Summary

Minnesota Governor and former VP candidate Tim Walz is launching a town hall tour in Republican-held districts where representatives have stopped holding public events.

Starting in Iowa and Nebraska, he plans stops in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Ohio. Walz says he wants to amplify voter concerns about the Trump administration and Republican policies.

He denies using the tour to prepare for a national run, instead framing it as a way to keep Democrats engaged post-election.

His team has received hundreds of invitations from local leaders.

  • barneypiccolo@lemm.eeEnglish
    141·
    2 days ago

    I would absolutely vote for him for president. I like Minnesota Progressives anyway, and he also possesses that natural trustworthiness that appeals to rurals that are going to be brutalized by MAGA policies over the next few years.

    Of course, it only matters if we can have fair, cheat-free elections, or even have elections at all.

    • dumples@midwest.socialEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      I like Minnesota Progressives anyway

      I have been a big fan since its less confrontation and quieter than either coastal politics or southern politics. Its boring and effective

    • finitebanjo@lemmy.world
      21·
      2 days ago

      I’ll vote any dem in the general but I think Walz is a terrible candidate in the primaries.

      We’ve already seen appealing to the conservatives fail in the general miserably, let’s not pick that candidate.

      • dumples@midwest.socialEnglish
        5·
        1 day ago

        He is definitely not an appealing to conservative candidate except for being white and not super young (He is 60).

        But look at what Minnesota did under his governorship was all simple none flashy midwestern progressive values. Free school lunches, trans refuge status, abortions rights into law (as well as a supreme court case), funding for schools and legal weed. He is a progressive just not very flashy about it.

        • finitebanjo@lemmy.world
          16·
          1 day ago

          He is literally appealing to the conservatives, as in he is going on a conservative district town hall tour to appeal to them directly.

          • stringere@sh.itjust.works
            3·
            22 hours ago

            He’s trying to flip voters that are being ignored by their republican representatives and doing it very visibly to show he is listening to voters. It’s called strategy. He has his prpgressive bona fides from his record as governor. Unless you think free school lunch, abortion rights, and trans refuge status aren’t progressive achievements.

            • finitebanjo@lemmy.world
              1·
              19 hours ago

              Yes and its great news for local elections, state, and congressional. It meant fuck all when they tried it in the presidential election, not a viable strategy for the next one, either.