Hours earlier, there were rumblings that Walz was considering dropping out. Minnesota political analyst Blois Olson claimed the governor was likely to make the decision, adding that Walz recently met with Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D).

As noted in the Axios report, Walz’s administration has come under increased scrutiny due to the welfare scandal plaguing his state. The governor has argued that he has been working to root out fraud, but that hasn’t stopped Republicans — both in his state and across the country — for pouncing on the situation.

I’m assuming Klobuchar helped convince him to drop out. Traditional democrats fold at the slightest fight, but it’s a shame that Walz is giving in. Republicans will always be manufacturing some crisis solely so they can exploit it, the only answer is to fight back. Every time you give into terrorists, you’re just supporting terrorism.

But unfortunately Walz seems to not have good instincts when the sabotage is coming from inside the house. At the peak of Kamala’s campaign when he was knocking it out of the park with “weird” and connecting with voters, Kamala’s “we’re going with Cheney” team apparently convinced him to dial it down to not alienate the mythical “centrists” that are just republicans in trenchcoats. I expect this move to turn out similarly to how that one turned out.