Tim Walz warns Democrats will face reckoning if they win power and fail to deliver change

Minnesota Gov.Tim Walz issued a warning to his party in an interview on Thursday, arguing that there would be backlash if Democrats win elections in November and beyond but fail to make significant structural changes.During an interview with "The Lever" founder David Sirota, Walz was asked if the Democratic Party had an issue offering up big promises but ultimately failing to deliver."Yes, a hundred percent.

It’s a hundred percent," Walz said."I always use the line, as I said, we win these elections not to bank the political capital to win the next one but to improve lives.

We’re too slow about it.And some of that is structural,"WATCH: DEMOCRATS ADMIT WHEN THEY'D ELIMINATE THE FILIBUSTER AS SAVE ACT FIGHT HEATS UPGov.

Tim Walz speaks during the 10th Austrian World Summit climate conference at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria, June 16, 2026.(Anadolu via Getty Images)He pointed to former Sen.

Joe Manchin's position that the filibuster must remain in place in the Senate."Look, I’m friends with Joe Manchin, but the desire to hold on to the filibuster at all costs as an institution when it had real impacts on people’s lives of real important things, and by not doing that, it played right into the hands of the Republicans.I think we’re not responsive, and then we fall into that 'But we voted for you, and you didn’t get anything done,'" Walz said.Manchin has been consistent in his support for the filibuster.

In 2022, he and then-Sen.Kyrsten Sinema voted against changing the Senate's 60-vote threshold for advancing most legislation, opposing other Democrats who sought to change the rules to pass voting legislation.WALZ APPROVAL RATING CRATERS TO LOWEST LEVEL EVER AND TRAILS TRUMP AMID MASSIVE FRAUD SCANDAL: 'TIRED OF IT'Former Sen.

Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., walks to the Senate Chambers March 22, 2024, in Washington, D.C.(Nathan Howard/Getty Images)Walz, the 2024 Democratic vice presidential nominee, warned of a "real danger." "Here’s where I think the...