Clearing the ol' tabs ...
"Her new running mate, who’s a veteran and a former teacher with a Midwestern demeanor, holds an appeal that could be critical in the three states — Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan — and could make or break the race.
"“He’s a firewall candidate,” said Antjuan Seawright, a South Carolina-based Democratic strategist. “He certainly is respected, not only because of his resume and his body of work, but he’s respected as an executive, he’s respected as a former member of Congress, he yields the support of America’s heartbeat, that’s teachers in this country.”"
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From Ed: You know who's not convinced? MSNBC's Steve Kornacki, who explains why Walz is just another vanilla Democrat in Minnesota. This likely doesn't do anything for Harris in Minnesota, let alone Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. Anyone in Minnesota could have explained this, or anyone who can read electoral results.
'You Don't Quite See That': MSNBC Data Guru Delivers Brutal Reality Check To Dems After Walz Pick pic.twitter.com/J020ClHAtw
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) August 6, 2024
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TBT to Governor Walz setting up a hotline for Minnesotans to snitch on their neighbors who dared defy COVID lockdown orders pic.twitter.com/5NMBO77jMz
— Danielle Franz (@DanielleBFranz) August 6, 2024
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#BREAKING: DeSantis on Walz being Harris' VP pick
— Florida’s Voice (@FLVoiceNews) August 6, 2024
"They're riots that Tim Walz as governor let happen. He sat back and let the city of Minneapolis burn."
"This is a ticket that really represents the spirit of those 2020 BLM riots."
"We do not need to see poop on the street,… pic.twitter.com/RN2tHzZNEc
"We do not need to see poop on the street, and cities burning down."
"People fled those jurisdictions [...] Why would we want that for the United States?"
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"His style was seen by at least some in Harris’ world as showboating. One senior Democrat in touch with Harris’ team called it “counterproductive.”
"And there was a sense within Shapiro’s team that, unlike Walz, his interview with Harris did not go as well as it could have. There was “not a great feeling” coming out of it, according to a person in touch with his advisers.
"After their meeting on Sunday, Shapiro called Harris’ team and made clear that he was “struggling with the decision to leave his current job as governor of Pennsylvania, in order to seek the vice presidency,” according to a person familiar with the selection process."
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Van Jones admits that Kamala picking Walz was her "caving in to some of these darker parts in the party" in terms of appeasing "anti-Jewish bigots" that have "gotten marbled into this party." pic.twitter.com/UTspmYkFfF
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) August 6, 2024
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.@JDVance tears into Tim Walz: "This is a guy who when rioters were burning down the biggest city in Minnesota was actively cheering them on. You think the black and working class business leaders in Minneapolis are grateful that Tim Walz allowed rioters to burn down their… pic.twitter.com/PhYkT2eqYi
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 6, 2024
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"Unlike his fellow VP contender Governor Josh Shapiro in Pennsylvania, Walz sticks to the hardline Democratic arguments around school choice, rejecting the idea of a voucher system which would give parents more control over where their child attends school. He also legalized cannabis in his state — possibly a credential Harris does need among her base, given her long-standing (and heavily criticized) reputation for using non-violent drug user convictions to increase the prison population of California when she was district attorney and attorney general.
"Still, the Walz of the past five years looks most similar to the Harris that was running to be the Democratic presidential nominee back in 2019: both progressive, both advocating a much bigger role for the state. Walz’s shift is best summed up by perhaps his most famous endorsement leading up to Harris’s decision: from democratic-socialist and Senator Bernie Sanders, who has been calling on the vice president to select someone Walz for his ability to “understand the needs of working families.”"
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Harris choosing Walz as a running mate has shown the world that DSA and our allies on the left are a force that cannot be ignored. Through collective action, DSA and the US left more broadly have made it clear that change is needed. DSA members organized in our workplaces and…
— DSA (@DemSocialists) August 6, 2024
"DSA members organized in our workplaces and unions to realign the labor movement to support Palestinian liberation." (via Newsalert)
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From Ed: Joe Soucheray is a popular radio host in the Twin Cities with a significant following. This comes to us via Alpha News, which has done an outstanding job of covering Walz' administration the past several years.
Gov. @Tim_Walz wants to bring the same disastrous policies that have been crippling Minnesota for the last five years to D.C.
— Garage Logic Podcast (@GLpodcast) August 6, 2024
Unchecked fraud, rampant crime... @JoeSoucheray is warning America about what's coming next if #HarrisWalz2024 wins in November.
Share if you agree! pic.twitter.com/fJYyidK8L4
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From Ed: Meanwhile, in the Res Ipsa Loquitur Department ...
It’s Walz baby let’s go!! pic.twitter.com/ix54tsvMJ9
— Rep. Jamaal Bowman Ed.D. (@JamaalBowmanNY) August 6, 2024
... and from one of my favorite poems/songs:
You can tell the man who boozes
By the company he chooses
And the pig got up and slowly walked away
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From Ed: From the Republicans Pounce!™ Department, here's Politico ...
"Now, Republicans are moving quickly to define on their own terms the little-known Minnesota governor who has now been thrust onto the national stage, painting Walz as a far-left “radical” and “wannabe” coastal elite — just as Democrats quickly leapt on Vance’s elevation to fuel an almost nonstop bad news cycle since his selection.
"“That guy has done so much stuff, he’s just going to be a gift to the battleground states,” said Dave Carney, a Republican strategist who heads the pro-Trump super PAC Preserve America, referring to Walz’s record as governor. “It’s great for our side because they really blew it.”"
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“It’s mostly rocks and cows.”
— IT Guy (@ITGuy1959) August 6, 2024
- Tim Walz, describing rural America.
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