Tim Walz Walks Back Trump Tirade After Tragic Killings: ‘He Brings Out the Worst in Me’
Tim Walz Regrets Harsh Words on Trump After Political Assassinations Shake Minnesota
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz—once Kamala Harris’s vice presidential running mate—has publicly expressed regret over inflammatory comments he made about Donald Trump, in the wake of a shocking political assassination that rocked his state. In a sobering interview with KMSP, Walz acknowledged that Trump “brings out the worst in people—and the worst in me.”
The statement marks a stark pivot from Walz’s previously combative rhetoric, including his May appeal for Democrats to “bully the shit out of” the Republican president. With grief hanging over Minnesota following the brutal June murders of former state house speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Walz struck a more reflective tone—an acknowledgment of h...