Walz questions why working-class people would support Trump as he seeks to court rural voters
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz questioned why working-class voters might support former President Donald Trump during a rally in Superior, Wisconsin, on Saturday, while relating to fellow Democrats in exasperation over “friends, neighbors, family” who support Trump’s policy proposals.
The Democratic vice presidential nominee, whose brother and distant cousins have expressed support for Trump, laid out conversations he’s had with voters about why they support the Republican nominee.
“We all deal with it, friends, neighbors, family. ‘Oh, I like Donald Trump. You know, I don’t really like how he swears and gets convicted of felonies and found liable for assaulting women. I don’t really like that.’ Good. I’m glad you don’t like that,” Walz said. “But then they always go, ‘I like his proposals.’ Which one? Taking your health care? Forcing women to clean out the parking lot because they can’t get health care? Tax cuts for billionaires?
“And I say this, if you’re a billionaire and that’s all you care about, he may be your guy,” he continued. “But if you’re a working-class person, a middle-class person, a community member, I can’t find much there.”
Walz’s comments come as the Harris campaign is aggressively courting independent and Republican-leaning voters in rural areas, including places like northwest Wisconsin, where the governor spoke Saturday. Walz also repeatedly stressed in his remarks the importance of bringing Vice President Kamala Harris’ message to Republican voters.
His trip to Superior marks the end of his first solo swing through Michigan and Wisconsin as the Democratic vice presidential candidate. The town sits in a county President Joe Biden won by 9 points in 2020, but borders rural counties where the campaign is hoping to cut into Trump’s margins.
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