He's right. They played it too safe and muzzled him. Tim Walz has some sharp critiques of the Dem 2024 campaign politi.co/3DmN6Je - ThreadSky

wajali.bsky.social • 1 day ago

He's right. They played it too safe and muzzled him.

Tim Walz has some sharp critiques of the Dem 2024 campaign https://politi.co/3DmN6Je

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tiktokghost.bsky.social•9 hours ago

He's a million times better than kamala or biden combined. He's also not hiding rn.

aging69ca.bsky.social•1 day ago

I hope he and Kamala run again for 2028. I think if they started campaigning sooner than later, like now! 😉

nellieblue.bsky.social•23 hours ago

I hope he runs for president instead of joining her ticket again. Harris should run for California governor.

raffles8.bsky.social•11 hours ago

He’ll be on the ticket 2028 if there is another election 🙄 Get the bad actors out first …

alloutof-bubblegum.bsky.social•9 hours ago

''Hungary’s key lesson is you don’t protect democracy by talking about democracy — you protect democracy by protecting people. Only a democracy that works for the people is sustainable.''

Thorough piece that explains all that's happened even before it started, and how to stop it, very clearly.

audrey60.bsky.social•1 day ago

Hindsight is always good sight..

pragmaticpolitic.bsky.social•22 hours ago

You can blame the candidates all you want. Fact of the matter remains Democrats didn't get off their fucking ass and vote despite knowing exactly what Trump is and exactly what he was planning to do. We have to stop blaming politicians for all our choices.

bolddemocracy1776.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Agreed BUT Dems need to learn to LEAD and inspire in this climate. Get into power and then make the vote mandatory

pragmaticpolitic.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Then get off your fucking asses and elect leaders. Or do y'all think that happens by magic?

bolddemocracy1776.bsky.social•10 hours ago

I’ve worked on every campaign since Nixon. (And not for Nixon) You?

pragmaticpolitic.bsky.social•9 hours ago

I've spent more time in local politics. Because another thing Democrats don't seem to realize that Republicans did is holding state and local offices is also power.

trueblue206.bsky.social•4 hours ago

I’m sick of Gosh Darn politicians. I want Motherfucker politicians

jacksquatto.bsky.social•23 hours ago

They were the dice roll. It was Biden's election. He's the one person in America who beat Trump. Two women have failed to do it. How's that for dicey?

thevelikovskian.bsky.social•6 hours ago

If only Tim had been on the top of the ticket.
He delivers the kind o leadership Americans are craving for.

somethinghumble.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Psh Walz is a diet repub

mrtoads.bsky.social•1 day ago

Shutting down that whole “weird” line of attack was stupid as hell because it was working.

pwusch.bsky.social•9 hours ago

And it was true! Just like the "skippin' like a dipshit". Walz was an awesome candidate.

carpediemsinemetu.bsky.social•1 day ago

Dems should be looking at some of their governors for 2028. Some stars here.

katieghere.bsky.social•23 hours ago

https://bsky.app/profile/katieghere.bsky.social/post/3ljw6dvouls2i

eacart.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Dems LOVE muzzling

jstathght917.bsky.social•1 day ago

The rearview mirror has limited use. Show US what you got @timwalzparody.bsky.social

tiredofempires.bsky.social•14 hours ago

https://youtu.be/oTi6-99gciA?...
https://Pslweb.org program.
Even if Harris won the homeless poor working poor working class minorities&women still would have lost & palistine obviously. The need for organizing a revolution would be exactly the same.
A dictatorship of the rich every 4 or 8 years we elect a Czar.

tiredofempires.bsky.social•14 hours ago

The democratic party is a far right party. Reagan neo liberal. So never democratic party never republican party or uniparty. Bourgeoisie fascism

dontbcomplicit.bsky.social•22 hours ago

I still really loved him, he was an EXCELLENT choice for VP, god was a difference from JD. To be fair they had a very short time to win that election, no one knew Biden would have to step down. I wonder what would have happened if he hadn't ?

juliamercury.bsky.social•1 day ago

Sorry, but I never understood him as a pick. I think Buttigieg or Shapiro would've been better. VP candidate can make or break a campaign. Dan Quayle, and Sarah Palin come to mind as examples.

stalinjoey.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Democrats don't win when they run as diet Republicans. We literally have years of evidence, but they refuse to change.

decker2000.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Agreed. That's what I have been saying. The party of less evil does not bring people out. Get rid of AIPAC money in the party if you want to bring in people who want to vote for what's right. And I know that's an unpopular opinion

ireidani.bsky.social•11 hours ago

They're working really hard not to learn that lesson right now.

americannotdorr2.bsky.social•1 day ago

I think when this is over both parties will be finished in our political system. Rs because of their egregious abuses of power and the Ds because of their cowardice. We need a new government - one that represents ALL or our people (not just the rich) & respects (not ignores) our Constitution.

nerissaknm.bsky.social•1 day ago

He was all over the place until he, in his own words, all by his 60y/o, white-haired male, close-to-retiree-age self, bombed in the easiest VP debate ever

Also, convincing a bunch of sexist-racist-lgbtq*phobes + their ethnic water carriers to vote for EVERYONE’S interests would literally take a war

marktierneymt.bsky.social•1 day ago

Um, no. They made plenty of errors but under-using Walz wasn't one of them. Just as Dems have a Saviour Problem, they also have a White Grandfather problem.

womanwhorules.bsky.social•1 day ago

They should start now!

fanofdemocracy.net•7 hours ago

Plouffe ruined that candidacy with his republican-lite bullshit.

lysoldisinme.bsky.social•4 hours ago

They can start by calling January 6, 2021 for what it really wad. Not an insurrection, but an act of treason.

lysoldisinme.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Not just Harris campaign. All democrats need to grow some cajones. Bottom line, if it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, walks like a duck...if it's f--kin DNA is that of a duck, then call it a f--kin duck.

chrisjustice01.bsky.social•1 day ago

Kind of crazy, given his position. Many suggested they talk about popular issues they never addressed. What we saw was a package that was repeated in every location. And one that did not address concerns expressed by the other side. (Factual or otherwise)

debincr.bsky.social•1 day ago

Of course, he's right. How often does the Wall Flower become Prom Queen?

bookngrdnlvr.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Perfect candidates dont exist, and sharp critiques matter less than votes. This is America. It's constantly being run into the ground by imbalanced dudes. Let's focus on voting the insanity out as much as we can. Please don't forget local elections too. The future is 👩🏿‍💼👩🏻‍🔬👷🏽‍♀️

richpr.bsky.social•22 hours ago

I like Tim, but he made multiple unforced errors that hurt the campaign. He falsely stated, for example, that he carried weapons in war. And he handled it very poorly when called on it.

Likewise for statements about his visits to China, in-vitro fertilization, etc.

acrossroads.bsky.social•22 hours ago

They manufacture absurd “controversies,” which sadly, it seems, some were easy to accept as real issues.

Can you please tell me the IVF story exposed?

richpr.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Just stop. No one but Tim was to blame for his false statements, or his poor responses to being called on them.

Pretending he went armed into a combat zone was not a “manufactured controversy.”

midwesternmama.bsky.social•14 hours ago

I mean he had a some of the stickiest most viral moments until they told him to turn it down.

“Weird”

“Jumping around like a dipshit”

etc.

The death of the Democratic Party will be through “strategists”. Mark my words.

glangtreeprice.bsky.social•10 hours ago

I honestly feel like maybe they should background check whatever strategists they've been using the past few years to see if they have any undisclosed GOP and/or Russian ties that would've influenced how they did their jobs.

midwesternmama.bsky.social•1 hour ago

Not a bad idea!!!

ben-223.bsky.social•22 hours ago

They had already shoved the incumbent aside for Harris, which let's face it, was a risk. So to further take risks should have been obvious and the prevailing strategy. They knew it was essential to win to keep Felon away from Washington. Decorum is a lovely concept, but it was war.

janeen123.bsky.social•1 day ago

Exactly, but it too little and too late to say NOW!! We kept telling the Democrats they had to change their play book and not keep doing the old way. The rules have changed because Repugs made it NO RULES EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE STOLEN OR RIGGED!! Dems stop waiting for the courts to do YOUR JOB.

iseec.bsky.social•12 hours ago

These aren't exactly "sharp" critiques. They are basically what everybody in hindsight has said.

ireidani.bsky.social•11 hours ago

No it isn't.

A big part of the consultant class is delusional on this point.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/harris-adviser-vp-ran-flawless-campaign-gop-campaign/story?id=116498997

mdp300.bsky.social•12 hours ago

They seemed to be gaining momentum, and then they brought in the same People who ran Hillary's campaign into the ground.

crwnptgurl.bsky.social•8 hours ago

As usual

profcarpenter.bsky.social•20 hours ago

I’m tired of the lame, frightened, “moderate” Democrats. They need to be forced out and we need to get some firebrands who speak their minds.

cassandra9.bsky.social•21 hours ago

All of the dem consultant class needs to be fired!

landisscape.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Whatever

decker2000.bsky.social•12 hours ago

He was the problem and the fact they wouldn't call out Israel. He is an absolute genocide supporter. You can't be the party of the lesser of two evils and bring in voters.

flyby9.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Too late now, however they should have gotten rid of everyone on Biden's team completely.

bensgigi.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Interesting . . .

sgilley02.bsky.social•3 hours ago

He’s right

chelseajim.bsky.social•9 hours ago

The Biden policy on Israel and Kamala’s refusal to address it cost us that election.
Can we please start telling the truth?

ireidani.bsky.social•11 hours ago

“when you’re on the ticket and you don’t win, that’s your responsibility”

The only time I get hate from BlueSky, is when I suggest Democrats were partly responsible for their own election loss.

It's nice to see at least one of them isn't patting himself of the back for a perfect campaign.

lizalou06.bsky.social•20 hours ago

I wonder if they reigned him in because they were too busy trying to court voters to the right, rather than protect his record, and let him appeal to the left.

imafrozenfire.bsky.social•19 hours ago

There has't been a true appeal to the Left since Carter. They mostly lose elections, Obama won only bc he's Obama and Biden won because people hated Trump. They refuse to understand that their strategy of couting the middle and middle-right is a losing one for them and for the good of the country.

frankbannister.bsky.social•20 hours ago

This is what I've been saying! I thought the whole reason to pick him was to send him to the red states!

amberbrainz.bsky.social•18 hours ago

And send him there with his progressive wins beine has this magical quality of knowing how to talk to the working class and explain why the thing makes sense. Polling shows progressive ideas are popular once you remove the Dem or left from the title. He was able to do that.

frankbannister.bsky.social•14 hours ago

But the DNC just loves making progressives the reason their bad strategies fail.

bbulpett.bsky.social•1 hour ago

And they continue to "play it safe". Even censuring their own for "causing a scene". It's just pathetic.

dadib.bsky.social•1 day ago

He got off to a great start and then they were like woah let's tone it down.

susersuzanner.bsky.social•23 hours ago

DNC consultants deWalzed him. Especially for the debate. They removed what connected people to him.

amberbrainz.bsky.social•18 hours ago

They sidelined the person who not only energized the progressive base, but has the magical ability to talk to working class folks and explain to them why these things work for everyone. That would have definitely clashed with the things Kamala was saying but maybe they should have taken some notes.

amberbrainz.bsky.social•18 hours ago

I knew they sidelined him, but I also believe that they over-coached him for the debate. He was nervous but he also wasn't talking like him. They should have given him the bullet points and let him run all over the couch lover JD. I really hope we see more of him in the future bc he's a gift to dems

coninkincardine.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Toooo latte nowwww

jme71.bsky.social•7 hours ago

I agree. We need a more forceful party. With the way things are now, we’re not sure we even have a party! The performance at the State of the Union was a classic example . Representative Al Green’ s actions are more what , I think, people are looking for.

angiemitchell.bsky.social•5 hours ago

And it’s telling that no one stood up with him or walked out with him. Lost opportunity.

heroic1.bsky.social•2 hours ago

Well, shoulda, coulda,woulda way too late. And proof that wrong person so if can't be, over turned for facts. Doesn't matter.

cassandrashuman.bsky.social•1 day ago

I’m sorry, now is not the time. I think Walz is great, and now is not the time for Dem reckoning. OK to say, we weren’t bold enough & Dems need to learn and be bold NOW.

iamonovo.bsky.social•20 hours ago

It’s all BS! Stadiums were being filled. Every stop was joyful and expectations were through the roof. The only reason we lost was because ELON MUSK used StarLink to manipulate the election at the tabulation stage the 5 battleground states. His son said it, Elon confirmed it on Tucker Carlson.

caesarrodney2025.bsky.social•16 hours ago

He's right. From what I have read, the Harris campaign knew from the start they ere behind in every swing state. Their highly paid consultants SHOULD have rolled the dice every chance they got. Instead, they played it safe. And here we are.

lindarn.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Yup

creativepnwmom.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Sadly, I completely agree.

nah1116.bsky.social•1 day ago

They didn’t have enough time-Trump had the last four years.

vanlighet.bsky.social•1 day ago

😢

skiridr.bsky.social•15 hours ago

It’s because democrats listened to paid consultants instead of listening to the people. Instead of rallying behind him and the AOC’s of the party they silenced them.

pelledge.bsky.social•1 day ago

100%

nondescript01.bsky.social•3 hours ago

Not enough economic populism, mostly. Rolling out a slew of milquetoast, not-in-any-way-revolutionary policies all while frolicking on stage with the Cheneys sounds like an odd plan because it is one.

thatamerican.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Tim Walz couldn't get elected dogcatcher in an all cat town. He's the Walter Mondale of the 20s...

ed-tekhead.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Yes...

mackenziegirl.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Let’s move forward like the lesson has been learned!

kisenosato.bsky.social•22 hours ago

They still won the vote. It's just the election results were falsified.

notthatconnie.bsky.social•16 hours ago

They should have fought harder to oust trump loyalists. They should have fought hsoforvthe John Lewis voting rights act. And they should have fought harder to protect the voting infrastructure.

wukillahe.bsky.social•15 hours ago

they should have fought at all for anything

labtink.bsky.social•21 hours ago

The people who voted for Trump don’t seem like people who would have voted for an ‘unmuzzled’ Tim Walz. The people who stayed home would still stay home.

wango3.bsky.social•1 day ago

Hindsight, always so profound when certain people state the shouldawouldas,

smashpocket.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Any Democrat listening to the DNC and party heads at this point deserves to lose. Harris got the nomination and they put her in a box for a month and didn't let her do interviews. One of the worst campaigns ever.

deejjayell.bsky.social•12 hours ago

He’s right but alas I think the result would have been the same. There was too much to overcome in such a short period of time (and we can’t escape the reality that the majority of white women betrayed their own sister folk)

calamityness.bsky.social•1 day ago

The question is, who were they afraid of upsetting??

nakiajpnw.bsky.social•1 day ago

The folks who went out and voted Republican and never dreamed of switching.

calamityness.bsky.social•1 day ago

Ahh the mirage of centrists.

beebee98.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Harris ran a great campaign and won the election. The truth will come out Election Truth Alliance.

sparklerblue2.bsky.social•1 hour ago

Yes. It will.

deliriumbob.bsky.social•3 hours ago

Trump just admitted “The election was rigged and I won.”

adjuntas.bsky.social•1 day ago

I tried to Kamala to Daytona Beach to no avail. They even refused to open an office here! We were destroyed here!

vjax.bsky.social•9 hours ago

marie77777.bsky.social•8 hours ago

I've been waiting a lifetime for a woman president, but I sincerely believe that the country still is too backward thinking for that. They would have been better off running Tim in the first spot. He would have beat Trump.

angiemitchell.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Perhaps but factor in 100 days, a Black and female candidate, and a cult of white supremacy. And the popular vote was close. Truthfully, Harris/Waltz did remarkably well, given the circumstances.

craigm2062.bsky.social•20 hours ago

The litigation of the 2024 election is over. Wish I didn’t have to hear about it anymore.

amandahrubes.bsky.social•10 hours ago

The mind your own damn business was perfect

daisydot.bsky.social•14 hours ago

So much truth here.

eaglewatcher.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Thank you. He's been criticized for criticizing. The Dems need to open up the the best bottle of wine and stop using the cheep brands.

brettfox.bsky.social•1 day ago

I will never understand why they pivoted from, “Trump’s weird.” It was working. It was a great way to explain Trump and MAGA.

Then, they stopped. We’ll never know if that, plus playing not to lose, cost them the election.

vivelaresistance79.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Attacks against Project 2025 were working and then they stopped pushing that too. But Waltz failed in the debate and made Vance look like a normal Republican.

imtheresistance.bsky.social•1 day ago

What cost us the election was millions of people voting for a convicted felon. Let’s not blame good people who were doing their best.

daleplinth.bsky.social•1 day ago

Hilarious!
Just the kind of comedy I came for. 🤪

reese66.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Probably shouldn’t have gone the smug giggling SNL humor route. We needed a hard ass Reacher approach to a national security threat. Instead we got SNL and Andy Griffith. When the smoke cleared you all tucked tail and ran. Kelly should have been the guy.

hops-and-chords.bsky.social•1 day ago

I’ll vote for him on the top of the ticket too!! And I voted for both women but apparently this nation can’t come to terms yet with that positive concept!

gabrielrpaavola1.bsky.social•8 hours ago

That, and their stance on Israel's genocide of Palestinians didn't help. Had they come out stronger against Netanyahu, I am sure more people would have voted.

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rhombusticks.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Actual ability to admit mistakes is heartening and tells me this man should be president in 2028.

diogenes-original.bsky.social•1 day ago

My Democratic friends seemed to a accept their party was weak and disorganised. Silly.

stlugal.bsky.social•17 hours ago

I feel like his debate was partly responsible for their loss. Vance put on his normal human mask and Walz should have pointed it out vs the policies that these monsters wanted to implement.

warriorgal.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Walz and Harris were not the problem. The party was. Biden could have resigned at the end of the second year, and given Harris time to prove her value.

elise27anne.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Angry rant: I can not tell you how devastating it was on election night. An unbelievably qualified woman beaten by a unbelievably vile and unqualified man. Kamala Harris should be President now and she is not because we live in an incredibly racist misogynistic country. 1/2

elise27anne.bsky.social•15 hours ago

I don't want to hear how they didn't do this or that....BS. An overwhelming percentage of black voters voted for Harris/Walz. I do not want to hear about a man running in 2028. Grow up America. Try intelligence. I am sick of trying to "understand" people who just plain hate rights for others. 2/2

btsupe.bsky.social•14 hours ago

https://youtu.be/AWSWqn7UHYM?si=6C6vlRRC2SvrzpLo

rebeccaharkness.swifties.social•13 hours ago

I agree all politicians and parties have flaws but I don’t think the dems flaws are the primary reason Harris lost.
People need to do more reckoning with themselves than blaming outward but that isn’t the American way…

angiemitchell.bsky.social•5 hours ago

I think the OP made that point—racism and sexism played their predictable roles.

happylitwit.bsky.social•58 minutes ago

Long before this election, I decided that our country is far more sexist than racist.
During this election, I sat back, convinced like all of us, that we had finally gotten past this. I do NOT remember such massive bipartisan support for ANY candidate ever.
This election result was F'd with. 100%

arcsdad.bsky.social•14 hours ago

I believe they stole it but even so the Dems are useless. Waving little ping pong paddles while he laughs at them. I don't know where you go from here. America is racist and mysogonist and this had been proven twice. I despair.

trynbniceok.bsky.social•1 day ago

shoulda been Pete or Josh anyhow. but that's all water under the wasteland now.

spreuarts.bsky.social•21 hours ago

The guy has leader energy in spades; they should have let him be more natural and organic. The coaching he got, whatever that might have been, dimmed that spark on the trail. Glad he’s still fired up.

whoiskf.bsky.social•1 day ago

Meanwhile in Canada,
and happening pretty quickly...

https://bsky.app/profile/whoiskf.bsky.social/post/3ljvc235tmc2j

portlandval.bsky.social•1 day ago

I was shocked by how vehemently they silenced Dr Lee. Glad to know other countries are taking these traits seriously.

whoiskf.bsky.social•1 day ago

And thankfully she's continuing and has been this whole time to update the assessment and speak out, backed by even more psychiatric professionals than when she began.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Political_Revolution/s/5CS1tWsZH9

portlandval.bsky.social•23 hours ago

She has paid a price for her speaking out. Great respect to her.

whoiskf.bsky.social•23 hours ago

💯

hippiechick54.bsky.social•1 day ago

The oligarchs who control the media would never share this.
They couldn't even call Trump a liar even though he unequivocally is one.
I hope all the world's leaders treat him like the mentally ill person he is.

robbie-62.bsky.social•1 day ago

People were listening to the bloviating orange turd “tell it like it is” for some asinine reason. People love Waltz’s folksy, frank style because he genuinely cares!

romansmom.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yep, they did

barkofatree.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Where is Harris?
Did she jump on the trump train. All democrats need to be a part of this fight! Every single one.

reefermadness.bsky.social•23 hours ago

He's right they played it safe. But even more important, he's right to publicly acknowledge the errors. Democrats need to do more of this.

direwolf54.bsky.social•8 hours ago

90% of the blame lies with the 10M+registered Dems who couldn't be bothered to vote OR voted for the felon

Same as "her emails"
This time "I just don't feel like I know her"

And Jayapal and Omar and other purity testers who wouldn't get on board

#WeDoThisToOurselves

Get it the fuck TOGETHER Dems

sfshlv.bsky.social•10 minutes ago

I agree with you. I volunteered for postcard writing in the swing states. I personally sent over 300 of them. I was optimistic if all registered democrats voted, we would be winning. I guess I gave too much credit to those purity test voters. I still am pissed about this.

stanzman.bsky.social•1 day ago

Hypocrites went after his service all those years training people and JD Vance got a pass for his pansy little work helicopter riding desk pushing service who do you think fire more live rounds during their service? Who ate more MREs or slept on a bunk or had more impact on young soldiers

14767977.bsky.social•17 hours ago

The words treason and traitor keep coming to mind.

How do Americans feel about suddenly flipping and becoming Russian and Putin supporters?

You're now assisting Putin and North Korea in the destruction of a free democracy in Ukraine!

Just sayin'

allaboutelections.bsky.social•1 day ago

Tbf suddenly putting together a campaign against Trump and the right-wing political machine with just a little over three months left to go before election day would have been a very tall order for anyone.

It's ultimately Biden who screwed the Dems' chances with his ill-conceived reelection bid.

suannelqr.bsky.social•1 day ago

It’s ultimately the fault of millions of registered Dems who were too busy conducting purity tests to bother showing up on Election Day. All they had to do was cast a no-brainer vote for a perfectly qualified, competent candidate who would’ve made a fine president.

allaboutelections.bsky.social•1 day ago

Ah, yes, the classic "blame the voters." That'll definitely increase turnout for the Dems next time.

suannelqr.bsky.social•1 day ago

Ah, yes, the classic “blame everyone and everything except the voters who couldn’t be bothered to show up a no-brainer vote against literal fascism but let’s not hurt their precious little feelings or they might do it again.” 🙄

allaboutelections.bsky.social•1 day ago

Damn yeah I just can't imagine why Democrats haven't been more successful with voters when their current supporters like you are just so nice to everyone who is not already on your side. It's a real mystery.

suannelqr.bsky.social•1 day ago

Not on my side? You mean the side of preserving American democracy with the most bare minimum of civic duties which takes mere minutes to execute?But I’m supposed to congratulate people who sat this one out? Give them a participation trophy? Pat them on the head and say there there? JFC. 🤦🏻‍♀️

amfny311.bsky.social•1 day ago

Hindsight!

saminca101.bsky.social•5 hours ago

I’m so over the dnc. They’re utter hogwash. We need a freaking hero and they’re whining they can’t do anything (they can hold up shit, they can be more effective at messaging, they can combat misinformation online) & their focus is to work with fascists?! wtf #dnc #democrats

whiteawj.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Take those risks!

thiscantbeamerica.bsky.social•21 hours ago

They should announce their intentions to run again along with other Dems. They should start campaigning and holding town halls. They should all start now with a united message.

vero1986.bsky.social•1 day ago

Walz melted down in front of millions of people during the VP dabate with JD Vance. No one muzzled him that night. He was destroyed on national TV. Hello...

bdidrichsen.bsky.social•9 hours ago

As a fellow Midwesterner I agree. Democrats in the Midwest have had to learn how to address issues that cross partisan boundaries and prove that they can make life better for everyone. We may yet rise again; the strongest Democrats I see right now hail from the Midwest.

mookie74-78.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Applaud him going to town halls in red districts-I
think Harris should do some as well. Harris/Walz were in a very tough situation due to time. It’s good to reflect on what could have been done better, but that ticket reenergized the Dem party, imo.

adorablearies.bsky.social•4 hours ago

I think so, too. Not taking anything from Biden's leadership, as I was surely going to vote for him a second term. But, the Harris-Walz potential had me pumped!

sallybmccarty.bsky.social•1 day ago

Hindsight is always 20/20.

mlnearth1.bsky.social•1 day ago

All true....but the election was RIGGED and that's why we have a criminal fascist madman in the White House. Why is no one talking about this or doing anything about it??? Democrats act like we can take back Congress and the WH in the 2026 and 2028 elections. What a joke!

randymenk.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Definitely a poor campaign. I'd never back Harris again, I thought she did a poor job connecting with people.

yourinnermonologue.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Well they had a Republican running it so....they moved to the right so much it became I'm just voting against trump not for anything I cared about 🙄

moodyukelele.bsky.social•14 hours ago

It isn’t enough to run a campaign on "Orange Man bad!" They have to do better in 2028.

yourinnermonologue.bsky.social•14 hours ago

It honestly felt like they were watching me when I'd try to convince 3rd party voters, like At least Kamala was for a ceasefire, then her speech at the DNC. Then widdled it down to At least Kamala there won't be Republicans in charge then she said I'd have more Republicans in my cabinet than Biden🤦🏻‍♀️

marvelgeek1980.bsky.social•22 hours ago

They won though! They absolutely won! fElon Musk helped felon Trump steal the election in all battleground states. He’s literally on video thanking him, the guy that knows all about computers and voting machines, and then we won Pennsylvania in a landslide!

nctowncrier.bsky.social•19 hours ago

My pinned post is an article on Shaotran.
The best hacker of Voting machines in America.
https://bsky.app/profile/nctowncrier.bsky.social/post/3lhqusacnac2q

profcarpenter.bsky.social•20 hours ago

We need to start shouting “RIGGED!” as loud as they did for the next four years.

kisenosato.bsky.social•21 hours ago

This.
Dems need to stop self flagellating on policies.
They should be addressing their spinelessness, obsession with decorum and unwilling to defend the votes from brazen falsification.

mzcardinal.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Is that what happened, because somebody needs to get their ass kicked for his debate performance?

am-mccarthy.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Jeffries is still telling them all to be quiet and play nice.

eacart.bsky.social•6 hours ago

What a coward that Obama wannabe turned out to be. Big words. Zero spine.

am-mccarthy.bsky.social•6 hours ago

It won't be politicians leading the revolution.

deliriumbob.bsky.social•3 hours ago

Yes, fuck him

luciaromano.bsky.social•19 hours ago

mhmm.

dharmadreamer.bsky.social•13 hours ago

2:47 Trump admits to rigging election

radbradley.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Agreed

ripperhead.bsky.social•23 hours ago

They were Never going to beat Musk Election Hack, the algorithms were running in almost every precent, in almost every state, the vote totals were adjusted at specific intervals which coincided with (bomb threats). It was not possible for them to win. Votes were switched to tRUmp early and often. 🕵️

gorangirldad.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Until the next time, and so we go.....

deeplyaware.bsky.social•1 hour ago

I wish I knew who “they” is, and to make sure they won’t be leading any more Dem campaigns. Name and shame!

bbulpett.bsky.social•1 hour ago

Party elites - Pelosi, Schumer, etc.

alysaar.bsky.social•2 hours ago

Democrats did not unite behind their candidates.

mobileweb.bsky.social•1 day ago

Sorry Tim and Kamala were the wrong people for this time or any time.

pjyield.bsky.social•19 hours ago

#CongressDoYourJob

pdeenz.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Town Halls - that stadium tour was like 👀.
“The Democratic Party has to stop approaching working people like they’re missionaries and anthropologists, with the message we’re here to help you be like us”
- David Axelrod

angiemitchell.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Axelrod used this strategy to get President Obama elected, so there’s that. And he did so to minimize Obama’s race.

arbtrader.bsky.social•23 hours ago

"they go low, we go high" has been wrong since hilary's 2016 campaign. you must know your nature of opponent better. when your opponents is not playing civil game, you must hit back ruthlessly harder.

arbtrader.bsky.social•23 hours ago

long overdue

justmejoepdx.bsky.social•20 hours ago

It was too calculated and it absolutely came off that way.

leah078.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Ya think??

nowayhomefromhere.com•1 day ago

The best thing about Kamala running was learning about Walz.

bargdaffy.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Tim Walz lost convincingly to a Convicted Felon, he is a Political Illiterate and needs to stay in MN and Pete needs to stay in IN for God's Sake you Blue MAGA Morons.

hubba8088.bsky.social•22 hours ago

There were various factors, as there almost always is, but Harris represented too much of the status quo for voters who struggle financially and swing about every election

longleafpine2024.bsky.social•1 day ago

The guy has like a 60% approval rating and they said go sit in a corner

lefty-n-lucy.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Yep. Instead of containing all that energy, they should’ve unleashed it. We needed that edginess to cut through the thick centrist/moderate bullshit that turned off a lot of people. Lesson learned…I hope.

thesuzabides.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Yep.

suem519.bsky.social•1 day ago

I agree

grendal.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Trump said Haitians were eating cats and dogs.
He said children were getting sex changes while in Elementary school.

People still voted for him. Not the Democrats fault.

bolddemocracy1776.bsky.social•14 hours ago

It’s not Dem’s fault deluded people voted for Trump. It IS the Dems fault their own voters didn’t turn out!

lynnmilez.bsky.social•11 hours ago

As a Dem who worked on a losing campaign, I endorse this message. I’m so tired of people defending their egos or wishes over reality. I let myself get talked down from stronger messaging and I regret it every day and I saw it at the top too. WE fucked up. Jesus, just face it and change it.

bolddemocracy1776.bsky.social•10 hours ago

And me too. I’ve worked Democratic campaigns since I worked for George McGovern when he got routed by Nixon. Dems have never really woken up. It’s a different view from the ground.

bolddemocracy1776.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Yes! We can’t control them. We CAN control us. To do better, we have to be willing to face mistakes.

jslandon.bsky.social•14 hours ago

they muzzled both of them. I despise the DNC.

albertleb.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Thoughts and prayers from Canada.

bobcat4evah.bsky.social•13 hours ago

As usual, Bernie is way ahead of the Dems on this.

ghostdoglt.bsky.social•12 hours ago

It's because Democrats are beholden to their corporate overlords. We all should abandon them and start something new from the ground up... Even Tim Walz

jumbotv.bsky.social•1 day ago

It was game over when she kept doing rallies with Liz Cheney. These corporate establishment dems don't want to learn because their donors told them to be weak.

oakborn.bsky.social•1 day ago

This song came to mind.

maverickmatt94.bsky.social•1 day ago

Tim's one of the good ones.

I hope when the democratic party destroys itself, he's there to help rebuild it, or build something better.

mad-resilience.bsky.social•1 day ago

Most importantly, they should have demanded hand recounts and forensic audits of the swing state results. Instead, Harris just rolled over and let Musk and Trump steal the election.

heraldofthemorn.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yup. And I just don't understand why. I really don't.

lilenikoloski.bsky.social•15 hours ago

You don’t accuse someone of eating the pie while pie crumbs are still visible around your own mouth.

rhondamer.bsky.social•1 day ago

Me either 😪😪

socalbookish.bsky.social•23 hours ago

They were so worried that the "optics" of not conceding/demanding recounts made them look like Trump in 2020.

hippiechick54.bsky.social•1 day ago

I will never understand why Kamala conceded so quickly.
I would have said, "Hell no. This is too close. There needs to be some recounts."

mad-resilience.bsky.social•1 day ago

Multiple hacking and counter-hacking experts and data analysts sent duty-to-warn letters, urging Harris to investigate anomalies in the swing state results, and she ignored them. I'll never forgive her and Biden for that.

hippiechick54.bsky.social•1 day ago

She didn't want to act like Trump did when he claimed the election was stolen.
Dems are so afraid of confrontation or rocking the boat so they accept things like this rather than questioning them.
I will never accept that he won fairly.

mad-resilience.bsky.social•1 day ago

It was all a setup. Trump and his team knew he lost in 2020. They threw a fit over an election that WASN'T stolen so that when they stole the 2024 election, Democrats would be too afraid of looking foolish to speak up. Democrats wanted to avoid feeling uncomfortable more than they wanted to save us.

hippiechick54.bsky.social•1 day ago

I think the reason Trump was so mad that he lost to Biden was because there was massive cheating on his part that couldn't overcome the actual vote.
He was so sure his fix was in that he accused Biden of stealing the election.

whatevr11.bsky.social•1 day ago

They're always afraid of losing corporate interests.

deedee15644.bsky.social•23 hours ago

He was her biggest asset and they threw it away

heartsonycgr.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Love him! (And Kamala, too).

trishdish.bsky.social•1 day ago

Completely agree. He should have been a tornado with Pritzker and Shapiro thrown in. SO many things could have been done differently.

prancisficabia.bsky.social•1 day ago

Former Harris staffers disagree 🙄

ipoipo.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Remember, there are the 'Elite Democrats' who tend to go conservative, sometimes called Right-wing Democrats who hate Sanders' ideology, who I think restrained Tim.

sararar.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Walz has been my Governor since 2019. He almost always wore glasses in public until he was on the national stage. It was a minor thing, but it bothered me, because it showed me that even this most basic part of who he is was being filtered. Can't let the old guy look old.

sararar.bsky.social•21 hours ago

I had seen him respond to very difficult questions during stressful situations all throughout Covid. He led briefings, answered press questions, and pushed back on misinformation with ease during a crisis. So seeing him nervous during the debate surprised me. He was unfortunately off kilter.

everoptimistic123.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Good because I love him and we can work on those debate skills. That's a skill that can be improved upon. Everything else just love the guy.

nonessentialworker.bsky.social•1 day ago

Shitty “strategy” to play nice during that innocuous debate with JD. They should have let him use his experience, savy, and political chops. It was a mistake to take the gloves off.

belnot.bsky.social•16 hours ago

@timwalzparody.bsky.social
@timwalzdadjokes.bsky.social
It is still time to do it

chilangolandia.bsky.social•21 hours ago

They had three months to campaign vs ten F’N years of the other guy. Add to that, sexism, misogyny and racism — it was an uphill battle from the start. If Harris had been more aggressive, they would’ve also lost their minds. She had to walk on eggshells as to not upset the “working class” Trumpers 🙄

bolddemocracy1776.bsky.social•14 hours ago

I think that is false. I think a loud minority of Republicans are racist and sexist. I think the working classes who turned out for Biden and Obama would have rallied behind her if they had used the tactics he is suggesting. You need to wade into the fight, not just say you will fight.

chilangolandia.bsky.social•11 hours ago

What planet are you living on where you believe this fairy tale? A “small minority” of Reps are racist and sexist? 70% of white men and close to 60% of white women voted for Trump. That is not small. They voted for him in 2016, 2020, & 2024. That is not accidental. GMAFB with that foolery.

bolddemocracy1776.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Most working and middle class white men and women did not vote at all. Your numbers reflect the motivated voters. If EVERYONE had to vote, Trump would have lost.

chilangolandia.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Not voting is voting.

bolddemocracy1776.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Feels like your position is everyone is racist and there is nothing that can be done.

amberbrainz.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Who cares about trumpers she should have been talking to her base. She should have been energizing her base. Tim walz was part of that energy and they side lined him.

chilangolandia.bsky.social•11 hours ago

She did talk to her base. You just didn’t believe in her and didn’t want her as President. Admit that instead of gaslighting. Everything she warned us about is exactly what’s happening right now. The expensive eggs and the nonsense about her not talking to the working class was all BS.

chilangolandia.bsky.social•10 hours ago

As for energizing her base; I attended three rallies & they were packed! Her platform was all about the working class, but it was never enough for the MSM. They derailed her at every turn w/the BS excuse of expensive eggs. Her platform was about the cost of living, child care, & affordable housing.

amberbrainz.bsky.social•10 hours ago

My entire family voted for her and no that was not a working class message because I watched her rallies. The Internet does exist you know and I don't watch msm. What was on MSM was worse. And traveling around with a Cheney talking about war was not it. GTFO with that bs

chilangolandia.bsky.social•9 hours ago

“That was a not a working class message” speaks for itself. Keep gaslighting. You’re good at it. I said what I said, and you did as well. THAT we can agree on.

key-26.bsky.social•12 hours ago

She had to walk on egg shells so she wouldn’t be stereotyped as an “angry black woman”. It’s not rocket science why they lost. America is infested with racism and misogyny! They ran an outstanding campaign, both were qualified, intelligent and empathetic.

chilangolandia.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Exactly. People will continue to twist themselves into pretzels to avoid acknowledging the obvious truth. It’s disgusting.

key-26.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Republicans used every racist tactic against her. She was “lazy, a whore, unintelligent, uneducated, unqualified.” The media was no better! She wasn’t saying this or that. She was expected to cater to everyone. No expectations on racist, stupid, felon.

key-26.bsky.social•12 hours ago

He was being praised for standing at a podium and lying! Talking about Haitian immigrants(who are Black) eating cats and dogs. Until we call out the real problem in America, we will continue to get the same results. Now the country is being run by the Biggest Welfare Queens we’ve ever seen!

askgma.bsky.social•1 day ago

As useful as the fact that insurrectionists hold seats in the peoples house they breached their oath to keep and maintain a coup? Or, Crickets ?

tws9678.bsky.social•8 hours ago

It’s exactly why Dems fail. Play too safe. Get out and get tough

mickdundee59.bsky.social•16 hours ago

He’s not alone.They really stuffed it up imo.

kurtwhittet.bsky.social•1 day ago

People love Jasmine because she is totally comfortable being herself and telling it like it is - she’s totally real and totally un-muzzled - that’s gonna be what it takes to win

bolddemocracy1776.bsky.social•14 hours ago

I love her votes and her ideas. I don’t actually love her mean girl ways. It makes it hard to distinguish her from MTG as a personality. AOC is the champion I believe in.

wokesoutherner.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Yes, he was becoming more popular than Harris, couldn’t have that, apparently.

pjmacwriter.bsky.social•9 hours ago

I would follow Tim Walz through fire.

dogmaple24.bsky.social•1 day ago

No matter what he had to say they would not have won due to the fact that the election was rigged, stolen

gersonbrandon.bsky.social•1 day ago

Waltz needs to run again for president. I can’t think of a single other democrat I even care about at this point.

parruskie.bsky.social•10 hours ago

While I agree I see no value in picking apart why we lost when it is obvious that the election was stolen. They said it out loud and they did it. We didn't fight back and now we are here. So now we fight without our leaders and we form a new government around the ideals espoused by Bernie Sanders

12thburkey.bsky.social•15 hours ago

I still want to know where the doge guys were on Nov 5, 2024?

pepe-mccormack.bsky.social•1 day ago

The first thing Harris should have rolled the dice with another VP choice: Pete Buttigieg. Walz was pushed by David Hogg on US; and now David is co-chair of the party; weird, no?

studio-michaud.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Walz is an excellent Governor and was a great candidate. Don’t get me wrong, I want Buttigieg as POTUS one day, but as much as I respect Hogg, he doesn’t have the juice to have that kind of influence. Walz was a lucid pick.

pepe-mccormack.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Walz is a good governor, but made a lousy VP pick: First, there was the controversy over statements he made and facts about his military career that occupied several news cycles; two, his performance during his debate with Vance was lousy, agree?
And Hogg is becoming the Democrat Giuliani… shameful.

willroyart.bsky.social•10 hours ago

He is absolutely correct. Democrats need to stop playing it safe. He is a bright light in out nation. Democrats need to look to him and to others like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jasmine Crockett, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Al Green and all the others who taken strong stands. Become beacons!!!

mmg115.bsky.social•3 hours ago

For real! Those are the only people who I will give my hard earned money to to support the cause

tzipshmil.bsky.social•1 day ago

100000%. The minute they put a leash on Walz and started campaigning with Liz Cheney it was over.

jnpecoraro.bsky.social•1 day ago

I liked this but you know what I mean……

coffeenstarlight.bsky.social•1 day ago

Men~ on the whole saw that TRUMP was offering them an opportunity to rip away the civil rights movement and undo the MEto movement. Men voted ofr a RA*P*St. All u are doing is blaming the victim/black woman (kamala) for men being ev*l and voting evil.

just-icememes.bsky.social•8 hours ago

It’s hard to let a candidate go too left/lib when your whole party has morphed from Democrat to 90s Reaganite NeoCon GOP. They labor in service to the same donor class oligarchs as the GOP not the people. This is why they squashed Al Green and are as effective as a mild fart.

andromedaascendant.bsky.social•15 hours ago

That was not playing safe, it's playing right-wing, corporatist, corrupt.
Walz, with The Squad, should form an active, coordinated, effective progressive pole that would turn the Dems into an real, uncontrolled opposition party.

baseballwriter2025.bsky.social•1 day ago

Picking Walz over Shapiro cost Pennsylvania AND THE ELECTION. He was the WORST possible choice.

mikecalamari.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Kamala Harris gave reasons all the reasons for inflated prices except the one that would have made a difference.
She should have scapegoated producers and distributors, given someone for voters to vent frustrations on.

citybythelake.bsky.social•1 day ago

So who managed the campaign? I think I know but I want someone else to second my thinking

gardenia-38.bsky.social•20 hours ago

They were savvy enough to make the point about how the Supreme Court and Alito opinions were moving.
28:00?

https://www.c-span.org/program/public-affairs-event/tribute-to-barbara-jordan-and-shirley-chisholm/168138

gardenia-38.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Governor Walz did an excellent job with his communication skills.

gardenia-38.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Didn’t ask for the vote.
When we vote we win, not “ when we fight we win “. Harris has issues with asking people for help.

gardenia-38.bsky.social•20 hours ago

I don’t follow this publication because they showed US where they are when they platformed CPAC. Biden should not have been pressured to step aside after primaries had already begun.
Musk hacked the election process?

rozeel.bsky.social•16 hours ago

According to DonOld Trump, it wouldn't have mattered, because, as he says, in his own words, "they rigged the election for me."

edgaraliendoh.bsky.social•3 hours ago

Both parties are failures.

imthedeb.bsky.social•1 day ago

They were really afraid he would upstage her and people would wish he was top of the ticket. Sorry.

agrajaggi.bsky.social•18 hours ago

He needs to prove he's a dog that has a bite. I see nothing but puppy dog.

lmh82.bsky.social•16 hours ago

No one could have mounted a successful campaign in 100 days. Biden should have either stayed in the race or never run for reelection in the first place.

cxj.tinpixel.com•1 day ago

Too many “centrist” consultants.

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