Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is a surprise Vice Presidential choice for Kamala Harris, but is an excellent addition to the ticket, and will know how to go after the jugular vein of both Donald Trump and JD Vance.
Tim Walz is in the Democratic progressive tradition and heritage of Hubert Humphrey, Walter Mondale, Eugene McCarthy, Paul Wellstone, Al Franken, and Amy Klobuchar.
Walz will help insure electoral support from next door Michigan and Wisconsin, attract rural and small town American support in the Midwest, and has a exceptional record of accomplishment as Minnesota Governor for the past six years, after serving in the House of Representatives for twelve years from 2007-2019.
Walz was an educator and football coach after serving in the National Guard, and is proud of his progressive agenda in Minnesota, and will know how to take the fight against the right wing Republicans to the nation at large.
Walz is a genuine and decent human being, unlike the impression that JD Vance and Donald Trump give in public image!
LOL! In a Truth Social post, Trump shared a wild, baseless prediction that President Joe Biden will crash the Democratic National Convention and try to take back the Democratic nomination, which Harris is slated to accept.
Video posted on social media showed long lines of people stretching through the streets of Philadelphia ahead of this evening’s Harris-Walz campaign rally.
“There are thousands of people, the line wraps for blocks and blocks,” CBS News reporter Nadia Cavazos posted on social media with a high-speed video capturing some of those waiting to get in.
Here’s the video: https://x.com/NidiaCavazosTV/status/1820898444241764710
Fellow CBS reporter Nancy Cordes said the line spans more than six city blocks.
The campaign event, which is scheduled to start at 5:30 p.m. ET, is being held inside Temple University’s Liacouras Center. The venue features 10,000 seats, according to its website.
The Harris campaign released a video slideshow of Walz’s orange cat, Afton, in a cheeky jab at Vance, who now infamously said the Democratic Party was the party of “childless cat ladies.” The governor has shared many photos of Afton over the years on social media, along with his dog, Scout — a more recent addition to the family.
“Cat people for Harris-Walz,” the caption read.
Here’s that video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-VnGoWo7x5/?igsh=Z2pmNGl4M3J2b3Fy
America’s prosecutor and America’s football coach against America’s predator and weirdo. Let’s go!
Video of their rally in Philadelphia. Crowd is fired up!
I love this guy mocking Trump and Vance!
Mockery is just about the best weapon against fascists and authoritarians.
They want you to be afraid, to be depressed, to be angry, and most of all to be hopeless.
Making fun of them shows everything that they are trying is not working, and that everything that they hope to achieve is not happening.
I hear that Walz has the support of anti-Trump Republicans like former Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger, Independent Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, and progressives including Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) as well as Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
Wow! The Harris campaign has raised $20 million since Walz was announced as the vice presidential pick earlier today.
What a difference a few weeks makes!
Here’s what Adam Kinzinger said about Tim Walz
https://twitter.com/AdamKinzinger/status/1820813526945907046
Harris’s possible cabinet.
https://www.axios.com/2024/08/07/kamala-harris-cabinet-election
Ha! Ha! The Harris campaign is trolling Trump on Truth Social – his home turf!
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kamala-harris-trolls-trump-truth-social_n_66b24351e4b0551015a145fb
Here’s what Michael Moore had to say.
https://www.michaelmoore.com/p/not-another-brick-in-the-walz
According to the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll, Vice President Harris has upended the presidential race and has now built a 51%-48% lead over former President Trump.
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/06/g-s1-15701/election-poll-harris-trump
Harris-Walz campaign has now raised $36 million in first 24 hours since running mate announcement.
Harris and Walz are going to Wisconsin and Michigan today.
At the rally in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, the indie group Bon Iver is set to perform.
Speakers include:
Gov. Tony Evers
Sen. Tammy Baldwin
Wisconsin Secretary of State Sarah Godlewski
Wisconsin Coordinated Campaign Regional Mobilization Director Camden Hargrove
In Detroit, Michigan, speakers include:
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
Rep. Elissa Slotkin
Rep. Debbie Dingell
Sen. Debbie Stabenow
United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain
She’s visiting the swing states. Only place Trump is going this week is deep red Montana. LOL!
The NPR poll shows that indies are shifting away from Trump.
https://digbysblog.net/2024/08/07/the-indies-shift/
My favorite thing about Walz – besides the fact that Gen Z absolutely LOVES him — is his quick, biting wit.
Dude is funny as hell.
Gullible media repeats GOP spin that Trump is ‘thrilled’ by Walz pick.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/8/7/2261428/-Gullible-media-repeats-GOP-spin-that-Trump-is-thrilled-by-Walz-pick?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=top_news_slot_1&pm_medium=web