Summary

Former vice presidential nominee Tim Walz criticized Trump for economic chaos while taking personal responsibility for the situation during an MSNBC interview.

“We wouldn’t be in this mess if we’d have won the election — and we didn’t,” Walz told Chris Hayes. He called Trump the “worst possible business executive” and praised the Wall Street Journal’s editorial criticizing Trump’s tariff war.

Walz emphasized Democrats must offer something better, not just criticize Trump. Recently, he acknowledged a leadership void in the Democratic Party and admitted spending too much time combatting Trump’s false claims about immigrants.

    • @[email protected]
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      582 months ago

      Exactly, and it’s the third time we’ve been betrayed like this.

      Not going after the Bush administration.

      Not going after the subprime mortgage architects.

      Not going after Trump.

      Three times, they’ve had the easiest of layups for public approval of all time and they’ve consistently fucked it up.

      • @[email protected]
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        212 months ago

        It’s not really a fuck up when they did it deliberately. Their priorities are in the wrong place because it’s an oligarchy.

        • @[email protected]
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          202 months ago

          Seeing liberal’s repeatedly stumble in stopping anyone to the right, but having the fangs come out the moment they need to protect themselves from the left really shows that it’s not failure, it’s refusal.

          • @[email protected]
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            32 months ago

            I see the same from the left though. Great criticism… of other leftists. Then defending authoritarian shitholes with dictators, like Russia. Makes no sense to me, it’s just tribalism.

            • @[email protected]
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              52 months ago

              Are you comparing the political actions of the only ostensibly anti-fascist party in the US to the leftist infighting of posters online? Try organizing with leftists outside and you might be able to see the difference.

              • @[email protected]
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                12 months ago

                It’s kinda difficult to criticise those in power from the left when there aren’t any. Is there even 1 communist politician in th UK or america?

                People, including us now, talk online and share their views. I’m sure the same would play out in person as it does online. Maybe luckily, some political ideologies seem to ban any criticism by banning anyone from their spaces who aren’t on board with their agenda. So that at least saves on talking to people who aren’t interested in talking to others, only pushing their propaganda.

            • NoneOfUrBusiness
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              72 months ago

              That’s a false dichotomy. There are more political ideologies left of center than status quo liberalism and tankism. Most leftists are very much critical of Russia, because it’s an imperialist capitalist dictatorship.

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                22 months ago

                I hope so! I mean the left should be united against Russia but that’s not what I’m seeing, sadly.

    • @[email protected]
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      62 months ago

      Or at least the second the supreme court said whatever the president does is legal as long as it’s an “official act”.

    • Pumpkin Escobar
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      252 months ago

      Amen. 4 years to build a case? January 6th, spend 6-12 months and file charges. What the fuck were they doing for 4 years?

    • @[email protected]
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      12 months ago

      The Oligarchy will never convict one of their own. For four years, I said it was the dog and pony show. And in the end, nothing will happen to Trump. Here we are.