It's sometimes hard to believe that this rube was one wayward coconut to the dome of Kamala Harris away from being the leader of the free world. But alas, here we are.
Former vice presidential candidate Tim Walz (D) emerged from the shadows for his first nationally televised interview with MSNBC host Rachel Maddow.
And it seems Tim has a case of the sads. The Minnesota Governor lamented about losing the election and related to the feeling of "fatigue" amongst supporters when it comes to that loss.
He acknowledged that fighting back against President Donald Trump is a problematic venture right now.
"You know that overused term, ‘The frog in the boiling water?’ We've been in the damn pot way too long," Walz said, using a weird apologue that is definitely not used very often. "I think it is speaking up. It's thinking about your neighbors. It's writing and putting those members of Congress – look, there is no spine amongst those folks – but this is real."
"To the voters, I'm with this too. Everybody's fatigued. Trust me, I get it," he told Maddow. "It was pure hell, and the disappointment and the frustration, and I'm, you know, soul-searching – what could we have done to make the case? Because we knew this was coming."
"We knew the implication. And they're throwing so much at us that we're fatigued."
Soak that all in for a moment. Watch Walz's facial expressions as Maddow mentions Vice President JD Vance's name. Trump's name. The need to take a deep breath, close the eyes for just a moment, and collect his thoughts before he answers the question.
That is a defeated man. And he's advising Democrats on how not to feel so ... defeated.
Walz then proceeded to prove he's learned nothing since he and Kamala got utterly smoked in the election. Learned nothing about how the American people roundly rejected the messaging from Democrats and the media that everyone who disagrees with them is a Nazi.
The governor casually gave fuel to the media-fueled hoax that X CEO Elon Musk gave a Nazi salute during a post-inaugural speech
"You know, we spent three days, you know, debating ... trying to debate that President Musk gave a Nazi salute — of course he did!" Walz claimed.
As is often the case with these media smears (see Russia collusion, Charlottesville), the story has been thoroughly debunked. Musk gave a speech at Trump’s inauguration in which he spoke about giving his heart to the people, then gestured by placing a hand on his chest and motioning out to the crowd.
Naturally, the media decided this was a Nazi salute because that is all they see anywhere they look. Even
the ADL looked at the hoax being perpetuated and said, "Yeah, no."
If you haven't seen it, the gesture looked remarkably similar to this ...
After taking the bait on the distraction, Walz urged Democrats and their voters, "Don't take the bait on the distractions."
"Surround yourself with people who understand this, and recognize the things they went after today are basically a big chunk of what society does, and people like to have clean water, and hospitals, and safety, and roads, and airports, all the things that they are going after," he advised.
"We have to find that voice. We have to push back. We have to be organized."
Maybe grab yourself a tall glass of wine and go
share loser stories with Hillary Clinton, even.
Pushing back apparently amounts to still calling your political adversaries Nazis and fighting through a case of the sads after being thoroughly beaten down by Trump and the Republicans. Walz's interview comes off more like an open therapy session between him and Maddow than it does a motivational message.
This is no surprise, of course. Immediately following the election, Walz conducted interviews with local outlets in Minnesota, and he seemed genuinely perplexed as to why he and Harris lost. ("Genuinely perplexed" should have been their campaign slogan).
In an interview
with KSTP-TV, Walz indicated that he truly thought the momentum was on their side heading into Election Day. Why? Because their rallies were absolute bangers.
“It felt like at the rallies, at the things I was going to, the shops I was going in, that the momentum was going our way, and it obviously wasn’t at the end,” the Governor said. “So yeah, I was a little surprised. I thought we had a positive message, and I thought the country was ready for that.”
It's clear he still doesn't get that framing your opponents as Hitler doesn't work. So yeah, the next four years are going to be more "pure hell" for tiny Tim.
Get your popcorn out.
