Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz admitted to Vice President Kamala Harris that he can sometimes be a “train wreck” in how he communicates during a recent interview.
Walz, who has been campaigning in Republican districts nationwide, had a conversation with New York Magazine’s Intelligencer about his reflections on the 2024 election. He believed that Harris and the campaign were not bold enough and likely too cautious due to time constraints.
He cited his own shortcomings and how he cautioned Harris about them before the campaign.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz disclosed his communication weaknesses to Vice President Kamala Harris, speaking candidly. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)
“I think we’re cautious by nature,” Walz said. “And look, I said this, and I told the vice president, I said I know my strengths and weaknesses. I said about 90 percent of the time, I can be really good, but about 10 percent of the time, I can be a train wreck because I’m speaking from the heart, like a teacher sitting in a teachers’ lounge or a laborer sitting at the break table.”
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He lamented, “I thought they would choose the district attorney and the teacher over the hedge-fund manager and the billionaire.”
Walz came under fire during the election for several false and misleading statements about his military experience as well as several gaffes along the campaign trail.
Within the interview itself, Intelligencer politics reporter Daniel Strauss had to issue a correction to one of Walz’s comments after he appeared to claim President Donald Trump advocated for “terrorists.”
Walz has faced criticism for his verbal slip-ups on the campaign trail. (Getty Images)
“Critics keep saying, ‘Well, you’ve got to message better to them.’ Well, I’m not going to demonize immigrants, and I’m not going to advocate for terrorists [after the interview, a spokesman said Walz was referring to defending Vladimir Putin and foreign dictators], and I’m not going to do a White-power thing. I’m not going to get rid of saying, ‘Our diversity is our strength,’” the transcript read.
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As recently as March, Walz made what many considered another blunder when he mocked Elon Musk for Tesla’s stock value dropping despite more than one million Minnesotans owning Tesla shares in their retirement funds.
“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 at a Wisconsin town hall. “And if you own one, we’re not blaming you. You can take dental floss and pull the Tesla thing off.”
The Intelligencer’s Daniel Strauss corrected one of Walz’s answers in his transcript of their interview. (REUTERS/Mike Segar)
Walz later clarified that he was only joking.
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