Tim Walz to launch national tour of town halls in Republican House districts | CNN Politics
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Tim Walz is headed back out on the road – this time, for a tour of House districts represented by Republicans, some of whom have stopped holding town halls amid the raucous receptions their colleagues have gotten across the country.

Summary

Minnesota Governor and former VP candidate Tim Walz is launching a town hall tour in Republican-held districts where representatives have stopped holding public events.

Starting in Iowa and Nebraska, he plans stops in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Ohio. Walz says he wants to amplify voter concerns about the Trump administration and Republican policies.

He denies using the tour to prepare for a national run, instead framing it as a way to keep Democrats engaged post-election.

His team has received hundreds of invitations from local leaders.

  • @[email protected]
    5•21 hours ago

    So here’s the important bit, I know where you’re coming from on this as dems have been courting the right by watering down their policies in an attempt to appeal to them. That’s not what Walz is doing, much like Bernie, he’s preaching the progressive ideals to the right to try and show them how and why it would actually benefit them, along with attempting to dispel republican lies.

    Also apologies on the tone of the original comment, I didn’t have enough time to explain and was just irritated.

    • @[email protected]
      1•17 hours ago

      No worries. I guess my point is that they’re overall such a small percent of the voting bloc. And what percentage of them could he sway? I’d be willing to bet not many at this point in time. Harris didn’t lose because Republicans didn’t vote for her, she lost because everyone else didn’t vote for her.

      • @[email protected]
        1•7 minutes ago

        There’s more of them that are willing to sway then you might think, as a lot of progressive policy ideas poll well with the majority of the population, it’s just that they buy into the bullshit they hear in media and such.

        Personally, I don’t need Bernie and Tim to explain their position to me, I know and agree on their positions already in a majority of cases, the reason a lot of dems didn’t show up for Harris is because her policies were essentially continue the status quo which is not what Americans, we want large scale change, Trump is a large scale change president, just not in the way the majority of republicans think/actually wanted.

        Barring the owner class, who are getting exactly what they wanted, but that is a small portion of republicans.

        Edit: There’s also the aspect of the perception of just “being a person you could chill with” that mainstream dems have been notoriously bad about. Meanwhile trump and co go on joe rogan and all the other brocasts and come off looking “normal.”

        Edit2: I was actually really excited For Walz when he was initially picked, and he was doing well but at a point it seems like a muzzle was thrown on him.