The Minnesota governor unexpectedly announced this month that he wouldn’t run for re-election.
Walz had said this month that he would not seek re-election as governor — sending shock waves through state and national politics — but he did not go so far as to say he would not consider another elected position down the line.
In explaining his decision Wednesday, Walz talked about the scenes unfolding in Minneapolis between residents and federal officers. He said he found that there are “heroes on the streets that we don’t know their names.”
“They’re never going to run for office, and those grass-tops leaders brought this administration to their knees this week to do something about it. So there’s other ways to serve, and I’ll find them,” he said.
These two lines literally contradict each other… Who the fuck wrote this? Which one is correct, because they can’t both be?
The paragraph right before says, on Wednesday, he told MSNOW that he wouldn’t run for office again.
The me that you highlighted is something he said earlier this month.
So, he wasn’t running for gov earlier this month, but didn’t say if we would run for something else. Now, he says he won’t run for an elected office ever again.
— I didn’t notice this when I first read it. You pointed out the wording so I had to go back and read it very carefully to catch all that. It’s definitely written in an odd way and is confusing.
Its a little confusing. At the start of the month he said he’s not running for gov again but would consider other elected offices. Now he is saying hes not running for any elected offices. Reading the full article clears it up.
Too bad. He’s been a pretty good governor. Especially there for Minnesotans when they need him.
Get Jesse Ventura back, he’s been threatening to return to governor. Get him before he becomes too old.
Yes. Long live the gerontocracy.
Has he? Seriously. Last election people kept saying he was returning to run for president as the Green Candidate but as it turned out it was other people that simply wanted him to return as the Green Presidential candidate and were acting as if it were true. He went so far as to publicly declare that he was not going to run for president. Still, every couple of days I saw someone new that said they thought he was gonna be the Green candidate again.
I feel like a ton of comment in this room are missing the point. Him choosing to not run changes the calculus for how he handles the rest of his term and where he puts his efforts.
Endorsing someone else takes significantly less effort than running for reelection yourself and it makes the opposition have to do actual work rather than just pointing at his recent failings.
Politically/tactically this is a pretty good move, especially as like others have pointed out, he has given someone else a lot of runway to put a campaign together.
He is probably also personally a factor in the admin targeting Minnesota. Trump/MAGA was really, really outraged by his “weird” shtick during the campaign. Removing himself could be seen as Trump “winning”, and now MAGA is wondering why ICE is still fucking up a state purged of its corruption.
It’s a good move but also makes his current weak actions towards the fraud smear campaign AND ice killings
I’m not going to say I was Waltz’s biggest fan when he was on the national stage but seemed solid to me and his handling of the Republican attempts at civil war and making the statement he made to get the hell out of the way for new leadership and not cling onto power unlike a lot of his other collogues garners a lot more of my respect.
I hope he follows on his word to help those new leaders and fosters actual change in the party that needs change and a spine.
Walz*
He seems like a nice guy and says some good things. Sounds like he was an okay governor. That is, until he refused to protect the citizens of his state from a gang of marauding masked murders. Fuck that guy. We need much better.
Good. He is peacetime material, not fit to protect a state from fascism.
i’m trying to upvote harder… i’m so glad to read this.
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Go home ur drunk
ITT: people failing reading comprehension.
A strong or vocal leader can embolden a populace.
strong or vocal leader
Is that how you perceive him?
Yes, as a Minnesotan that is how I percieve him. It takes a lot to run for VP knowing it’s a longshot, and knowing you’ll likely lose your political career for it
As long as we’re asking leading, loaded questions…
Are you from Minnesota?
What a strange question. Filled with intent
I wonder if this has anything to do with his “productive” meeting with Trump
Nobody cares
The article headline is confusing…
I had wondered whether he was going to consider a presidential run, which this part leaves somewhat open:
About 18 months earlier, Walz was thrust into the national spotlight when Vice President Kamala Harris picked him as her running mate in the 2024 election. Walz had repeatedly said — even before 2024 — that he was considering a future presidential bid, but he had said he would rule out a 2028 run if he sought re-election as governor.
So he might be seriously considering a 2028 presidential run… Walz and Ocasio-Cortez anyone?
Are you fucking serious?
Unless this fucking guy starts arresting ICE officers now, fuck no.
Good.
I’d argue that he should even announce intent to resign, but stay in office till a special election can seat a new governor.
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Lead
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Follow
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Get out of the way
“Hang out and chill” not being an option was a lesson even President Not Sure had to learn…
If he doesn’t have it in him to fight, I respect him getting out of the way. But announcing an intent to get out of the way later and preventing anyone else from leading is a bitch move
Can you substantiate your assertion he “doesn’t have it in him to fight” and that he intends to, “hang out and chill”?
Can you substantiate your assertion he “doesn’t have it in him to fight”
His lack of action
and that he intends to, “hang out and chill”?
That when he finally acted, it was to deploy the NG to hand out doughnuts and pacify protestors who are justifiably angry.
What do you think we gain by him staying in office?
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To be honest good. The way he folded on every single one of the things he claimed to believe in during his run for VP turned me off to every wanting to see him hold significant power.
This man is a fake progressive bootlicker of the state. Sent in the National Guard to protect people brutalizing and executing his citizens. A feckless waste of space.
I anticipate down votes because the liberals are going to talk about some modest reforms he got in place. But did any of the systems actually change? Do you trust someone who is letting you get murdered in the streets to run your state? I expect pearl clutching by liberals at my statement but the deference to this man should be killed now. He is not your ally. He does not care about you.
Head line is a lie.
but he did not go so far as to say he would not consider another elected position down the line.
“I will never run for an elected office again. Never again,” Walz, the 2024 Democratic vice presidential nominee, said in an interview with MS NOW.
The context of the line you quoted was from earlier
Walz had said this month that he would not seek re-election as governor — sending shock waves through state and national politics — but he did not go so far as to say he would not consider another elected position down the line.
God damn. I hate all of these upvotes to wrong information. 30 upvotes to the guy who called it a lie, despite it being the first line in the article. Another dozen to posts speculating that he said it earlier.
The quote is from an interview from last night where he also talked about the attack on Omar.
The interviewer even replied “never again?” And he reiterated “never again.”
He called himself a lightning rod for political attack from the right due to running with Kamala, and he didn’t want his people to be punished for it.
Wait - Am I the one you think speculated he said it before?
I just quoted the article saying he had said he wouldn’t run before but hadn’t said at the time he would never run for office and that OP took their quote out of context
No, sorry, not intended at you. I meant to reply to the lie comment. Sorry!
No problem - I didn’t take it that way at first but then I sat down to eat and looked at the thread at large and just wasn’t sure.
I do think my original comment could have been worded more clearly so maybe I was just feeling guilty 😅
Wow, one year of fascism and you are backing down?
Edit: doesnt matter if he is gonna run “down the line”. The matter is this was too scary for him.
