Vice President Kamala Harris's running mate lost his home county to President-elect Donald Trump.

Summary

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Kamala Harris’s running mate, suffered a personal setback in the 2024 election as he lost his home county, Blue Earth, to President-elect Donald Trump.

Trump won 49.6% of the vote there, while Harris received 48.3%, marking a symbolic defeat for Walz, who built his political career in the area.

Walz, a former teacher and congressman known for his moderate stance, had previously turned a Republican seat Democratic and won Minnesota’s governorship by a large margin in 2018.

His campaign faced challenges, including scrutiny over past statements about military service, which the Trump campaign leveraged as a “Stolen Valor” issue.

  • A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world
    542·
    18 days ago

    It’s mind-blowing how badly the DNC fucked this all up. They learned nothing from history, theirs or their opponent’s. If that party doesn’t actually crumble as a result of this, both from internal and external pressures, I’ll be amazed.

    I’m so angry. And scared. All at once. Just miserable really.

    • Buffalox@lemmy.world
      391·
      18 days ago

      If that party doesn’t actually crumble as a result of this, both from internal and external pressures, I’ll be amazed.

      Oh the Irony, this is exactly what I thought would happen to the Republicans.

      • A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world
        15·
        18 days ago

        We could hope but the fact is, the right wing in America is organized and the left just isn’t. Evangelical conservatives have been working for this for years, and it’s gotten them results - no Republicans would give up power to voice their actual dissent meaningfully. They bought the ticket, they’re taking the ride.

        The Democrats are just a flimsy mishmash of corrupt manipulators. They haven’t had a coherent plan for ages. And now, they’ve got nothing, and a man is about to retake office who’s threatened to use the State against his political opponents.

        If I were a top Democrat right now, I’d be thinking real hard about whether the party even has a future, long-term.

        • kablammy@sh.itjust.works
          4·
          18 days ago

          If I were a top Democrat, I’d be thinking real hard about whether it is going to be safe to stay in the country.