Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is fast becoming a case study in what happens when Democrats let Trump live rent-free in their heads.
The comparison to Hillary Clinton is almost too perfect: after 2016, she wandered the globe re-litigating her loss, blaming everything but herself, and spinning conspiracy theories about Trump. Walz is doing the same thing — only louder, and with even less self-awareness.
His state was just rocked by a horrific school shooting carried out by a gender-confused individual, an atrocity that should have forced serious reflection about crime, mental health, and the cultural rot festering under his leadership. Instead, what’s on Walz’s mind? Trump rumors. Trump conspiracies.
Trump jokes. On Labor Day, he actually stood on stage at a union event and riffed about chatter online that Trump was “dead.” This, while families in Minnesota are grieving and citizens are demanding accountability.
It wasn’t just tasteless — it was revealing. Walz showed that his top priority isn’t governing, protecting lives, or restoring trust. It’s obsessing over Trump, a man he can’t beat, can’t understand, and can’t stop talking about. And the saddest part? He’s not alone. Democrats across the country are infected with the same Trump fixation.
Look at Chicago, where crime spirals and illegal immigration overwhelms the city. Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker could be focused on restoring order.
Instead, they’re glued to Trump, muttering about “democracy at risk” while ignoring the risk to their own citizens. Look at national Democrats in Congress, who’d rather hold press conferences about January 6th than admit the fentanyl pouring over the border is killing more Americans than any riot ever did.
It’s a sickness of distraction. Trump is no longer just a political opponent — he’s become a concept, a scapegoat, the universal excuse. If Democrats can blame Trump, they never have to face their own failings. Rising crime? Trump. Border chaos? Trump. Inflation gutting working families? Trump. Even a tragedy on their own watch? Somehow, still Trump.
Walz and his party are standing on a collapsing mountain of their own making, staring through binoculars at Trump’s sturdier ground across the way. They rage at him because they can’t admit the avalanche under their own feet is of their own design.
