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Tim Walz says he and Harris were too ‘safe’ during 2024 presidential campaign (www.theguardian.com)

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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."

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[-] KingPangolin@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago

And beyond that, democrats should have blast ads every 5 minutes about how George bush and trump both left us with the greatest recessions since the Great Depression. Bust the weird, non factual myth that republicans are good for the economy. Flip the script, the facts are there, they just suck ass at messaging and propaganda.

[-] jabeez@lemmy.today 11 points 1 year ago

For sure, the well is endless, but instead they insist on believing the fairy tale that what people REALLY want, despite voting to the contrary every single fucking time, is bipartisanship and a party that chooses "they go low we go high" as a rallying cry. Let's instead try and help rehab GWB and Darth Cheney, the guys who had worst terrorist attack in US history on their watch, followed by lying us into a war that cost untold billions and lives, ending in the worst financial collapse in almost 100 years. I'm old enough to remember Harry "keep our powder dry" Reid and Nancy "impeachment is off the table" Pelosi being my first real awakening to just how unwilling dems are to actually fucking fight the fascists, instead choosing time and again to do nothing or even help them. Working great, just need MORE of it, then it'll work for sure! Just like tax cuts and deregulation, has turned out just great, just need it a little bit more and it will start working, honest!

[-] Viskio_Neta_Kafo@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

That's a fantastic idea. I hope a future Democratic campaign uses a strategy like this.

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