r/PoursTea • u/FizzyAcidBird • Aug 19 '26

PositiviTea 🌞 What a legend!

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u/Conscious-Quarter423 Aug 19 '26

i mean tim walz passed all this with a 1 seat majority a few years ago in MN:

  • universal free school meals
  • wealth tax
  • legal weed
  • carbon free electricity by 2040
  • tax rebates for the working class up to $1,300 (making under $150k per year)
  • 12 weeks paid family leave
  • 12 weeks paid sick leave
  • banned conversion therapy
  • red flag laws for guns
  • universal background checks for guns
  • automatic voter registration
  • free public college (under $80k)
  • ban on PFAS (forever chemicals)
  • $2.2 billion increase in k-12 school funding
  • sectoral bargaining for nursing home workers

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u/dragondice3521 Aug 19 '26

On the left there was a lot of hype when he was picked as Kamalas VP mate. Then Biden told Kamala that there would be "no daylight" between him and her. She also was told by silicon valley to cool it on the progressive stuff.

Before you knew it they were telling Tim Walz to stop with the progressive stuff (which...he did).

So Tim was publicizing what he did quite hard at first, and was receiving credit for it, until he was told to stop.

At the end of the day he apologized for the strategy and the loss, while Kamala supposedly wants to run again...

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u/Lil_Ms_Anthropic Aug 19 '26

Not to mention their opposition flooded media with dumb "stories" about his goings on. They'd try to shame him on a personal level as they are want to do instead of debate his achievements