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WaPo: Hope Walz's pragmatic videos are helping Democrats mourn -- and carry on
WaPo - (archived: https://archive.ph/lWz25 ) Hope Walz’s pragmatic videos are helping Democrats mourn — and carry on
As Walz, 23, uses TikTok to grieve, process and plan her next steps post-election, many of those watching are doing the same.
December 24, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. EST
Today at 6:00 a.m. EST
By Marisa Iati
In her first TikTok video after the presidential election, Hope Walz and her younger brother are driving without Secret Service protection for the first time post-campaign.
“Finally free,” Gus Walz says from the driver’s seat.
“I would not describe it like that,” Hope, 23, replies. “But it is a little weird.”
They’re listening to Tom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down,” she says, and their father — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) — is “doing amazing” two days after he and Vice President Kamala Harris lost the race for the White House to a man Harris warned was “unstable and unhinged.”
“We’ll be okay,” Hope Walz, a frequent companion to her father on the campaign trail, assures her audience in the Nov. 7 video. “We’re going to be okay, everyone.”
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As Walz, 23, uses TikTok to grieve, process and plan her next steps post-election, many of those watching are doing the same.
December 24, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. EST
Today at 6:00 a.m. EST
By Marisa Iati
In her first TikTok video after the presidential election, Hope Walz and her younger brother are driving without Secret Service protection for the first time post-campaign.
“Finally free,” Gus Walz says from the driver’s seat.
“I would not describe it like that,” Hope, 23, replies. “But it is a little weird.”
They’re listening to Tom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down,” she says, and their father — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) — is “doing amazing” two days after he and Vice President Kamala Harris lost the race for the White House to a man Harris warned was “unstable and unhinged.”
“We’ll be okay,” Hope Walz, a frequent companion to her father on the campaign trail, assures her audience in the Nov. 7 video. “We’re going to be okay, everyone.”
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