Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz commented on Democratic messaging against President Trump during a party event in South Carolina this weekend: GOV. TIM WALZ: I saw recently that apparently the Democrats got together and hired a bunch of people,

The Minnesota governor ran in 2024 as the Democrats' vice presidential candidate and has led a series of town halls in Republican districts this year.

Democrats "lost a big chunk of the working class," Walz said. "We lost to a grifter billionaire giving tax cuts to his grifter billionaire buddies."