Democratic Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota can be touring a sequence of Republican-held Home districts throughout the nation, along with his first stops in Iowa and Nebraska.
Within the wake of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s firing of important federal staff and disastrously unpopular finances plan, the GOP has chosen to refuse their more and more anxious and offended constituents city halls.
Walz’s first cease is in Iowa’s third District, which is represented by Republican Zach Nunn, who narrowly defeated Democrat Lanon Baccam in 2024.
When requested why he’s not scheduling any city halls, Nunn launched an announcement saying that he has “held hundreds of events with Iowans, including open forums and listening sessions in all 21 counties in the Iowa Third Congressional District. My record of delivering wins speaks for itself, and I’ll continue to always put Iowans first in D.C.”
However Walz isn’t so certain that Nunn has made himself out there to his constituents.
“I’m going to go out there and make sure that those folks down in Iowa know that their rep doesn’t want to come talk to him, but he voted for this stuff. I hope people show up at that town hall and say, look, governor, what are you offering? Are you offering anything better that’s fair not to turn your back and not do it. It’s dangerous,” Walz instructed MSNBC’s Chris Hayes.
After his cease in Iowa, Walz is planning to go to Nebraska’s 2nd District, which is represented by Republican Don Bacon. Bacon defeated Democratic candidate Tony Vargas in an even tighter race, and he has not held any official city halls since.
Although Bacon did briefly maintain a “tele-town hall”—which wasn’t an precise city corridor—he obtained such an earful from constituents that he even stopped doing that.
Walz first floated the thought of speaking to Republican constituents after GOP management introduced it could forgo city corridor conferences in an effort to evade offended voters.
“That’s a shame. If your Republican representative won’t meet with you because their agenda is so unpopular, maybe a Democrat will. Hell, maybe I will. If your congressman refuses to meet, I’ll come host an event in their district to help local Democrats beat ‘em,” Walz wrote on X.
Walz plans on taking his city corridor tour to GOP-held districts in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Ohio.
Fellow progressives Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York have additionally introduced anti-Trump excursions by way of pink districts.
Right here’s a style of what voters may see throughout one among Walz’s city halls:
