The Democrats continue to flounder and stumble. The Party is in huge trouble.
And now the Failed VP Democrat candidate Tim Walz has finally confessed the truth about the Party.
Tim Walz Admits He Can Be A “Train Wreck”, But Because He Is “Speaking From The Heart”
Tim Walz, the Democratic governor of Minnesota, is emerging as a top contender for his party’s 2028 presidential nomination—and that’s a disaster in the making for Democrats. Fresh off a crushing defeat in the 2024 election cycle, the party is flailing to rediscover its footing, and Walz’s recent musings only expose the cracks in its foundation. In a candid interview with New York Magazine published Monday, Walz branded himself a “train wreck” at times, a self-assessment that might just stick as the Democrats grapple with their identity crisis.
“I think we’re cautious by nature,” Walz told the outlet, critiquing his party’s timid approach to reconnecting with voters. “And look, I said this and I told the vice president, I said I know my strengths and weaknesses. I said about 90% of the time, I can be really good, but about 10% of the time, I can be a train wreck because I’m speaking from the heart, like a teacher sitting in a teachers lounge or a laborer sitting at the break table.” It’s a folksy admission, sure, but it’s also a glaring red flag. A party desperate to rebuild its appeal can’t afford a leader who proudly touts his penchant for derailment, even if it’s only 10% of the time.
Walz’s take on the 2024 loss stings with irony. “I thought they would choose the district attorney and the teacher over the hedge-fund manager and the billionaire,” he said, referring to his ticket with Kamala Harris that crashed and burned against Donald Trump and his running mate. The voters didn’t just reject the teacher—they sent a clear message that the Democrats’ pitch isn’t landing.
Walz seems to sense this, pointing to a lack of ambition in the party’s messaging. “I don’t — look, the folks who voted for Trump are going to vote for Trump,” he said. “My biggest concern is the folks who stayed home. And that goes back to this idea of what the Democratic Party is, who’s standing with us, and ‘Who do I identify more with?’ Maybe we’re not aspirational.”
He’s onto something there, but his examples only deepen the problem. “I heard this from someone who said, ‘With Democratic go-to messages, basically to Black men, these Democratic politicians led with ‘We restored felon voting rights,’ and the Black men said, ‘But we’re not felons, we’re MBAs looking for capital,’” Walz recounted. “The restoration of felon voting rights is important — I did that in Minnesota — but it’s not aspirational. With Donald Trump, everything’s gold-plated and he’s hanging around with these stars, and I don’t know if we do enough of that.” It’s a damning contrast: Trump’s glitzy allure versus the Democrats’ dour fixation on niche policy wins. If Walz is the future, he’s already admitting the party’s stuck in the past.
Then there’s his defense of Harris, his 2024 running mate, who he claims never got the chance to shine. “Well, I won’t critique the campaign,” he told New York Magazine. “They need to do what they need to do, but I don’t think Vice President Harris got to be bold. We were dealing with a short runway. That was that one election. I think it would be foolish for us to take a ton of lessons from that because this has been going on for several cycles, certainly since 2016, that we are really struggling to broaden our appeal and energize folks.” It’s a polite dodge, but it doesn’t mask the reality: Harris flopped, and Walz was along for the ride. If he’s angling for 2028, he’s tying himself to a sinking ship while pretending the leaks started somewhere else.
Walz isn’t blind to the Democrats’ woes. At a March 27 town hall, part of his ongoing tour of red districts, he admitted the party’s “mess” stems from letting Republicans “define the issue” on divisive topics like diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and immigration. He’s right—Republicans have seized the narrative—but his solution seems to be more of the same: earnest chats and mea culpas.
Meanwhile, polls show Trump’s approval ratings climbing in his second term, while the Democratic brand languishes. Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin put it bluntly in a Feb. 18 memo: voters “now see the Republicans as the party of the working class and Democrats as the party of the elites.” That’s a death knell for a party once built on blue-collar roots, and Walz’s everyman shtick isn’t reversing the tide.
The governor’s already teasing a 2028 run, telling The New Yorker on March 2 he’d consider it if the “conditions” and his “skill set” align. But what skill set is that, exactly? The one where he’s a self-described train wreck? The one that couldn’t lift Harris to victory?
Walz may charm teachers’ lounges and labor break rooms, but the Democratic Party needs a juggernaut to claw back relevance—not a loose cannon who pines for aspiration while peddling yesterday’s playbook. If he’s the best they’ve got for 2028, the Democrats aren’t just timid—they’re toast.
Tim Walz is planning to run for president in 2028, which shows just how delusional he actually is. pic.twitter.com/35HIMxI7Rd
— Link Lauren (@itslinklauren) March 14, 2025
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