Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said in a post-election interview that middle-class Americans struggling with economic problems are the ticket to the middle class, not Vice President Kamala Harris or Mr. Trump, but billionaires. I was surprised that he chose Donald Trump, a wealthy man.
Walz, Harris' running mate, sat down for a discussion. Minnesota Public Radio interview On Thursday, he shared his thoughts on what he thinks went wrong during the Democratic presidential campaign. He concluded that if middle-class voters continued to vote for wealthy candidates like Trump, there must have been a discrepancy in the Harris campaign's message to them.
“When the Wall Street Journal pointed out that I might be the least wealthy person ever to run for vice president, I thought this was a real second thought,” Walz told MPR News. .
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said he was surprised the Democratic ticket lost to President-elect Donald Trump. (Tama Mario/Getty Images)
“How in the world can you lose to a billionaire or a venture capitalist when you're suing a country lawyer and a high school teacher?” Later in the interview, he contrasts his ticket with Trump's. I asked while doing so.
Mr. Walz argued that his more humble economic status should have appealed to voters, but seemed perplexed that it did not.
“And I thought that would make people say, 'Oh, this guy knows where we're coming from. He had to pay his bills and still does.' ” he said, referring to himself.
“This is what keeps me up at night,” Walz said at the beginning of the debate. “Have I been focused my entire career on focusing on the middle class? … And there are so many good ideas coming out of the Democratic Party. “It looked like it was coming.”
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“I still believe that,” he continued, “but apparently in this election the majority of Americans didn't. I chose to vote for someone who has a long history of not paying workers and who wants to take away the ACA.”
This led Mr. Walz to conclude that this happened because his party did not adequately communicate the appeal of the middle class.
“So, it goes back to the bottom line, which is that we didn't do a good enough job as Democrats and as members of the party to show them that we understand where they're coming from. We didn't do a good enough job,''' the governor said.
He added: “And I feel like part of my role is to find a way to make the case to the people, the American people, that the Democratic Party is really focused on what they care about. .”
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Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is consoled by Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff as Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris makes remarks conceding the election at Howard University in Washington, Nov. 6, 2024. (Reuters/Mike Blake)
In an interview with local Minnesota station KSTP-TV last week, the governor admitted he was surprised that his ticket lost the 2024 election.
“We felt like the momentum was going our way in the rallies, the places we went, the stores we went to, but obviously that wasn't the case at the end,” Walz said. “Well, I was a little surprised. I thought we had a positive message and I thought the country was ready for it.”
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