Overview

• At Friday’s Blue Palmetto Dinner and a fish fry hosted by Rep. Jim Clyburn, Walz combined measured unity calls with populist attack lines, denouncing ‘wannabe dictators’ and criticizing Trump’s ‘corruption and cruelty.’
• He is set to headline the South Carolina “Dem Weekend 2025” in Columbia before delivering the keynote address at the California Democratic convention in Anaheim, highlighting the strategic importance of both states in the 2028 nominating process.
• Since his vice presidential bid, he has kept a high profile with town halls in early-voting states and a “Support Tim on the Road” fundraising initiative that has taken him to Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin and Texas.
• He maintained that his weekend travel will not delay Minnesota’s budget negotiations, noting that talks are nearly complete and a special legislative session is planned for next week.
• Walz has not ruled out running for president in 2028 and is expected to decide by July whether to seek a third term as governor of Minnesota.