Minnesota’s Democratic Gov. Tim Walz has stepped into the void and is holding town halls in red districts where Republicans have been hiding from their constituents.
He is encouraged by what he’s seeing.
Walz discussed it all and more on MSNBC’s All In with Chris Hayes Tuesday night. “This is not performative resistance,” Walz told Hayes. “This is people really concerned and they’re telling their stories that are very personal, whether it’s Parkinson’s and depending on Medicaid or what’s happening with them at the VA. They’re telling those stories in front of their neighbors and it’s very raw. It’s a lot of emotion, but they’re very engaged.”
“There are a lot of folks saying, ‘None of this is what we voted for,’” Walz continued. “So, I think there is an awakening, if you will, of folks are really engaging in a way that i quite honestly haven’t seen.”
He added that his events seem quite different from rallies, “These are Tuesday nights in Lorain, where they’ve never had one, at a high school. They fill the auditorium and then they fill the gym. They’re not coming to see me. I’m coming to see them. and i think that’s what feels different.”
Walz said he wants to be “a calming presence” and provide facts, as he did during the pandemic and the George Floyd protests.
But this is a dire moment:
