Tim Walz encourages liberals to BULLY Trump as he gives president vicious nickname
The 2024 vice presidential candidate slammed the President and told the crowd to bully Trump, bestowing him the nickname the 'cruel man,' as liberals 'need to be meaner.'
The 61-year-old politician delivered the inflammatory remarks as keynote speaker at the South Carolina Democratic Party state convention in Columbia on Saturday.
Walz branded Trump a 'wannabe dictator' and 'existential threat' to democracy and he urged his fellow Democrats to abandon their usual approach and get tough with Trump.
'"Oh, the Governor's being mean," well, maybe it's time for us to be a little meaner, maybe it's time for us to be a little more fierce,' Walz said.
'We have to ferociously push back on this,' he continued.
The former schoolteacher used his educational background to justify his aggressive stance.
He explained that while children who bully deserve patience and understanding, adults require a different approach.
'And again, I'll speak to my teacher colleagues in here,' he said.
'The thing that bothers a teacher more than anything is to watch a bully, he continued.
'And when it's a child you talk to him and you tell him why bullying is wrong.
'But when it's an adult like Donald Trump, you bully the s*** out of him back.'
'You push back, you make sure they know it's not there.
'Because at heart, this is a weak, cruel man that takes it out and punches down on people.'
The Minnesota Democrat went further - calling the President as a fundamental threat to American democracy.
'Donald Trump is the existential threat that we knew was coming,' Walz said while calling him a 'wannabe dictator.'
'What they don't want to do is stand toe-to-toe and punch back with someone who's calling him out for what they do who's being there.'
'Damnit, we should be able to have some fun and be joyful,' Walz said. 'We've got the guts, and we need to have it to push back on the bullies and the greed.'
In March, the American people laughed off the idea of failed Vice Presidential candidate taking over the Oval Office after he suggested he might run for president in 2028.
The 60-year-old Minnesota governor did not rule out the idea of taking on Republicans in the next presidential election when pressed by the New Yorker.
'Look I never had an ambition to be President or Vice President. I was honored to be asked,' he said.
'If I feel like I can serve, I will. And if nationally, people are like, "Dude we tried you and look how that worked out," I'm good with that.'
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