Walz: I own this. The idea that millions of people stayed home because they didn’t think there was any difference between Trump and Kamala Harris and myself on the ticket— they didn’t and we need to acknowledge that.
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Not his fault at all! Too many people voted for a racist, narcissistic, selfish, lying, felonious, sexual predator, traitor! Too many people didn’t vote at all!
You can lead a horse to water... I read that going back to President Carter, every incumbent (and Kamala was) received almost exactly their approval rating, which was 40% for President Biden. You outperformed expectations by 8%. It was a tough loss but you did well in my book. Fight on, Coach.
It was because Democrats pissed on Palestinians and their supporters, while Israel obviously was committing war crimes, acts of ethnic cleansing and genocide.
It was also Democrats stupidly embracing “Bidenomics” while so many were struggling financially.
I have no idea why Tim Walz feels the need to "own" that this happened. It wasn't remotely his fault. The guy was (and is) the Governor of Minnesota, not an FSB agent who helped promulgate Russian propaganda and erode critical thinking skills over decades in U.S. society. Thanks Tim,but we're cool.
umm..USA voters aren't evolved enough to vote for a woman...especially a woman of color on the progressive side of things. You can get the Dems (I voted for you) but in a general u gotta get more than just us libs
Great, now let's acknowledge that the Liz Cheney speaking tour and trying to placate to Republicans instead of your own progressive base was the killing blow
Vitally important that Dems realize this. The Harris campaign was too scared of being seen as progressive to put any daylight between Harris and Biden.
Voters turn out for exciting and hopeful, not the status quo.
Yea scared te other far right winbg genicidal maniacs would make fun of her. Im nit scared of that. Know why? dause im niot a farright genocidal maniac that wants to rape anbd murder inocentpeople and call them hamas
I like him, and I appreciate being able to take criticism, but the voters really aren't that easily led. They vote when they want to and don't come out for the same reason. They need to accept ownership of this situation, too. They're not children.
Informed voters are not children, I agree. I do however worry about those information bubbles and the lack of information bubbles. Some are learning now, to regret their vote, lets also teach them how to inform.
The responsibility is their own. Often, those bubbles are religious and racial in nature. We can and should teach children civics, and that votes have consequences. The adults are on their own.
That's right but the Democrats say what we wanna hear & then when it's time to fight they do nothing. 🤷♂️ They follow a bunch on nonsense & billionaires money instead of leading a better way forward.
i still say it was racist misogyny plain and simple. I can't find much pity for the republicans crying as they find out they too were the freeloaders and waste trump was talking about
She was asked to call for an immediate ceasefire — she did, asked to meet with Arab American groups—she did. Arab American groups then claimed she did neither. She could not as VP contradict the Pres’ policy to say…
Fair enough. But now we have an ethnic cleansing in Gaza, and the Palestinians are issue #174 on a list of priorities for voters. Also, we’re is Jill Stein???
I also want to highlight the dems who did stand up for Gaza got primaried last year with the pro-Israel AIPAC lobby dems winning. True change takes young voters participating and overriding the oldies who support Israel for the party to do what we care about. Young ppl are still not voting
Smooth move, pulling the humility card. You two did fuck up though, listening to those fucking blood suckers - 'democratic strategists'. Don't do that any longer. They'll turn any message you have, into insipid snotty gruel.
I would presume that this is a snippet from his ongoing tour where he's visiting red districts. I suspect he's learned from experience that leaning in to humility and "we know we could do things better" rhetoric opens more doors with those kinds of voters than it does for folks already on his side.
You know he can't go back in time, right? He's done his soul searching and is admitting that they made mistakes. Is he going through a laundry list? No. Sorry if that doesn't work for you.
Shut up with the, "I oWn ThIs." Fake accountability is worse than no accountability. Walz was silenced, Harris went straight to the center. The voters who vote left keep telling these damn clowns that we don't want center. That Republicans are garbage.
If you don't pull (your idea of) centrists along somehow, you lose.
Who caved to Liz Cheney and how? Did they agree to ban gay marriage or something? Limit voting rights? Ban abortion?
It’s nice that he thinks he owns this, but if the voters insist that there is no difference between a crocodile and a kitten, maybe there wasn’t he could have done. Maybe let them live with the crocodiles …..
You'd rather live with crocodiles to prove that a lion was the better choice instead of agreeing that we shouldn't be in a room with animals that could kill us
I disagree with him about how much blame he deserves in this, but I greatly appreciate that he's one of the only ones who's willing to look inward and find out what he could have done better. That's incredibly refreshing
Appreciate that he acknowledges and takes ownership of the issue, but yeah – it’s not really on him/Kamala. Anyone who felt that way was just an ignorant dumbass
I still maintain that we should have asked for a recount for the swing States something just did not look right. Especially with Trump making the comment (tease) right before election that they've got a secret.
I love him so much. Not a worship type of level. Just respect and appreciation. Keep going @governorwalz.mn.gov.
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This man needs to be cherished and protected. Sadly, there aren't many of his kind around anymore. He's an outstanding example of someone in politics who genuinely cares.
It's the people who def said "I'll look at their policies." That really means they haven't been paying attention, especially the first time Trump was in office 😒
Voters/people had every opportunity to know who they were, even tho it was a compressed campaign. That’s one of the things the campaign did very well. Ppl just didn’t listen or lift a frickin pinky to find out what more they needed to know
Walz is kind. There was a HUGE difference between Trump and Harris for anyone who paid attention to what the candidates said even 10% of the time. Many Americans voted for the hate that Trump was peddling and ignored what he said about Social Security, Medicare, worshipping Putin, Project 2025, etc.
He nailed it when he said Dems have been timid in passing legislation to make a difference in the lives of everyday people. That timidity stems from the wealthy old guard in the party not wanting to give up power or money.
They haven’t done anything. But while the Dems have done more, they haven’t done a lot more. So to the everyday person not paying close attention, they are virtually the same.
Like convincing people not to take covid vacs or wear masks.
The Republican congress never worked with Democrats that's another problem. The Republicans are flat out only about keeping there power by lying. Wise up. and people believe them. too bad
The 1 thing the DNC strategists & leaders need to own is that they truly did not understand who they were dealing with. What was needed was not facts but a full on propaganda campaign to combat the propaganda that had been already targeting voters - as Diallo explains here: https://bsky.app/profile/adreanalangston.bsky.social/post/3l5oz26grbm2u
Yes, we need to acknowledge that the vast majority of Americans of voting age are fucking lazy idiots. Fully one-third sits on their hands on election day, defiantly believing that a fascist cult leader is "just the same" as any other politician and can't screw things up too badly. Fuck this place.
YES, 20million Dems stayed HOME. I keep asking for the demographics on those folks and astoundingly no one seems to have them. I'm a research nerd and I'd really like to analyze that data.
I would like you to analyze that data to find out:
How many STAYED home and how many WENT home after learning there was a Russia-called-it-in bomb threat at their polling place?
How many arrived but only got to cast provisional ballots that were then disqualified?
How many arrived but didn't have
If people want a populist antidote to MAGA and Trump, he’s the guy.
He’s not an upper crust pedigree guy or a Rhodes scholar but he is the benevolent, effective leader we need and he will surround himself w/people who are actually the best in their field and qualified to rebuild U.S. post-Trump 2.0
He’s 💯 correct, when Dems had power, they backed down from passing meaningful legislation that helps everyday Americans. I hope Dems learn from this current administration and take some lessons from it for when they hold power again.
Dems haven't had an actual majority to pass stuff without compromising with republicans in over a decade... and then it was only ~7 weeks that were unexpectedly cut short...what fucking power?
After everything that’s happened and more shit to come from this current administration and every level of power held by republicans, one would hope that in 2026 and beyond, voters will vote accordingly. A big ask, I’m aware, but shits pretty bad.
Tim, you & Kamala were everything our country needed & you both conveyed that. So if people chose not to vote, or if they voted for Trump, it’s not on you. The positive choice for our country could not have been any clearer.
On another... there is only so much responsibility that Harris and Walz can take for the fact that too many Americans simply aren't paying attention, don't have a great command of facts, and aren't interested in obtaining one.
And I don't know what the answer to that is. But it could not have been clearer to me what the differences were between Harris/Walz and Trump/Vance/Elongated Muskrat.
The problem was the campaign did not let Tim Walz be Tim Walz. Another issue, no matter how hard the campaign tried, those dems who sat out the election were so focused on Palestine, they couldn't see the forest for the trees.
And to think we could have had this kind of integrity in the White House ... instead we got the shit slinging demented rapist who doesn't understand how tariffs or government or sex changes work. (LONG SIGH ... eyes razor blade on bathtub rim)
The only thing Walz needs to understand is that America clearly didn’t deserve him or Harris.
The fact that ANY person could think Trump is good for ANYthing is proof of our stupidity and not in any way his fault. America got the government it deserved.
Agree. Why anyone would think a criminal running for office to avoid jail, a pathological liar, an idiot, (and I could go on) would be a good person to run their country. It baffles the mind.
Good on Walz for accepting this & saying it out loud. The TRUTH is that the Harris/Walz campaign CHOSE to embrace Republicans over the progressive vote block & refused to distance themselves from Biden's disastrous pro-Israel genocide stance.
There was a huge effort by the far left to create that impression. Harris was one of the furthest left people in the senate, but nothing will appease people who want to burn everything down joining forces with a racist with a book of matches.
she wasnt farthest left the stats just look that way because she cast a record number of tie breaking votes. maybe thats progressive because its finind comm9on graound and moving forward. but its not liberal
@governorwalz.mn.gov This isn't true at all. It was the blatant misinformation being spread by the media. You guys did everything right. Don't let them make you think it was on you.
There's no accounting for the profound stupidity of certain people, particularly when our public school systems are under attack by the stupidest of that lot...
I appreciate what he's trying to do, but anyone who didn't think there was a difference between the two tickets is a fucking idiot who's too stupid to have voting rights.
Good for him…but the answer is not complicated. Trump made bigotry great again. After 2016, only a white man could ever be elected. Dems need a sane, young, white man. Even as a feminist, I’d gladly elect men forever in order to restore sanity.
Or maybe, and this is probably more of, people were not ready for a woman President. Even from the Democratic side they were saying women should not be President.
Let’s not keep making the same mistake and over think things. Americans voted for the guy who hated the same “type” of people they hate. Simple as that.
About 81,000 voted for Biden.
About 74,400 voted for Harris.
So, yes, it appears about 5,000 Biden voters didn't show up for Harris.
There's a lot of ways to interpret this, but it's still hard to reconcile them risking a Trump win, the worst possible outcome in any Presidential election.
Following. Absolutely correct. We didn't need and probably couldn't reach a single hateful, ignorant MAGAt. We just needed half of Biden's voters to decide to show up and this nightmare would not have occurred.
He doesn't own this at all.
Let's not give people an out for their laziness and apathy.
All Trump voters, eligible non voters and protest voters own this. They have blood on their hands.
@acyn.bsky.social Is there a link to this interview which we can share with others on out other social media as well? I think a lot of the Democratic party needs to hear this. We need a party to stand for something, not to fold for slowing the move to tyranny.
They never should have went for Biden to run again. Even when he ran the first time people were not enthusiastic about him and he had declines, he needed to not run. They should have had primaries and ran a new candidate from the beginning! My initial thoughts on Kamala weren’t favorable and that
Was due to my own ignorance. I stopped following along as closely once I could breathe easier knowing the country was not in chaos, once trump was out. But once I did tune back in I found Kamala very human and very intelligent and capable. I think the democrats made the mistake of my lifetime by
Running Biden again but I believe Kamala and Tim did everything they could do and I think they did a great job and there are people in our country that need to search their souls for why they refuse to vote for a woman to be president and let a corrupt, traitorous puppet back in instead.
He's a good guy, and it's great that he wants to change for the better, but enough people to swing the election saw clear differences between KH and DT that mattered to them: Her skin tone and gender.
I'm glad to see some Democrats owning up to their weaknesses in the presidential campaign.
I am still going to be critical of Walz saying the expansion of Israel is a necessity to the U.S. If he wants support? He should call for Palestine's liberation.
I applaud him for not trying to pass the buck, but many Dem voters bought into the lie that all politicians are the same and Rump (who lied through his teeth) had the best plan to lower the price of eggs.
Let's not forget to blame the "news" outlets that sane washed the felon, claimed Harris wasn't giving enough info about her platform, and refused to give Biden the credit he deserved.
Btw, the dem party is a fractured mess. We the people failed you Coach.
We can’t play republicans at their game. They are compromised. Putin spent years getting dirt on mostly the Republicans.?Or bribery. He spent billions with the help of his oligarchs.
The problem is the party picked you, a perfectly good candidate for VP with a fiery brand, and then neutered you completely the moment they chose you. Like...what was the point of choosing such a good candidate as you and then not have you do what you're known for?
I blame the democratic party. He's not to blame however. But the party of "joy" and no backbone ran like a moderate party. They coddled with the Cheneys and had next to no platform. Barely even said "climate change" because that was too divisive. Weak. They lost their own base.
It's not his fault! It's the dem elites who knifed Biden in the back and didn't give her enough time to be primaried at the head of the ticket. Essentially, Kamala was an invalid choice and the elites told the majority of dem and independent voters that their choice didn't matter!!
It's real. I live in an immigrant heavy area. I know so many liberals who were uninformed and said this exact thing - that they just didn't like either candidate. Have those hard conversations with them. Bc in the end, those are where the lost votes are coming from. Every voter we get is a lifetime
The debate wasn’t very good. I cringed for our governor after it was over. He’s a nice guy, I voted for him, but I just can’t see him running for president. It will be interesting to see what transpires, at this point I have no idea who will run & be successful.
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It was also Democrats stupidly embracing “Bidenomics” while so many were struggling financially.
White people voted for a RAPIST running on the 'GRIEVANCE ticket' because they also live their daily lives with some of those grievances.
You can't save everyone. Not even most.
Everything isn't about YOU.
They have free will.
They have to OWN that.
Whatever Walz contains in his DNA of ethics, I need it extracted, mass produced and injected into establishment Democrats.
Voters turn out for exciting and hopeful, not the status quo.
Who caved to Liz Cheney and how? Did they agree to ban gay marriage or something? Limit voting rights? Ban abortion?
The elite on the left stopped politicians’ from saying what needs to be said.
You can’t fight corporate greed when the greedy are in the room.
#dumpthedonors
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2) Works for me.
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IT'S CALLED BEING A LEADER - seldom seen
Things go wrong - YOU take the blame. If you succeed, you give the credit to others.
He's right - voters had no idea who he, or KH really was. The fault was Biden/D party for not naming them sooner.
The Republican congress never worked with Democrats that's another problem. The Republicans are flat out only about keeping there power by lying. Wise up. and people believe them. too bad
Dems will NEVER be in control again unless apathetic & lazy voters get off of their high horses & VOTE!
I can finger-point all day, but when I do there’s 1 finger pointing outward & 4 pointing toward me.
Sadly, VOTERS haven’t given Dems a bulletproof majority in years.
Our bad!
How many STAYED home and how many WENT home after learning there was a Russia-called-it-in bomb threat at their polling place?
How many arrived but only got to cast provisional ballots that were then disqualified?
How many arrived but didn't have
He’s not an upper crust pedigree guy or a Rhodes scholar but he is the benevolent, effective leader we need and he will surround himself w/people who are actually the best in their field and qualified to rebuild U.S. post-Trump 2.0
Disagree? They're getting rid of the education department, and there are 30% of Americans who agree with it.
On another... there is only so much responsibility that Harris and Walz can take for the fact that too many Americans simply aren't paying attention, don't have a great command of facts, and aren't interested in obtaining one.
Whut?
Why not just outline your plans to prove that there was a great difference.
The people who perpetually say “I’m ok with whoever ends up winning” are the weakest link in America’s democracy.
The fact that ANY person could think Trump is good for ANYthing is proof of our stupidity and not in any way his fault. America got the government it deserved.
tim realizes this, why dont you?
They are irredeemable hateful, ignorant people.
There are also 5M Biden voters who stayed home for Kamala?
About 74,400 voted for Harris.
So, yes, it appears about 5,000 Biden voters didn't show up for Harris.
There's a lot of ways to interpret this, but it's still hard to reconcile them risking a Trump win, the worst possible outcome in any Presidential election.
Let's not give people an out for their laziness and apathy.
All Trump voters, eligible non voters and protest voters own this. They have blood on their hands.
Certain Democrats stayed home because the person on the top of the ticket was a black woman. There isn't anything more you could have done
I am still going to be critical of Walz saying the expansion of Israel is a necessity to the U.S. If he wants support? He should call for Palestine's liberation.
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Btw, the dem party is a fractured mess. We the people failed you Coach.
You gotta play the gop at their game. It's a new world.
Musk and Trump manipulated the votes in the swing states. There is clear statistical evidence of this.
The fail was not challenging the results.
We're four years away from *integrity* returning to our White House.
We've got to work a lot harder next time.
I want to be proud of my country again.
Dc dems approval and donations were in the toilet and then discarded primary voters; making it worse.
his messaging was good so they silenced him too
They owe him and us an apology
they have to earn our trust
they we’re to Kamala
and they were all complaining that they needed her money
More 👏 Of 👏 THIS 👏
(And… bring Dem members of Congress with you!)
Beats the crap out the schumdem party.
You and VP Harris did everything right and worked harder than anyone could ever work.
The sooner Americans understand how they are being “socially engineered” by malign actors’ algorithms, the sooner we can address the real problem.
Tired of white men controlling everything and mansplaining