Governor Tim Walz
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a high school teacher with no connections, no political experience, if I wouldn't have been able to go to Worthington, Minnesota and meet a woman named Deb Hokanson, who already knew how to organize a little get together and put me in front of 40 people and let me give my little speech. That's what the party was supposed to do.
a high school teacher with no connections, no political experience, if I wouldn't have been able to go to Worthington, Minnesota and meet a woman named Deb Hokanson, who already knew how to organize a little get together and put me in front of 40 people and let me give my little speech. That's what the party was supposed to do.
My job was to hear and reflect from them and then take our values and vote for them. And I think we've gotten ourselves in this bind where we think there's going to be one person. Now, I want to be very clear about this. It doesn't excuse any of us for not being organized, coordinated, thoughtful, delivering a unified message. And by the way, Tim, we're not doing that.
My job was to hear and reflect from them and then take our values and vote for them. And I think we've gotten ourselves in this bind where we think there's going to be one person. Now, I want to be very clear about this. It doesn't excuse any of us for not being organized, coordinated, thoughtful, delivering a unified message. And by the way, Tim, we're not doing that.
My job was to hear and reflect from them and then take our values and vote for them. And I think we've gotten ourselves in this bind where we think there's going to be one person. Now, I want to be very clear about this. It doesn't excuse any of us for not being organized, coordinated, thoughtful, delivering a unified message. And by the way, Tim, we're not doing that.
And you know, we're not doing that.
And you know, we're not doing that.
And you know, we're not doing that.
Yeah, we're not a caucus. But and again, our our. The folks who are out there, whether on social media or the folks at the local coffee shop or whatever, they want us to have a unified message. And here's where I really think they've missed in D.C. on this. It does feel to me that despite those numbers, the Democratic Party is unified. They're unified in being pissed off at the Democratic Party.
Yeah, we're not a caucus. But and again, our our. The folks who are out there, whether on social media or the folks at the local coffee shop or whatever, they want us to have a unified message. And here's where I really think they've missed in D.C. on this. It does feel to me that despite those numbers, the Democratic Party is unified. They're unified in being pissed off at the Democratic Party.
Yeah, we're not a caucus. But and again, our our. The folks who are out there, whether on social media or the folks at the local coffee shop or whatever, they want us to have a unified message. And here's where I really think they've missed in D.C. on this. It does feel to me that despite those numbers, the Democratic Party is unified. They're unified in being pissed off at the Democratic Party.
And they are unified in that Donald Trump's policies are going to hurt people. So I would argue, Gavin, that there's an argument in here. And then I'm going to I'm going to. I like him a lot and I think he's right. I think Ezra Klein is giving us a bit of a roadmap here.
And they are unified in that Donald Trump's policies are going to hurt people. So I would argue, Gavin, that there's an argument in here. And then I'm going to I'm going to. I like him a lot and I think he's right. I think Ezra Klein is giving us a bit of a roadmap here.
And they are unified in that Donald Trump's policies are going to hurt people. So I would argue, Gavin, that there's an argument in here. And then I'm going to I'm going to. I like him a lot and I think he's right. I think Ezra Klein is giving us a bit of a roadmap here.
We blindly say all of our democratic institutions and our government institutions are unquestionably working as well as they should. We open it up. We should be striving to do things better. We should acknowledge. I'm trying to do it here in Minnesota. I'm not going to cut
We blindly say all of our democratic institutions and our government institutions are unquestionably working as well as they should. We open it up. We should be striving to do things better. We should acknowledge. I'm trying to do it here in Minnesota. I'm not going to cut
We blindly say all of our democratic institutions and our government institutions are unquestionably working as well as they should. We open it up. We should be striving to do things better. We should acknowledge. I'm trying to do it here in Minnesota. I'm not going to cut
you know safeguards around permitting but i will be the first to acknowledge it takes us too long to permit projects there you go and it it bogs down systems and i started you know we have to bring people in who look you're gonna you're gonna cater to corporate interests or whatever no i'm trying to make it easier to build a solar field and be able to get that out there i'm trying to make it easier for somebody to bring in a new business but not sacrifice
you know safeguards around permitting but i will be the first to acknowledge it takes us too long to permit projects there you go and it it bogs down systems and i started you know we have to bring people in who look you're gonna you're gonna cater to corporate interests or whatever no i'm trying to make it easier to build a solar field and be able to get that out there i'm trying to make it easier for somebody to bring in a new business but not sacrifice
you know safeguards around permitting but i will be the first to acknowledge it takes us too long to permit projects there you go and it it bogs down systems and i started you know we have to bring people in who look you're gonna you're gonna cater to corporate interests or whatever no i'm trying to make it easier to build a solar field and be able to get that out there i'm trying to make it easier for somebody to bring in a new business but not sacrifice