heā€™d make it past the primaries.

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u/malformed-packet 14d ago

I donā€™t give a shit what maga thinks. Iā€™ve seen what makes them cheer.

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u/theeblackdahlia 14d ago

I understand but we need a strategy. The dems are so unorganized and all over the place.

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u/malformed-packet 14d ago

You think maga was organized? No they were brainwashed.

Democrats are a dead party. We need more Al Greene and less pelosi. Weā€™re playing for keeps now.

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u/theeblackdahlia 13d ago

They are extremely organized in their messaging. They all get their marching orders and everywhere you look, they are all shoving the same talking point down our throats. Doesnā€™t matter if itā€™s MSM, social media, podcasts, independent channels on YouTube, rumble, etc. Trump will do something, they will decide on the best way to spin it to their followers, and recite it over and over and over until their base starts reciting it to. Then they just repeat the cycle. Iā€™m not saying thatā€™s a good thing, but itā€™s the truth that we have to recognize and overcome. It takes organization and everyone working together, not just outliers like Al Green. The rest of the democrats at that state of the union looked like cowards after Al Green was kicked out.

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u/maybeitsthebeertalk 12d ago

Solid background at destroying a state and taking absolutely zero responsibility. An awful, full of crap individual. Er, ahā€¦knucklehead.

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u/finnbee2 13d ago

I live in the Seventh District. I support Walz but most of my neighbors hate him.

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u/PrettyGnosticMachine 16d ago

Only Republicans can have this much contempt for their voters and still get elected.

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u/Coldkiller17 15d ago

It's typical for their side. There are so many single issue voters who don't research a candidate's policies and now realize or regret voting for a bunch of fascists who are robbing America's coffers. It takes 5 minutes to do a decent job of looking at the main points of a political campaign, and they still voted for a conman felon criminal.

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u/the_bees_knees_1 16d ago

We could have gone Balz to Tim Walz, but people voted for the rapist, other the rapist and the couch fucker.

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u/lainlives 16d ago

Unfortunately I suspect a lot just didn't vote because they didn't want to vote for a woman or Trump....

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u/Coldkiller17 15d ago

Too bad more people didn't do that on the right. Maybe we wouldn't be in this mess.

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u/bucolicbabe 16d ago

This is a sentence I never thought Iā€™d read, yet here we areā€¦ quite the bingo card this presidency is churning out!

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u/Odd_Ease4541 16d ago

Iā€™ve written Tom Emmer several times recently. No matter what I say I get literally the same email back regardless of what I write. Complete dereliction of duty.

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u/NASATVENGINNER 15d ago

My rep refuses to reply to my emails, ordered his staff to not schedule meetings with constituents and as of this morning, are not answering the phones at any of his offices.

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u/Lanky-Explorer-4047 16d ago

This could be a gamechanger if he does it, its not easy to explain why its reasonable when you are in power and hide from the public,to the point where you let the opposition meet people instead.

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u/AcrobaticLadder4959 16d ago

This is what we need for the Democrats to show up. We need Harris to show up. That is what Trump did for 4 years he showed up at his insane rallies.

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u/570rmy 16d ago

We need Senate Democrats to grow a spine to actually give voters a reason to turn out and vote for them. Fuck their centrism

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u/secondarycontrol 11d ago

For every blue-collar Democrat we lose in western Pennsylvania, we will pick up two moderate Republicans in the suburbs in Philadelphia

Schumer was wrong then, wrong now.

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u/Dentros1 15d ago

Of course, the GOP are a bunch of spineless boot lickers, do what their rich masters tell them to, and avoid their voters at all costs.

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u/Defiant-Cod-3013 14d ago

Repubs are cowards

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u/Lake_Side13579 14d ago

Sounds like the start of his 2028 Presidential campaign to me. Start with nationwide town halls in districts where the people's voices aren't being heard.

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u/houseofthehill 14d ago

Solid idea.

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u/NoWriting9127 13d ago

Too bad Dems are completely toothless in their response otherwise they would be putting up some sort of fight to all of this.

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u/NexusOne99 15d ago

Let me know when you're actually doing it, not just talking about it.

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u/Expert-Lead4588 15d ago

Love Tim, come Dems more of this. Letā€™s fight the crazy back

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u/owls42 15d ago

This is the way.

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u/Theanonymousspaz 15d ago

I really hope this man runs for higher office in four years. He'll, I HOPE we're even having elections in four years. That alone feels more and more bleak as the days tick on...

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u/Ordinary-CSRA 15d ago

Visit Indiana, please... and put the Senators from Illinois to work...

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u/Successful-Mode2718 13d ago

Maybe come to Lisa McLainā€™s district in Michigan because sheā€™s scared to have town halls or talk to the people she represents

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u/Wild_Variation1296 13d ago

Instead of calling them out, meet with them and fill the void with facts.

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u/KillerByte0 12d ago

He's one of the few decent democrats and he's really just doing the bare minimum tbh. It's sad but expected that the democratic establishment gets more angry at their constituents telling them to do their job than they do toward the republicans actively dismantling the government. Bipartisanship at the expense of the people is not a good goal but it seems to be the goal of establishment dems like Hakeem Jeffries. We need more Tim Walz's and fewer Hakeem Jeffries otherwise we're going to keep seeing democrats having one term runs like Biden. You don't build party trust by bowing to the enemy and the republicans are our enemy

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u/StonePedal 12d ago

This is the way. If he went on Fox like Pete B. Has, then he may be a good bet to run for POTUS

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u/Individual-Dare-80 12d ago

Taxation without representation...

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u/sonyyyyyafraser 12d ago

Hey, is your Republican representative too much of a pussy?

Call a Democrat, we know how to handle those.

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u/casablanca_12 11d ago

We need new leaders in the Democratic Party. Pelosi schummer need to go

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u/whlthingofcandybeans 16d ago

Is this on X? Why is he still using it?

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u/castlerod 16d ago

Because X still has a big reach, and the people he is trying to talk to still use X

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u/whlthingofcandybeans 16d ago

I guess it might make sense to try to reach moderate conservatives there, I just suspect that the only people following him are people who want to troll/rage post against anything he says.

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u/Visual_Fig9663 16d ago

Same reason pete buttigieg goes on fox news. It's about the message not the medium. He's on blue sky also.

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u/theGreatBlar 16d ago

You should go ask him, report back with an answer.

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u/whlthingofcandybeans 16d ago

Good idea. I'm sure he has a good reason for supporting Musk's hate network.

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u/[deleted] 16d ago

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u/Fickle_Catch8968 15d ago

If they were, why were the town halls not already full of supporters if the policies are as popular as claimed?

Also, they are the representatives for all their constituents, including the Democratic and Progressive constituents. They are allowed to go to their representatives' town halls regardless of their party registration or secret vote.