{"id":2365715,"date":"2024-11-07T16:25:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T21:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brutal-rejection-tim-walzs-home-county-shows-how-they-really-feel-about-him-as-trumps-win-gets-even-bigger\/"},"modified":"2024-11-07T16:26:13","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T21:26:13","slug":"brutal-rejection-tim-walzs-home-county-shows-how-they-really-feel-about-him-as-trumps-win-gets-even-bigger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brutal-rejection-tim-walzs-home-county-shows-how-they-really-feel-about-him-as-trumps-win-gets-even-bigger\/","title":{"rendered":"Brutal Rejection: Tim Walz&#8217;s Home County Shows How They Really Feel About Him as Trump&#8217;s Win Gets Even Bigger"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbrutal-rejection-tim-walzs-home-county-shows-how-they-really-feel-about-him-as-trumps-win-gets-even-bigger%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2365715&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent\u200c election, Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">campaign faced significant challenges<\/a>, particularly with the selection of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">running mate<\/a>. Despite\u200c hopes that Walz would help secure pivotal Midwestern states, he ultimately\u2063 lost \u2064his home county, Blue Earth County, to Donald Trump, with Trump receiving 49.6% of the votes compared to Harris&#8217;s 48.3%. This loss\u2063 led to increased scrutiny of Harris&#8217;s\u200c decision\u2062 to select Walz, with some suggesting that choosing another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-continuous-media-covid-fear-mongering-may-backfire-and-diminish-democrat-voter-turnout\/\" title=\"The Continuous Media COVID Fear Mongering May BACKFIRE and Diminish Democrat Voter Turnout\">candidate<\/a> like Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro might have been more beneficial for the campaign. Critics also highlighted allegations against Walz related to his National Guard record as a potential hindrance. \u2063this election further emphasized Trump&#8217;s growing popularity, as he was projected to win the popular vote, \u200ba \u2064rare occurrence for\u2064 Republicans\u2063 in recent years, and he \u2062performed well across several swing states.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harris selected Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate in the vain hope that he would deliver key Midwestern states.<\/p>\n<p>But amid the wreckage of her failed campaign, new numbers show <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/even-mean-tim-walz-sparks-outrage-internet-hears-called-elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Walz<\/a> could not even get the county where he lives into the Harris column.<\/p>\n<p>President-elect Donald Trump won 49.6 percent of the votes in Blue Earth County, where Walz&rsquo;s family has lived for more than 20 years. Harris was at 48.3 percent, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/11\/07\/us-news\/tim-walz-loses-home-county-to-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-harris-campaign-points-blame-biden-democratic-party-slips-disarray\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a> won the county with 51 percent of the vote against 46.5 percent for Trump, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/2020-election\/results\/minnesota\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Walz&rsquo;s selection has been cited as a possible reason Harris lost.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Failed Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris lost running mate Tim Walz&rsquo;s home county in rural Minnesota to Donald Trump, a defeat that will intensify criticism of her decision to run alongside Minnesota&rsquo;s progressive governor. | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jameslynch32?\">@jameslynch32<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vO4WfM334c\">https:\/\/t.co\/vO4WfM334c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; National Review (@NRO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NRO\/status\/1854566664915833307?\">November 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lindy Li, a member of the Democratic National Committee&rsquo;s National Finance Committee and Pennsylvania commissioner, said selecting Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro instead might have rescued the campaign, Fox News reporter Jacqui Heinrich <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JacquiHeinrich\/status\/1854052736641212687\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Tim Walz was a bad choice of running mate, Shapiro would have carried the blue wall,&rdquo; Heinrich quoted Li as saying, referring to the northern states of Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania that have often carried Democrats to victory.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Walz ran into headwinds amid allegations of fabricating his National Guard record.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Donald Trump won every swing state, will win the popular vote, and moved 48 states to the right. This is an undeniable mandate. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JWU06ERL8o\">pic.twitter.com\/JWU06ERL8o<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Charles Correll III (@_CharlesCorrell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_CharlesCorrell\/status\/1854511212173590538?\">November 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s showing was part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-celebrations-college-campuses-signal-long-term-headache-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nationwide dominance<\/a> that has him projected to emerge as the winner of the popular vote, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/07\/us\/politics\/trump-popular-vote-election-2024.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump received more than 72.6 million votes; Harris about 68 million votes.<\/p>\n<p>The last Republican to win the popular vote was former President George W. Bush in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>Because massive blue states such as New York and California are traditionally places where Democrats have a wide margin in the popular vote, a Republican winning the popular vote is considered unusual.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&gt;lost all the swing states<br \/>&gt;lost the popular vote<br \/>&gt;lost the electoral college<br \/>&gt;lost the election<\/p>\n<p>Absolutely mogged by Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CmhqAgQVlN\">pic.twitter.com\/CmhqAgQVlN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kangmin Lee | &#51060;&#44053;&#48124; (@kangminjlee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kangminjlee\/status\/1854401657682960761?\">November 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  For example, in 2016, Democrat Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by 2.9 million votes over Trump, as noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2016\/12\/21\/politics\/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-popular-vote-final-count\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>. That year, Clinton&rsquo;s margin over Trump in California was almost 4.2 million votes and in New York state was 1.7 million votes, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/elections\/2016\/results\/president\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This year, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/11\/05\/us\/elections\/results-president.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>, Harris&rsquo;s margin over Trump in deep-blue California &mdash; her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-critics-slam-harris-for-failing-to-weigh-in-on-prop-47-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"California critics slam Harris for failing to weigh in on Prop 47 - Washington Examiner\">home state &#038;mdash<\/a>; was only about 1.7 million votes, while her margin in New York state was about 900,000 votes.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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However, recent data reveals that Walz couldn&#8217;t even win his own county for Harris. In Blue Earth County, where Walz&#8217;s family has resided for over 20 years, Donald Trump garnered 49.6% of the votes compared to Harris&#8217;s 48.3%, as reported by the New York Post. In contrast, Joe Biden had won this county in 2020 with 51% against Trump&#8217;s 46.5%, according to Politico. Critics have pointed to Walz&#8217;s selection as a factor in Harris&#8217;s loss.<\/p>\n<p>Lindy Li from the Democratic National Committee suggested that choosing Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro might have salvaged the campaign instead of Walz, stating that Shapiro could have helped maintain support in key northern states like Minnesota and Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s performance was part of a broader trend showing him winning every swing state and likely securing the popular vote with over 72.6 million votes compared to Harris\u2019s approximately 68 million votes\u2014an unusual outcome given that Republicans rarely win the popular vote due to strong Democratic margins in large states like New York and California.<\/p>\n<p>In comparison, Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by nearly three million votes in 2016 but had much larger margins in those same blue states than Harris did this year; her margin was about 1.7 million votes in California and around 900,000 in New York for Harris this time around<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2365716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Tim-Walz-home-county.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[44566,44567,44568,36113,43466],"class_list":["post-2365715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-brutal-rejection","tag-home-county","tag-political-sentiment","tag-tim-walz","tag-trump-victory"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Tim-Walz-home-county.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2365715"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2365719,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365715\/revisions\/2365719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2365716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2365715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2365715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2365715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}