Summary
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Kamala Harris’s running mate, suffered a personal setback in the 2024 election as he lost his home county, Blue Earth, to President-elect Donald Trump.
Trump won 49.6% of the vote there, while Harris received 48.3%, marking a symbolic defeat for Walz, who built his political career in the area.
Walz, a former teacher and congressman known for his moderate stance, had previously turned a Republican seat Democratic and won Minnesota’s governorship by a large margin in 2018.
His campaign faced challenges, including scrutiny over past statements about military service, which the Trump campaign leveraged as a “Stolen Valor” issue.
Fucking brutal.
I mean wow. The hometown hero plays before an empty arena.
The hits really keep coming today
I’m not even lying yall I just got home and cried for a while sitting in the work van
I also looked at some guns today
This is rough
Edit: I feel I should make it clear, I’m not a risk to myself or anyone, I’m just fucking terrified
We should have just turned the convention into a mini-primary, like Obama wanted. Maybe this was the reason why he was so hesitant to endorse Kamala. He wanted her to earn it because thats how you get people to vote for you.
Jesus christ someone couldn’t have just pushed Biden down some stairs in like, February? Not like a bunch, but maybe 3-4? Just enough for us to have had some kind of testing of the candidates?
It’s mind-blowing how badly the DNC fucked this all up. They learned nothing from history, theirs or their opponent’s. If that party doesn’t actually crumble as a result of this, both from internal and external pressures, I’ll be amazed.
I’m so angry. And scared. All at once. Just miserable really.
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Don’t kill yourself
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If you decide to buy a gun, I suggest a 1911, they’re fun to shoot!
So, I hear you, but who do you think would’ve outperformed Harris? And don’t say someone more progressive, because the battleground states would just be that much redder.
how is it possible for every piece of news to keep getting worse
This isn’t even news. Walz is from a deeply red area of the state. There was basically a 0% chance they went blue.
If people knew what Blue Earth is like, this wouldn’t be surprising.
Yep, sure we’ve got Mankato, but there’s a reason he was the first democrat elected to congress in forever from CD 1.
I’m really wondering if there’s been election interference from GOP agents. Republicans are known for projecting, so I wouldn’t be surprised.
We’re morons manipulated into voting against their interests, securing the election for Trump? Absolutely. Unfortunately though, he won the votes fair and square. Democrats sucked at messaging, voters sucked at being decent fucking humans. Now we all get to enjoy the consequences of their psychopathy.
Fat worthless failure
Down vote all you want. They fucked up and now we are going to die.