I’ve got good news and bad news about Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D), who was tapped by Vice President Kamala Harris as her running mate on Tuesday. I’m one of those people who likes to hear the bad news first and get it out of the way, so here goes:
He’s kind of personable. I’ve not paid much attention to Walz before, and don’t recall seeing/hearing him speak. He’s got a relaxed, folksy way of presenting himself that gives off an air of relatability — even likability.
Democrats and center-left moderates/independents who were leery of a Biden-Harris campaign and second term are undoubtedly feeling some significant relief that they’re no longer facing the prospect of having to vote for a geriatric gaffe machine and his word salad-spewing sidekick in order to fend off the Bad Orange Man. Ironically, Harris is a better presidential candidate than Joe Biden was (purely by dint of being younger and sentient) and Tim Walz is a better vice presidential candidate than Harris was because he doesn’t cackle and talk in circles.
Don’t despair, though. As I said, there’s good news to go along with the bad. As we’ve covered here at RedState extensively since the announcement, there are plenty of knocks on Walz.
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Moreover, in spite of his affability, Walz stepped in a few cow patties during his Philadelphia address.
He told some whoppers, including insisting that GOP nominee and former President Donald Trump advocates a nationwide abortion ban.
Attempting to knock Trump, Walz managed to highlight the stark contrast between the Trump administration’s successes and the Biden-Harris administration’s failures.
Tim Walz humiliates himself by trying to hit:
— President Trump’s economy (which most Americans say was better than the Harris-Biden economy)
— “Chaos and division” (Walz let BLM rioters burn Minneapolis to the ground)
— President Trump’s “record” (which most Americans say was… pic.twitter.com/JVfIsFpfQR
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) August 6, 2024
Touting Harris’ “prosecutorial” accomplishments, Walz conveniently elided her role in the lawlessness at the border.
WALZ: Kamala took down the transnational gangs
(Last week, an HSI memo revealed over 1000 Venezuelan gang members are in the US and have a ‘green light’ to shoot US cops) pic.twitter.com/X6DUewNtjE
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) August 6, 2024
Then, too, there was this…weird moment after Walz spoke:
Did Tim Walz just… shake his wife’s hands? Freak! pic.twitter.com/YOtjHjd350
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) August 6, 2024
Regardless, I’m comfortable making the following prediction: Democrats and their obeisant media friends will be fawning over Walz and turning him into a midwestern folk hero for the next few days. And he will serve his purpose.
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— Walter Kirn (@walterkirn) August 6, 2024
