Wes Moore, Tim Walz urges a fiercest Democratic Party in the famous Jim Clyburn Fish Fry

The Democratic governors Tim Walz and Wes Moore are excited, but not only to eat the so -called “famous” southern pie fish by the representative of South Carolina.

They are enthusiastic to forward their party, and on Friday night, they both launched their theory of how to build coalitions and recover the Americans who have lost: emphasize the political severity of the moment with force and often, and not wait until half of the exams to speak with as many constants as possible.

“Each and every one of us, we are not going to make someone come to save us. But who wants that? We can save ourselves. We can leave. We can make a difference,” said Minnesota Walz governor for a short comments on the stage of a few hundred Democrats in Columbia, South Carolina. “We need to change the attitude, compete in each district, compete for every seat of the school board and go out to this damn fish with the attitude:” We are going to fill some fish, and then we will defeat these dictators. “

Moore, Maryland’s first black governor, in his comments emphasized that the “cane is in our hands.”

“We are not going to leave it. We are going to cross the tape and we will win because we understand what is at stake,” said Moore

The chorus continued, as a kind of scream of rally: “Send a message that the whole country will hear. This is our moment. This is our time. We will not avoid, we will not shudder, we will not blink. We will win, as those who preceded us did.”

However, neither said that they should be the party leaders in 2028. Both governors have denied the plans to seek the presidential nomination, which the couple reiterated during a group with journalists before their comments on the stage on Friday. During that group, Clyburn said he saw Walz and Moore as “great leaders,” but said they have to decide their own plans.

Walz has said that he has no plans for a White House race and is still considering whether he will apply for the re -election of governor. When he was pressed in an appearance at the Harvard Policy Institute, Walz said he was not sure if the eventual candidate of the party is still clear.

“I think it’s a super talented bank,” Walz said. “I think the person is out there? No, I’m not sure they are out there.”

Moore has rejected the most fiercely notion, saying the “ABC view” clearly “I’m not running.”

He doubled in the reporter Gaggy on Friday, “anyone who is talking about 2028 is not taking 2025 very seriously,” Moore told journalists. “The fight is 2025. At this time.”

Moore also gave an opening speech in the collection of the state key funds, Palmetto’s blue dinner, just before his appearance in the fried fish, where, according to a copy circulated before his comments, he said that the party must deliver “an alternative” to Trump at this time.

“I want to be clear: we can, and we must, condemn the reckless actions of Donald Trump. But we would also be silly when not learning from his impatience. Now is the time we are also impatient. We not only talk about an alternative. Not only do we study an alternative. We delivered an alternative,” Moore’s prepared comments said.

Even so, it is no secret that Clyburn’s fish fried have often been fertile waters for possible ascent Democratic stars and aspiring Pensylvania Ave. to mix and mix between the powerful operational of the party, donors and state voters of South Carolina on one night. And while it is not a crazy scene like the 2019 event, where a collection of DEM candidates competed for the time of the stage while the partiers changed their shoulder, the event on Friday night was still high energy.

Walz will talk to the Democrats of the state of Palmetto once again on Saturday morning. But that does not end the campaign trip of the governor of Minnesota. After his speech on Saturday, he quickly goes to California to speak in his event of the Democratic Party.

The famous fish party appears in a weekend of collection of funds and party businesses as the South Carolina Democratic Party meets for its state convention. The event on Friday night also occurs when the future location of South Carolina inside the early vote of the match is in flow.

Last cycle, due to the changes made by the National Democratic Committee, South Carolina historically replaced the first Iowa as the initial contest. However, Democrats must establish a new calendar by 2028.

In which order the state enters is less important for Clyburn, he said.

“I never ask for anything more to stay in the pre-prime window,” Clyburn said. “Either one, two, three or four, I don’t care.”