By John Loftus, Daily Caller News Foundation | April 08, 2025
It’s nearly closing time. There’s a middle-aged guy who is fifteen beers deep, slouching over the bar, rambling at a woman he thinks is sitting right next to him but is more like three or four seats down. His vision is blurred. Doubly blurred. He needs to call an Uber if he can unlock his phone without locking it for an hour, and go home immediately. God forbid he has a wife, and if he does, he won’t much longer if he keeps up his antics.
In some ways, this man shares a similar quality to Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
Like an obnoxious drunk overstaying his welcome or a former frat star lingering around campus in his college town, Walz is still making splashy appearances on the national political scene, seemingly oblivious that his time has come and gone.
The Minnesota politician keeps popping up across the country in swing states, most recently hosting a town hall in Youngstown, Ohio, in which he criticized the GOP and Trump administration.
“The only thing many of us question is, is it malevolence or stupidity that drives them to these — or both?” Walz rhetorically asked a crowd of 2,800.
At a rally in March, Walz returned to his home state not to serve as governor and just do his job in that capacity but to deliver yet another trite speech galvanizing the Democratic base. A revenge tour, if you will, to boost his own public status and keep himself in the mix for 2028.
“Donald Trump is on his revenge and retribution tour,” Walz said. “Well, I said I’ll be on one, too. I’m going to bring revenge just raining down on their heads with their neighbors getting healthcare. They’re gonna rue the day when we got re-elected because our kids with special needs are going to get the care that they need.”
Bring revenge raining down on their heads? Okay …
Ironically, in late March, Walz hosted a Texas rally alongside another Democrat who long ago should have retired from the scene: Beto O’Rourke.
“We have lost our voice, and we as a Democratic Party should do some soul searching here,” Walz said. “Why is our message only for Philadelphia or Phoenix or Milwaukee?”
The Democratic Party must do some soul-searching, but so should Walz. It’s closing time for the Minnesota governor, and it’s high time he packs it in and returns to his home state for good to, you know, do his job.
John Loftus is an editor at large at the Daily Caller News Foundation
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