This Tim Walz Thing Is Starting To Get Weird

Posted • April 7, 2025: After suffering one of the most embarrassing defeats during a presidential election in history, Tim Walz has decided the best strategy is to pretend like it never happened. Instead of taking a break from national politics and serving his constituents as Governor of Minnesota, Walz has decided to cosplay as the Democrat Party's new hope. He's been holding events in various swing states, awkwardly gyrating and strutting for adoring crowds of what appear to be mostly retirees, proclaiming himself as a fighter who can "stand up" to President Donald Trump. To hear him tell it, the energy is palpable. He's building a movement, in his own mind at least. —— Tim Walz @Tim_Walz: “Youngstown can’t get their Congressman to host a town hall, but they’re standing up and making their voices heard anyway. You can bet he’ll hear them all the way in Washington.”

Did any members of the press bother to ask Walz why he's in Ohio on a Monday nearly four years before the next presidential election? What is this even supposed to be? Does Minnesota not need its governor to be present? Walz is like the dude who shows up to the party, drinks way too much, and then refuses to leave at the end of the night. It may have been a little funny at first, but now it's just getting really weird. What is this self-promoted movement even supposed to be, and more importantly, who is asking for it? Regarding that question, we may have an answer. A new poll came out which asked Democrats who they see as the leader of their party. Unsurprisingly, Kamala Harris took first, though only by a hair, followed by Barack Obama and Sen. Corey Booker (D-NJ), who just got done with a record-setting filibuster that no one paid attention to. Where did Walz place? He tied for last place. (…)

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