Tim Walz warns Democrats of backlash if they fail to deliver on promises Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said Democrats must make significant structural changes or face backlash from voters after winning back power, pointing to the filibuster as a key obstacle. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz issued a warning to the Democratic Party about delivering on promises, saying there could be a backlash if it fails to do so after winning back power. The former Democratic vice presidential candidate made the comments in an interview Thursday with The Lever founder David Sirota. Walz argued there would be backlash if Democrats win elections in November and beyond but fail to make significant structural changes. He said kids who cannot afford college education or housing after a Democratic win would be a problem.Walz warns Democrats fail to deliverAsked if the Democratic Party had an issue offering up big promises but ultimately failing to deliver, Walz said yes, a hundred percent. He added that we win these elections not to bank the political capital to win the next one but to improve lives, and that we are too slow about it, and some of that is structural. Walz pointed to former Sen. Joe Manchin's position that the filibuster must remain in place in the Senate.He said look, I am friends with Joe Manchin, but the desire to hold onto the filibuster at all costs as an institution when it had real impacts on people's lives of real important things, and by not doing that, it played right into the hands of the Republicans. He continued, saying I think we are not responsive, and then we fall into that But we voted for you, and you did not get anything done.Manchin voted against changing the Senate's 60-vote threshold for advancing most legislation, opposing other Democrats who sought to change the rules to pass voting legislation. Walz, the 2024 Democratic vice presidential nominee, warned of a real danger.He said here is where I think the real danger is: if there is not significant structural change, whether it is inequities, you know, income inequities or opportunities, the backlash, because I said this: I got into politics because I said we will never find a worse president than this. And I think now, if you think that this is the pinnacle of how bad things can get, I would caution you to rethink that.Structural change needed to avoid backlashWalz added that especially if Democrats do all of this, the public turns out, they vote for us and kids still cannot afford a college education, cannot afford housing, that is going to be a problem. The warning comes as Walz's approval rating has cratered to its lowest level ever and trails Trump amid a massive fraud scandal.Lindsey Drath, CEO of the Forward Party, told Fox News Digital that we should not advocate for abolishing the filibuster to drive home party-line votes with no effort to advance cross-partisan consensus law making. She said what hampers Congress' ability to deliver material solutions to the American people is a two-party system that penalizes working across the aisle.Forward Party CEO blames two-party systemDrath said this circular dynamic, whereby Democrats or Republicans enter into a narrow majority, only to focus on maintaining power, accumulates a kind of figurative debt against the challenges facing the American people. She added that this dynamic pushes our elected officials away from working on real solutions for actual problems and toward whatever hyper polarized means by which they can hold on to power. This is why a fulcrum strategy is key, Drath continued.She said the Senate today passes almost nothing on a bipartisan basis, not because the problems are not solvable, but because neither party has any incentive to negotiate. Every compromise is a political cost, she said. Drath added that if someone crosses the aisle, they are attacked by their party, and it is framed as every deal made is a loss to play at home. The incentive is to obstruct, she said.The interview also follows Walz touting his fraud record in his final annual address, which drew criticism from Minnesota lawmakers who unloaded on his legacy, calling it ridiculous.