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https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/politics/tim-walz-national-tour-town-halls/index.htmlCNN
Tim Walz is headed back out on the road this time, for a tour of House districts represented by Republicans who have stopped holding in-person town halls amid the raucous receptions some of their colleagues have gotten across the country.
The Minnesota governor and 2024 vice presidential candidate will start on Friday in Iowa, in the district represented by Rep. Zach Nunn, then head across the border to Nebraska, for the district represented by Rep. Don Bacon both of whom won tight races for re-election last year. Walzs team is already planning stops in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Ohio for the coming weeks, with more stops expected to be added.
Given his national profile after his time on the Democratic ticket last year, Walz said he felt obligated to step up.
There was just a primal scream of folks recognizing whats going on with the Trump administration, their authoritarian tendencies, and what they viewed was a lack of a proper response from their representatives, he told CNN on Wednesday. It was about these Republican representatives recognizing this stuffs really unpopular, so theyre going to quit the town halls. These folks need to be heard. They need to be heard, and to be candid with you, Democratic leadership needs to hear them.
Walzs plans started with a post last week on X, responding to House Republican leaders who advised their colleagues to stop holding town halls. Republicans have accused those town halls of being packed with paid activists though those making such accusations havent provided any evidence or explanations of why Democratic members town halls have also been packed.
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MustLoveBeagles
(13,132 posts)msongs
(70,823 posts)flamingdem
(40,121 posts)Walz will be great!
hamsterjill
(15,682 posts)She was at the state capitol in Austin about a week ago. As many have said here, more Dems need to follow!
NJCher
(39,255 posts)was sheer genius. Wasn't that Bernie's idea?
Tim Walz: your country needs you. Thank you for being there!
MN2theMax
(1,871 posts)I am so glad that he has decided to run again for governor of MN. He is a gem!
Qutzupalotl
(15,282 posts)They can't deal with being unpopular, so they make excuses and repeat them, hoping to bend reality to their will. But it shows their vulnerability.
Bonx
(2,291 posts)bamagal62
(3,813 posts)Nanjeanne
(5,962 posts)theres potential to flip back. Bacons district was a tight race but Bacon held on for a fourth term. Would be great to pick that up as the D, Tony Vargas ran very closely.
I love seeing this.
pinkstarburst
(1,651 posts)WhiteTara
(30,582 posts)Louisiana, Mississippi. Hanging out in the upper mid west leaves the rest of us hanging.
Meowmee
(7,799 posts)Sogo
(6,074 posts)and only by six votes in the 2020 election. The six vote loser, the Democrat is now the head of the Iowa Democratic Party. It was the same Republican who won in both races, and she has become a Trumpster.
I wish Tim would come here.
ShazzieB
(19,760 posts)wendyb-NC
(4,135 posts)And a patriot. He's truly caring about the everyday people and wants to help their voices are heard.
BurnDoubt
(171 posts)Will they cede the field to Democrats? Or stand up like they should and take CREDIT for their swell ideas, or HIDE IN SHAME? "I never gave anybody hell. I just told the Truth, and they thought it was hell." Harry Truman took it to them. He knew that was how it is done. GO GET 'EM, Tim. Thank you!!!!!
tinrobot
(11,488 posts)I like that possibility.
Emile
(33,233 posts)Wiz Imp
(4,233 posts)Get a head start on name recognition and making a positive impression well ahead of the election.
Cha
(308,565 posts)SergeStorms
(19,487 posts)Or were they? 🤔 It's a moot point anyway.
They were 1,000,000 x better than The Big Orange Fascist Pig and the guy who bought him. 😡
jeffreyi
(2,314 posts)Held when the rep refuses to hold one. J
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