Common Dreams: Kamala Harris Picks Progressive Favorite Tim Walz for VP.
The Conversation: Walz pick turns focus on what a VP brings to White House – 3 essential reads.
haha, okay, he’s the guy that came up with the “just weird” label for trrmp and vance, that’s a strong enough starting endorsement for me
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Yep. I was watching the stream when he said this. It was full of some awesome speakers, though I wish more of them had prepared what they were going to say instead of just vamping at the last minute. You can watch the whole thing, or outtakes at the channel: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiteDudesForHarris
Here’s Gov Walz’s clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3NIwzVwgQ8
Now I’m sad that we’ll never get a “no, and fuck you” letter from Walz to Virginia because they asked for their traitor rag back again..
I should call up his staffers, as a concerned Minnesotan, and ask if he’s written a statement already and encourage them to ‘leak’ it.
Will Fox News refer him as a DEI hire? probably not
VP picks are usually diversity hires. They’re chosen specifically for who they are (and who they can appeal to) rather than anything they can actually do. How many times has a presidential candidate from the North east chosen a running mate from the south to appeal to southern voters? It’s basically a tradition. The thing that makes it racist is to only notice when non-white people are involved.
The 12th amendment mandates the vp and president inhabit different states. That is a form of diversity hire, by constitutional requirement
Technically, it doesn’t mandate that. But it does mandate that no elector can vote for both a President and Vice President from their own state, so it would open up the possibility of a split administration. Which is why parties avoid it.
It was amusing to see people float Gavin Newsom as Harris’s VP pick for that reason. With that rule, and the outsized number of Electoral votes that CA has, it’d practically guarantee a Harris/Vance administration if she won.
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No no no he’ll be the puppet master pulling the strings from behind the scenes
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Hey, just because he’s a fat, balding white guy from a western state, doesn’t make him Dick Cheney.
western state
Neither Nebraska nor Minnesota have been considered a “Western” state since about 1890. How old are you exactly?
Aw, I wanted the astronaut.
He may not have gone to space, but Tim has been an awesome governor here in Minnesota, I look forward to seeing what he brings to the campaign.
The seat is too valuable to give up an incumbency advantage, particularly so given Kelly’s high approval rating in state.
There was a story a day or two ago that it had been narrowed to Walz or Shapiro. Between those two, I’m pleasantly surprised.
I wanted the gay dude who makes Fox News his bitch.
Still pretty fucking hyped to vote, either way.
I wonder if he needed more time with his wife. She’s the former congresswoman who was shot, right? I just thought that that might have factored into it.
I’ll say the same thing I said in the other post. He’s a solid Mid-Western guy; reasonable and practical. He’s a fine choice and I like him.
