Former vice-presidential candidate claims pair should have held more in-person events around the US

Summary

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has criticized the Harris-Walz 2024 presidential campaign for playing it too “safe,” saying they should have held more in-person events and town halls.

In a Politico interview, Walz—known for labeling Trump and Vance as “weird”—blamed their cautious approach partly on the abbreviated 107-day campaign timeline after Harris became the nominee in August.

Using football terminology, he said Democrats were in a “prevent defense” when “we never had anything to lose, because I don’t think we were ever ahead.”

While acknowledging his share of responsibility for the loss, Walz is returning to the national spotlight and didn’t rule out a 2028 presidential run, saying, “I’m not saying no.”

  • octopus_ink@slrpnk.netEnglish
    381·
    8 hours ago

    What they did was court Republican voters instead of Democrat voters, and neither Republicans nor Democrats were amused.

    • krashmo@lemmy.world
      11·
      6 hours ago

      You mean you didn’t appreciate Harris campaigning with Republicans and throwing more support behind fracking than universal healthcare? Damn, what are you, some kind of socialist?

    • btaf45@lemmy.world
      14·
      4 hours ago

      What they did was court Republican voters instead of Democrat voters

      She “courted Republicans” with the most liberal platform since LBJ? Taking a picture with Liz Cheney, WITHOUT CHANGING ANY POLICIES, was a good thing not a bad thing. Because far right republicans supporting Democrats is objective confirmation of the threat of Fascism. It proves that Dems weren’t making exaggerating the threat to democracy.

      • octopus_ink@slrpnk.netEnglish
        3·
        3 hours ago

        I’m hardly breaking new ground in my assertion here, even if you personally don’t agree.

        If you somehow don’t realize how progressive and working class interests were kicked to the curb in favor of courting those (still) elusive republican votes there are many, many opinion pieces out that that can detail it more eloquently than I.

        Here’s but one paragraph from but one such article:

        The Democrats\u2019 sharp turn to the right can be mapped through their party platforms and political programs. In 2020, they offered a “new social and economic contract” of “shared prosperity” and racial justice. By 2024, Harris and running mate Tim Walz failed to directly or meaningfully mention the impacts of racism, police brutality, inequality or diversity in their 82-page policy platform.

        https://inthesetimes.com/article/progressives-left-kamala-harris-election-2024-democrats-resistance

        And look at all the good it did them: