Tim Walz thought lack of money was ‘real resilience’ against Trump

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz marveled in an interview after the election that middle-class Americans struggling with economic issues chose billionaire Donald Trump over him and Vice President Kamala Harris, a team he described as comparatively more middle-class. Offered as a ticket.

Walz, Harris’ partner, sat down for a minute Interview with Minnesota Public Radio Thursday where he reflected on what went wrong during the Democratic presidential campaign. He concluded that if the Harris campaign convinced middle-class voters to vote for a wealthy candidate like Trump, there must have been something wrong with their messaging.

“When the Wall Street Journal reported that I might be the least wealthy person to run for vice president, I thought that was a real bummer,” Walz told MPR News.

“How in the world did we lose to a billionaire or a venture capitalist when we were making a case involving a country lawyer and a high school teacher?” he asked later in the interview, comparing his ticket to Trump’s ticket.

Walz made the point that he felt his more humble economic situation should have attracted voters, and he was surprised that this was not the case.

“And I thought that would be something that people would say, ‘Okay, this guy knows where we’re coming from.’ “He’s had to pay his bills and still does,” he said, referring to himself. Said while doing.

Earlier in the discussion, Walz said, “And that’s what keeps me up at night, is I’ve focused my entire career on focusing on the middle class… and it seemed like that was coming from the Democrats. There were a lot of good ideas coming.”

“I still believe in him,” he continued, “but obviously in this election, the majority of Americans didn’t. They chose to vote with a billionaire who talked about not paying overtime.” Was, who has a long history of not paying his employees, someone who wants to take away the ACA.

Seeing this, Walz concluded that this was because his party did not communicate their middle-class appeal well.

“So, I come back to this conclusion, is we didn’t do a good enough job — we as a Democratic Party and we as a ticket — didn’t do a good enough job of showing them that we understand that they Where are they coming from,” the Governor said.

He continued, “And I think one of my roles is – going forward here – to figure out a way to make the case to the public, the American public, that the Democratic Party really focuses on the things that matter they care. ,

In an interview with local Minnesota outlet KSTP-TV last week, the governor admitted he was surprised his ticket lost the 2024 election.

“It felt like at the rallies, the things I was going to, the stores I was going to, the momentum was going in our direction, and it clearly wasn’t the end,” Walz said. “So yes, I was a little surprised. I thought we had a positive message and I thought the country was ready for it.”