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November’s election results surprised a lot of people. Even the most enthusiastic and confident conservatives didn’t expect the red wave that came with a second term for Donald Trump, the once and future president.
OneofthosewhomTrump’sreelectioncaughtoffguardwasGov.TimWalz(D-Minn.).EitherhelegitimatelyexpectedthatheandKamalaHarriswouldwinlastmonth,orhe’sindenial.Whateverthecasemaybe,Walzgavehisfirstpost-electioninterviewtoanABCaffiliateinSt.Paul,Minn.
“Itfeltlikeattherallies,atthethingsIwasgoingto,theshopsIwasgoingin,thatthemomentumwasgoingourway,anditobviouslywasn’t,”WalztoldKSTP-TV’sTomHauser,astheWashingtonExaminerreported.“So,yeah,Iwasalittlesurprised.”
It’seasytoarguethatWalz’ssurpriseisdueatleastinparttothefactthatDemocratsstaywithintheirbubblesfartoooften.Friendlyinterviews,failuretoassociatewithanyonewhodoesn’tfallinlinewithleft-wingvalues,andablindbeliefthatonlyleftistsarevirtuousandrightmakeforsurprisewhenaleftistfindsoutthatpeoplewhodisagreewithhimexist.
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