Harris picks Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate | CNN Politics
Harris picks Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate | CNN Politics
Vice President Kamala Harris has selected Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, capping the Midwestern Democrat’s short but swift ascent from a relative unknown to a leading driver of the party’s attacks on Donald Trump and the MAGA agenda.
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Vice President Kamala Harris has made a decision on her running mate, with four people close to the process saying Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota is her choice.
”How often in 100 days do you get to change the trajectory of the world? How often in 100 days do you get to do something that’s going to impact generations to come?” Walz asked. “And how often in the world do you make that bastard wake up afterwards and know that a Black woman kicked his ass, sent him on the road?”
Wow, Waltz calling Trump a bastard may have just made my day. Harris-Walz 2024!
Edit: Spelling
Based af!
Tomorrow is the last day in that '10 day' countdown before Trump is permanently stuck with Vance. You guys think an ousting attempt will happen or...
I’ll say he’s gonna stick with Vance. It would make Trump look weak and scared if he dumped him now.
Also, given Trump’s very strong narcissistic tendencies, his admitting he made a mistake in choosing Vance is a near-impossibility. If it happens, Trump will need to blame it on someone else, which would also be an admission that someone else had control over his campaign choices (which also doesn’t look good for his base). These are all reasons I don’t think it will happen.
All hypothetical though lol.
In hindsight I actually don't think it was AS big a mistake as it seemed initially. Picking a woman, a black guy, or an Indian would have been completely undone and rendered useless against Harris. Picking anyone over the age of 60-65 would be a horrible mistake with Biden out. That doesn't exactly leave a long short list. Vance is super young, he's a veteran, he's got some low level mid-western appeal and rural appeal, and he inflames the base to prevent a 2022 scenario. Not great, but probably better than what Nikki would have done especially since Vance brings in Pettuh-Thile's bucks. People like Swanny or Nikki would have weakened the base and the gains would be erased by Harris.
Burgum had a lot of the same strengths and especially better poker face, also ties to the tech bros, but he's too old. I'm not sure if he was better or worse, but solid Top 3 out of the options they had. Youngkin would have been the dangerous pick electorally. He forces the Dems to fight in Virginia and has a lot of the 'moderate swing white guy' appeal Pence did. He's also got Young in his first name which I'm sure could be used wonderfully in some posters. Not as much money and probably not as much of a loyalist though.