Former Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz wondered why the Democratic Party comes off like it’s against people being successful, during a podcast interview on Thursday.
Walz said that President Donald Trump was able to capture “this idea of wealth and being able to be successful,” during a conversation with former DNC chair Jaime Harrison on his podcast, “At Our Table.”
“We, as Democrats, we want people to pay their fair share, but why are we against people being successful like that? We can’t be. Why are we against? We should talk about businesses. Not all businesses exploit their workers and we get ourselves stuck in that. And I think we lose them,” Walz continued.
Walz and Harrison also talked about what occurred with young Black voters in 2024, citing a discussion Walz had with Gov. Wes Moore, D-Md., who said a lot of “good-hearted politicians” go into Black communities and talk about restoring voting rights to