Governor Tim Walz

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Today, Explained · A Walz to Remember · 10 Mar 2025 podcast

Since 1892 in the congressional district where I was at, two Democrats won that seat. I got reelected in 2016 for the last time, and I had the same positions, whatever. Now, I'll acknowledge to you, it has shifted dramatically. I probably couldn't win that congressional district having the same positions. And what's happened with that is it eroded to the point where you don't have the crossover.

And As a governor, I can do things, and I don't want to hold up a bidding paddle when President Trump is lying about what the future's going to hold for us.

Well, I don't agree with it, and I don't agree with it in this, that, well, first, this idea that people need to feel the pain. I'm going to do all that I can as governor. What I said, it's going to be painful. But I said to my team is that we protect the most vulnerable and we protect our gains. That's what we're going to do.

Now, I know that what James is saying is when somebody's digging a hole, let them keep digging. Don't get in – I'm kind of the adage, especially with these guys, let's help them dig and get this hole done faster so people start flipping and we can start fixing this thing quicker. So I don't think just setting back and letting the policies that are go for it.

This isn't simple disagreement on tax rates, simple disagreement on how much we should do on defense spending versus domestic or whatever. This is an all out assault around Article 1 of the Constitution. Again, I don't want to overreact, but I said this last week and I stand by this. The road to authoritarianism is littered with people saying you're overreacting.

And I think that piece of it, of speaking out,

It doesn't work that way. But look, it was relationships. It was things that you could do. I'm not there, so this is second guessing. And again, if I'm criticizing anybody in Congress, they are rightfully to say, oh, says my son did this. And I'm giving him wisdom from a father. And in the middle of that wisdom lecture, he said, oh yeah, says the guy who got his ass kicked by Donald Trump.

And so I'm like, okay, fair enough. So I don't want to be the guy to lecture them But I don't think you give them a single vote on these unqualified members of the cabinet. And I think you make it clear that the American public, you're voting for them.

This is the really difficult question, and this is where it's going to sound like a bit contradictory on my part, this idea of not wanting people to suffer or whatever. This is one of those cases, though. This is their responsibility. Things like the debt ceiling, just to be very clear. Nobody, when your party has power, It's your responsibility to raise the debt ceiling.

And that's to pay the bills that have already been done. That's not increased spending. And every single time, people don't want to do that because it's like bad messaging. But you've got to do it. When Barack Obama needed to rise the debt ceiling, I voted to do that. So I'm part of doing that. I would argue we're in a different time in what's happening right now.

And I think if the Republicans can't pass a budget with the presidency, the House, and the Senate, You let them figure that part out. And if the government shuts down... Now, here's what I worry about is... I care deeply about the shutdown because it will have an impact. It will have an impact on states. I can only backfill so much.

But I think if you don't do that and if you give them the votes to pass this horrific budget just to avoid a shutdown, we're only prolonging the pain. We're gonna have to go through this and we're gonna have to get it done. So I would hope they make the Republicans pass this and own it. Have they done anything you liked?

That's a fair question, because I know, yeah, I don't want to be that guy. It sounds like there's plenty you don't like. Yeah, you're right. Man. Okay, two things. And especially today. Two things. Two things. I'll mention this. Especially today, tonight. I think I come down on Trump's side on Daylight Savings Time. So he started talking about that. I'll give you that. Someone over there, too.

I'll give you that one. So I'm pretty fiscally conservative. So here's the thing. I heard Donald Trump talk about this, and I'm with him. I think we should get rid of the penny. I think it's outlived its thing. So, yeah, the world's melting down around us, but Donald and I are solving the penny crisis. So... I am bipartisan.

Were you stunned? Yeah, and I tell you this, when you're in this business, you've got to be just... you know, steely eyed and cold hearted about where things are at. I, I spent my time in about seven swing States and, and felt like I was getting down to where folks were at. Um, obviously not.

And I think the soul searching that comes with that is, is why did our message about focusing on the middle class, expanded healthcare, uh, Medicare hope for home healthcare work, uh,

Environmental issues why did that not work because it felt like to me that it was resonating and it did not and we didn't and I think the team around me said this Will either win all seven or we'll lose all seven on this I think that they thought because it was these things are so nationalized now that it didn't matter. I'm in I

Lancaster Pennsylvania talking to folks are up in Erie or you're in Waukesha in Wisconsin the national narrative over the top of that was going to drive it and it felt like we were there and I you know drinking my own Kool-Aid or whatever and that's on me I said I own that you've been doing soul searching is there one thing you wish you could take back or are there you know a half dozen or so if there's one thing you could take back or do over what do you think it would be

One thing I will not take back is when I said he was skipping like a dipshit. I own it. I own that. I'm not taking it back. I'm not taking that back. Yeah, I think I would have taken back getting myself sucked into the conversation around what was happening in Springfield, Ohio. And it hit me on the heartstring on this. And look, I know my weaknesses on this. I am a sucker.

If somebody's nice to me, I'll be nice to them type of thing. This one was, it so struck me like... that they were saying this about people, that I was in like a three or four day debate making my case that this is not happening in Springfield, Ohio. And every time I was saying that, we were talking about Springfield, Ohio and immigration.

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