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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat, called connected his chap Democrats connected Saturday to "be a small meaner" and basal up to President Donald Trump, who helium described arsenic a "bully."
Walz, a 2024 vice statesmanlike candidate, was the keynote talker astatine a Democratic Party authorities normal successful Columbia, South Carolina, wherever helium took jabs astatine the Republican president and sought to energize his party's activists.
"Maybe it's clip for america to beryllium a small meaner, a small spot much fierce, due to the fact that we person to ferociously propulsion backmost connected this," Walz told the assemblage successful the Palmetto State.
The remark came aft helium said helium had been accused of being "mean" erstwhile helium threw disapproval successful caller months astatine Trump medication officials, including billionaire Elon Musk, who has since near his relation successful the national government.
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz called connected his chap Democrats to "be a small meaner" and "bully the s–-t retired of" President Donald Trump. (AP)
"The happening that bothers a teacher much than thing is to ticker a bully," Walz, a erstwhile schoolteacher, said. "And erstwhile it's a child, you speech to them and you archer them wherefore bullying is wrong."
"But erstwhile it's an big similar Donald Trump, you bully the s–-t retired of him backmost ... This is simply a ... cruel man," the politician added.
The Minnesota Democrat besides criticized Trump arsenic a "wannabe dictator" and an "existential threat."
"Donald Trump is the existential menace that we knew was coming," Walz said, noting that, for Democrats, "it is going to beryllium a challenging fewer years here."
"We’ve got the guts and we request to person it to propulsion backmost connected the bullies and the greed," helium said.
Walz besides appeared Friday night, on with Maryland Democrat Gov. Wes Moore, astatine the party’s fundraising meal and after-party food fry hosted by South Carolina Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn. Walz and Moore are connected a agelong database of imaginable 2028 statesmanlike candidates who person been traveling to early-voting states, though the Maryland politician said he would not tally for the White House successful the adjacent predetermination cycle.
Gov. Tim Walz criticized Trump arsenic a "wannabe dictator" and an "existential threat." (Getty Images)
"I privation to beryllium clear: We tin and we indispensable condemn Donald Trump’s reckless actions. But we would besides beryllium foolish not to larn from his impatience," Moore said successful his remarks.
"Donald Trump doesn’t request a survey to dismantle ideology oregon usage the Constitution similar a proposition box. Donald Trump doesn’t request a achromatic insubstantial to commencement arbitrary commercialized wars that rise the outgo of virtually everything successful our lives," helium added.
The events gave the 2 governors the accidental to trial retired their messages successful beforehand of hundreds of Democrats successful the authorities that has agelong held the South's Democratic statesmanlike superior and, past year, kicked disconnected the party's nominating calendar entirely.
State enactment seat Christale Spain has said she volition renew the statement to support the state’s fig 1 presumption successful the adjacent cycle, though nationalist enactment organizations person not settled their 2028 calendars yet and enactment officials successful Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada are besides looking to spell first.
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Gov. Tim Walz took jabs astatine Trump and sought to energize Democratic Party activists. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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Just arsenic helium did connected Friday night, Walz praised his chap Democrats successful his code connected Saturday for having the "courage" to support warring successful a mostly Republican state, wherever Democrats person not won a statewide predetermination successful astir 2 decades and lone clasp 1 legislature seat.
"Damnit, we should beryllium capable to person immoderate amusive and beryllium joyful," Walz said. "We've got the guts and we request to person it to propulsion backmost connected the bullies and the greed."
Walz has not officially said if helium volition question a 3rd word arsenic politician successful 2026, but acknowledges helium is considering it. He has besides fixed mixed signals connected a imaginable 2028 statesmanlike run.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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