Summary

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Kamala Harris’ 2024 running mate, has suggested he may run for president in 2028.

Reflecting on the Democrats’ loss to Donald Trump and JD Vance, he admitted: “A large number of people did not believe we were fighting for them in the last election – and that’s the big disconnect.”

Walz said his life experience, rather than ambition, would guide his decision.

Though his VP campaign was marred by gaffes, he remains open to running if he feels prepared.

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    5 days ago

    Tim Walz unleashed would have won this.

    He was hamstrug by Harris. He’s likely the dem’s best choice for 2028.

    So of course they’ll run Newsome or Shapiro or Hillary Clinton again because they’re a bunch of idiots.

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        She is a cop. She dropped out in 15th place in the 2020 primary before she was embarrassed in her home state of California. They should have never ran her and that’s why they didn’t do a primary.

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          She was the 4th most progressive candidate still in the 2020, solidly mid of the primary field, with some really terrible candidates behind her, and some really good candidates ahead of her.

          I think she could have been the best president since Carter, but she certainly didnt run like it.

          But again, none of this really matters.

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          Hey check out this hotshot over here with a long term memory! No, didn’t you hear she ran a perfect campaign they just couldn’t get enough celebrity endorsements…

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            Some of us have a long enough memory to know that ozma’s whole schtick has been shitting exclusively on Democrats for like the last year. He’s not the guy you should look to for an unbiased opinion.

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              But they’re right. Harris did drop out of the primaries before they even started and she was unpopular in the polls the entire time.

              She would in all likely hood not be on the ticket if it wasn’t for Bidens stubborn pride.

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              The one who kept warning for months that Biden would drop out, they’d put Harris in, and Trump would win again?

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                The one who got himself banned for explicitly saying all he wanted to do was post negative articles about Biden at an alarming rate.

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      I saw a video of him sitting down to have an earnest conversation with hardcore Trump farmers and they left liking him a lot. He’s got that “common sense” Midwestern energy on lock and I can see him gaining a lot of ground with the blue collar and rural folks because of it.

      If he has pro-hunting gun views like Bernie, he’ll be an amazing pick.

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        I think he hunts himself. Didn’t he say that during the campaign with Harris?

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      Yep. I remember a time when the Beltway insiders were acting like Amy Klobuchar was a rising star or some such, LOL.

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        Ah, Klobuchar. She is the prize senator from the DFL-- their only Sr Senator. She more or less runs it. The same Klobachar who threw out every single police misconduct case given to her when she was a county prosecutor, including the murder of George Floyd by officer Derek Chauvin. She just let him walk because he was a cop.

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          Honestly, I just can’t hear another fucking anecdote about her Grandfather. That was her sole pivot.