Walz seen on daughter's Instagram after election defeat: "Ready to battle again tomorrow"

This week, Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota was seen on his daughter's Instagram page following the defeat of him and Vice President Kamala Harris by President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance in the election on Tuesday.

Walz's daughter Hope shared a photo of a somber Walz on Instagram, along with a caption expressing hope for another day.

Since his appearance at Harris' concession speech on Wednesday at Howard University in Washington, D.C., the video is the first sighting of Walz.

""It was an honor and privilege to campaign alongside Vice President @KamalaHarris, who put her faith in me and selected me as her running mate," Walz posted on X this week."

Harris was criticized by some within her own party for choosing Walz, who is perceived as more liberal than she is, over a more moderate option. On the other hand, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, a prominent Democrat, was seen as a more practical choice.

"One of the things that are top of mind is the choice of Tim Walz as vice presidential candidate," Harris-Walz surrogate Lindy Li told Planet Chronicle senior White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich at Howard University. "A lot of people are saying tonight that it should have been Josh Shapiro. Frankly, people have been saying that for months."

The Daily Signal's president and executive editor, Rob Bluey, stated that adding Walz to the ticket was a major mistake in judgment, according to Planet Chronicle Digital.

"Historically, vice presidents have little impact on a presidential candidate's fate, but in the case of Tim Walz, it proved to be a disastrous decision that doomed Kamala Harris from the moment she made it. Not only was Walz ill-prepared for the national spotlight and media scrutiny, but Harris passed over several better options. Given how little Americans knew about Harris or her policy positions, they were right to question her judgment on this big decision."

Several Minnesotans who spoke to Planet Chronicle Digital described Walz's policy agenda as radical, and heavily criticized him on the campaign trail over questions about his honesty regarding his military service, ties to China, response to the George Floyd riots in 2020, and other issues.

According to Julian Epstein, a longtime Democratic operative and former chief counsel to the House Judiciary Committee, the choice of Walz was just one of many mistakes made by the Democratic Party leadership, which is afraid to stand up to the hard-left progressive wing of the party.

"Gov. Shapiro supports charter schools and defeating terrorists, but the hard-left progressive wing prioritizes welfare, redistribution, and cultural extremism on migration and gender, which is out of touch with the American electorate. Walz was a bad choice, but their choice was part of a deeper problem."