Summary
Minnesota Governor and former VP candidate Tim Walz is launching a town hall tour in Republican-held districts where representatives have stopped holding public events.
Starting in Iowa and Nebraska, he plans stops in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Ohio. Walz says he wants to amplify voter concerns about the Trump administration and Republican policies.
He denies using the tour to prepare for a national run, instead framing it as a way to keep Democrats engaged post-election.
His team has received hundreds of invitations from local leaders.
I think it’s clear that democrats need to hack those engagement systems. I think they can do that without lying or abandoning policy. The means (propaganda and mass communication) may be part of the message, but the message can still be truthful “we want to actually help you and the other guys don’t.”
My “this is the way” comment above was about setting a narrative and the only way to do that is a direct line of communication with these rural red areas. Because they will never hear anything positive about a left candidate through their Fox News, curated Facebook, and other algorithmic feeds. So it’s actually necessary to break the stranglehold GOP messaging has on these areas.