Former vice presidential nominee Tim Walz was left speechless when asked who is in charge of the Democratic party.

The Minnesota governor seemed taken aback by a question posed by CNN’s Kasie Hunt during a live television appearance on Wednesday night, struggling to provide a direct response.

‘Who do you think the leader of the Democratic Party is right now?’ Hunt asked while appearing on her show The Arena with Kasie Hunt.

After a long and uncomfortable pause, Walz, 60, awkwardly laughed before mumbling an unexpected answer.

‘I think the voting public, right now, is what I would say,’ he stiffly responded.

‘We’re not going to have a charismatic leader ride in and save us from this,’ he added of his struggling party.

Appearing on the evening program to analyze President Donald Trump’s joint congressional address, the 60-year-old official was also questioned about his perspective on potential Democratic national figures.

‘I observe numerous individuals,’ Walz remarked. ‘I notice young members of Congress taking the lead, individuals in various capacities, including state senators, state legislators, and those preparing for a more prominent role. I see labor union representatives engaging in dialogue. The imperative task is this: we must not relinquish our presence. If Donald Trump is vocal in his platform…we must ensure our consistent presence.’

‘We need to be better organized. There is going to be an organic uprising which we’re seeing.’

When Hunt asked if former Vice President Kamala Harris could be the party’s future leader, Walz responded: ‘I certainly think she could be.’

However, Walz isn’t the first to contend with this question. Since Harris’ loss in November, Democratic lawmakers have expressed discontent with their party’s leadership – or lack of.

‘There’s no one, certainly, that the party, I would argue, looks to, or feels led by, or inspired by, is the truth,’ former Democratic Representative Dean Phillips told The Hill.

The former party representative showed little hope in his languishing party, claiming it is suffering from a ‘lack of leadership’. 

‘Any organization – business, for-profit, nonprofit, political party – that lacks spirited leadership is going to suffer. And I think you can count us among those organizations right now. There’s just no question,’ Phillips added.

Walz’s off-putting interview came just days after he signaled he would ‘certainly consider’ running for president in 2028, despite his crushing defeat this past November.

‘Look, I never had an ambition to be president or vice president. I was honored to be asked,’ he told The New Yorker Radio Hour on Sunday.

‘If I feel I can serve, I will. And if nationally, people are like, “Dude we tried you, and look how that worked out,” I’m good with that.’

‘If I think I could offer something … I would certainly consider that,’ he added.

Yet, the division of the Democratic party was made expressly clear after Democrats had a variety of responses to Trump’s Congressional Address on Tuesday.

Many silently listened, others walked out and some even wore pink – a color of power and protest, according to Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández of New Mexico, who leads the Democratic Women’s Caucus – in protest.

Representative Al Green, a Democrat from Texas, was even removed from the chamber for repeatedly interrupting Trump at the beginning of the address.

‘Last night I stood up for those who need Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security. 

‘Democrats will never abandon the fight to make sure every American has a safe, healthy, and financially secure life. #ISaidWhatISaid,’ Green wrote on X Wednesday night.

Green’s fellow lawmakers voted to censure him on Thursday. Nearly every Republican and 10 Democrats voted in favor of the resolution.