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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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[–] Kcap@lemmy.world 15 points 6 hours ago (4 children)

I'm feeling pretty certain the dems will run Buttigieg. Feels like they've been prepping him for a while.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

They'll run Blinken.

[–] MathiasTCK@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago

I figured Newsom, Buttigieg perhaps as VP.

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[–] Kalysta@lemm.ee 66 points 9 hours ago (6 children)

Tim Walz unleashed would have won this.

He was hamstrug by Harris. He’s likely the dem’s best choice for 2028.

So of course they’ll run Newsome or Shapiro or Hillary Clinton again because they’re a bunch of idiots.

[–] demizerone@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago

The Democratic Party is finished, just like the GOP.

[–] isaaclw@lemmy.world 31 points 9 hours ago (4 children)

And Harris was hamstrung by Biden.

She could have been better.

[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world 20 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (3 children)

She is a cop. She dropped out in 15th place in the 2020 primary before she was embarrassed in her home state of California. They should have never ran her and that's why they didn't do a primary.

[–] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works -2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

They did do a primary and Biden/Harris won. They had opposition even if you were unaware of it.

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[–] PolydoreSmith@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Hey check out this hotshot over here with a long term memory! No, didn’t you hear she ran a perfect campaign they just couldn’t get enough celebrity endorsements…

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[–] Saleh@feddit.org 7 points 7 hours ago

Or she could have not played this game, that she willfully engaged in. Harris is the epitome of a career politician that rose through the ranks by doing what the party elites wanted her to do.

Once she was announced candidate, she had all the options to go for her own platform and grow a spine, if she has one. Also that is a quality that is crucial in a president, who wants to lead the supposedly most powerful country on earth.

And this shows, what the DNC wants. They dont want a strong leader. They want a puppet they can control. This is also why they were more than happy to have Biden go for another 4 years, not despite, but because of his declining mental state making him a great puppet.

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[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago

Pretty much any reasonable person unleashed by the Democratic party would have won.

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[–] bradd@lemmy.world 12 points 7 hours ago (2 children)
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[–] OccultIconoclast@reddthat.com 29 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (22 children)

Walz was great in 2024. He had enthusiasm and actually answered the interviewers' questions. I would have preferred the symbolic victory of a black woman president, but I like Walz better as an individual person. I think he could have won if he'd been the presidential candidate. Well, Harris won too, but I mean he could have won even with the voter suppression stealing all those democratic votes.

President Walz and Vice President Cortez is the future we need. But probably not the future we'll get.

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[–] drascus@sh.itjust.works 47 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Thinking there is going to be a real election in 2028 is the most optimistic thing I've heard in a while.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 15 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

There's going to be an election, or we're going to learn the meaning of "All enemies, foreign and domestic".

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[–] astutemural@midwest.social 217 points 15 hours ago (11 children)

The Harris campaign had to cover the governor’s tracks when he tripped up during a California fundraiser by stating that the constitutionally-mandated system used to select the president, otherwise known as the electoral college, “needs to go”.

How the hell is that a gaffe? It's both the truth and exactly what people want to hear. Any lib who thinks like that needs to kindly keep their mouths shut for the next four years. This country needs radical change, the only choice you get is which one you want.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 7 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

The pearl-clutching Tone Police in the Democratic Party are nothing if not exhausting, that's for sure.

The Republicans can and do say just about whatever the fuck they want, and that's sanewashed, and overlooked, and brushed under the rug, sometimes even celebrated, but the tone police in the "liberal media" and the left, and the Democratic Party itself will be there, wagging-finger at the ready, if some Democrat misses a semicolon .

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[–] rational_lib@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Anyone who failed to beat Trump has to go away. No exceptions.

[–] admin@sh.itjust.works 7 points 7 hours ago

If only Bernie wasn't so fucking old. AOC is your time to shine!

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