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Summary

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Kamala Harris’ 2024 running mate, has suggested he may run for president in 2028.

Reflecting on the Democrats’ loss to Donald Trump and JD Vance, he admitted: “A large number of people did not believe we were fighting for them in the last election – and that’s the big disconnect.”

Walz said his life experience, rather than ambition, would guide his decision.

Though his VP campaign was marred by gaffes, he remains open to running if he feels prepared.

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[–] noxypaws@pawb.social -3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Loser says what?

Nobody associated with the Harris-Walz campaign should have anything the fuck to do with 2028 presidential campaigns. They should all be too embarrassed to ever show their faces again.

AOC should be the candidate. Nobody to the right of AOC should even fucking bother with the primary, even if that describes 95% of the Democratic Party.

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[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Not my 1st choice, but will vote for any democrat, no matter what. I’d prefer that every republican fuck off and die, painfully.

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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Idk who needs to hear this, but Tim Walz is pretty moderate and centrist. You're not going to unite the splintered left with Tim Walz.

The biggest barrier Democrats have is that left leaning voters are not going out and voting for them.

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[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I really do think Tim Walz has a real chance. A very likeable guy.

Doesn't hurt that he's white and male, too.

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[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 11 points 1 day ago (11 children)

Please, do FUCKING NOT.

His debate performance was poor against Vance. We don't need a kindly father-figure running against Republicans, we need an attack dog that knows police cold, who can articulate that tax cuts cost more in tax revenues than we make up in added jobs, economic growth, etc., someone that's going to actively piss-off billionaires and then not kiss their asses once they have power... We need a leftist populist, someone that will get people fired up.

Walz is not that guy.

One lesson that I've seen in politics over and over again is Dems running the same candidate in a rematch, and the rematch always goes worse than the original election.

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[–] anarchiddy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago (3 children)

If he was less supportive of Israel and law enforcement I'd be more excited about this.

Honestly there isn't anyone left in the party that I'm happy with - even AOC started transitioning into radlib territory.

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[–] TomMasz@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I'd argue that it wasn't so much that the campaign failed but the DNC did by failing to recognize the importance of the election and worrying too much about not turning off Republicans. The reality of Tim Walz is he's not going to be subject to the racism and misogyny Harris was. Maybe that's enough.

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[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Walz/Sanders ticket, please.

[–] Classy@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Canonical_Warlock@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Walz won't even be at retirement age by 2028. That's practically an infant in terms of a presidential candidate.

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