Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) is launching a national town hall tour in Republican districts to share how Americans can “fight back” against the Trump administration.
“There was just a primal scream of folks recognizing what’s going on with the Trump administration, their authoritarian tendencies, and what they viewed was a lack of a proper response from their representatives,” Walz told CNN. “It was about these Republican representatives recognizing this stuff’s really unpopular, so they’re going to quit the town halls. These folks need to be heard. They need to be heard, and to be candid with you, Democratic leadership needs to hear them.”
“I’m going to tell them that it doesn’t have to be this way,” he added, discussing the Trump administration’s efforts to end the Department of Education. “I’m going to say ways that they can mobilize to fight back, ways that I think are the most effective ways. And I fully expect them to tell me ways that they’re looking for.”
The governor said he will do “anything possible” to ensure Democrats win in 2028.
“I do not need to be on that ticket,” he said. “That’s not my pursuit here. My pursuit is that I am still in a position where I have a platform and I have some power to make a difference, and if 20 people show up that’s good by me because those 20 people are making a difference. This isn’t about drawing a crowd. I’ll go to states where it wouldn’t matter, but it matters to those people. And that’s what I’m going to do.”
Walz shared the development on X, writing, “I’m hitting the road, traveling to red states across the country to lend a megaphone to the people.”
“Your congressman may not want to listen, but they’re going to hear from us anyway,” he wrote.
