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“Our leadership’s not going to be the charismatic D.C. leader or whatever. It’s going to be the person who’s reading the room the best of where these people are at,” Walz told CNN.
What that “reading” seems to involve is using red-leaning communities as props in a political audition. And his act is already falling flat—even with his own party.
Some Democrats are cringing at Walz’s desperate attempt to reinvent himself. According to CNN, one Democrat lawmaker from a Trump-won district didn’t mince words when describing Walz’s political value.
“Progressive donors and consultants loved the Coach Walz persona, but it didn’t actually land with the rural voters and men it was designed to win over,” the lawmaker admitted. “I think it looked like a performance trying to distract from the Biden record he and Harris never distanced themselves from.”
Even worse? The party’s own star recruits are avoiding Walz like the plague. A rising Democrat hopeful skipped one of Walz’s events in a red district that the party is desperate to flip in the midterms.
“There were Democrats who won over Trump voters to win their races and will again in the future, but Tim, it’s time for you to go home. This red district tourism is giving all the wrong signals to the voters you lost,” the same Democrat added.
The message from within the party is loud and clear: Walz is yesterday’s news.
True to form, Walz stirred controversy almost immediately during his tour. At one stop, he tried to score points by mocking Tesla stock prices, only to face backlash from voters and Democrats alike.
“Some of you know this. On the iPhone, they’ve got that little stock app. I added Tesla to it to give me a little boost during the day — $225 and dropping,” Walz said. “And if you own one, we’re not blaming you. You can take dental floss and pull the Tesla thing off.”
He later backpedaled, claiming it was just a joke. But the damage was already done. Tone-deaf comments like this are exactly why many in his party wish he’d stay in political exile.
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Despite the backlash, Walz hasn’t ruled out a presidential run. While he says he hasn’t decided whether to run for a third term as governor, he’s openly flirting with a bigger prize.
CNN reported that “sources close to Walz said a Presidential bid in 2028 wasn’t off the table.” And when asked about supporting Kamala Harris again, Walz left the door wide open.
He said he would feel “a sense of allegiance” to support Kamala if she ran for President again in 2028.
That alone is raising eyebrows, considering Harris’s popularity has plummeted and her last campaign was an embarrassment.
Tim Walz may be trying to claw his way back into national relevance—but from the looks of it, his own party wants to change the locks.
