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cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/15388609

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be her running mate, wagering that a former red-district congressman with a progressive streak can help her win over working-class voters in battleground states needed to beat Donald Trump in November.

“The entire country is about to see why their friends from Minnesota can’t stop bragging about Governor Walz,” Minnesota DFL Party Chair Ken Martin said in a statement. “By picking a servant leader born and raised in a small town who has dedicated his career to protecting freedoms and lifting up working families, Vice President Harris has chosen the perfect foil for [Trump running mate] JD Vance and his politics of resentment.”

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

He has a very pro-Israel record, but also has weirdly wishy-washy rhetoric about it.

Interesting pick. Maybe uncommitted spooked her?

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Is she trying to loose?

Edit: did you mean to say pro-Palestinian? If she was worried about the uncommitted movement that unseated Biden, wouldn't she pick someone pro-Palestine?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

He's sympathetic to the anti-genocide protests and very vocal about it. Like I said, wishy washy.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, he's pro-Israel. But talks about it in weird liberation language that is common to Zionists in "progressive" circles. Very sinister.

And the people the Dems are trying to pull in with this move are not those with enough conviction to actually care about Palestine. He is just someone who has a few middling "progressive achievements" that libs can point to as a defence against the truth that Kamala isn't really that progressive.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He is just someone who has a few middling "progressive achievements"

He's probably the most progressive governor in the country. Minnesota has passed a ton of great social democratic stuff over the past few years. Which obviously isn't socialism, but it's better than what everyone else has done, including Shapiro.

Also, agreed on the Zionism. But a progressive Zionist is much better than a militant one like Shapiro

Not sure who would've been better than Walz, tbh

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

He’s probably the most progressive governor in the country.

Yes and it's an indictment of this country lol

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Interesting pick. Maybe uncommitted spooked her?

it's another tim kaine moment; someone who has all the right qualities but no celebrity outside his pocket of the country and won't help budge the election needle.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

You just described every VP pick ever.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Shapiro would have been a bad and divisive choice. Walsh was the best of the bunch and I'm absolutely stunned that she picked him.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Pelosi has been publicly pushing hard for Walz

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"I wasn't familiar with your game" moment lmao

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Her removing Biden and getting Walz is all pretty decent tbh. Way better than the norm of Hilldog Dems failing constantly

[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

What he's done in Minnesota with a 1 seat majority- universal free school meals - legal weed - carbon free electricity by 2040 - tax rebates for the working class up to $1,300 (making under $150k per year) - banned conversion therapy - red flag laws for guns - universal background checks for guns - automatic voter registration - free public college (under $150k per year) - 12 weeks paid family leave - 12 weeks paid sick leave - automatic voter registration - free public college (under $80k) - ban on PFAS (forever chemicals)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Sounds like a big government dream!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

That’s fkn dope.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why did he have red flag laws, universal background checks, and automatic voter registration twice?

And is free public college under 120k or under 80k?

2.2 billion what?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Editing to clarify

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Copy/paste errors? Few duplications in there. Still a pretty impressive list