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 by comparison, not Vice President Kamala Harris or Mr. Trump. 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. Ta.
“How on earth did I lose to billionaires and venture capitalists when I'm suing rural lawyers and high school teachers?'' I asked, making a comparison.
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's what people would say, 'Oh, this guy knows where we're coming from.' He had to pay the bills, and he still does. ” he said referring to himself.
“This is what keeps me up at night,” Walz said at the beginning of the discussion. “I've focused my entire career on focusing on the middle class…and there's a lot of good ideas coming out of the Democratic Party. “It looked like that.”
“I still believe that,” he continued, “but apparently in this election the majority of Americans didn't. They chose to vote for the wealthy, for someone with a long history of not paying their workers, and for someone who is trying to strip 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, going back to the bottom line, is that we didn't do a good enough job. We as Democrats, and we as members of the party, let them know that we understand where they're coming from. We didn't do a good enough job of showing,''' 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. .”
In an interview with local Minnesota station KSTP-TV last week, the governor admitted he was surprised that his ticket failed in 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 kind of surprised. I thought we had a positive message and I thought this country was ready for that.”
